| Description |
1 audio disc : digital, stereophonic ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Performer |
Cambridge Singers ; City of London Sinfonia ; Stephen Varcoe, baritone ; John Rutter, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded Jan. 1989 (1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th-8th, 11th-17th, 19th works) and Apr. 1993 (2nd, 4th, 6th, 9th-10th, 18th, 20th-23rd works), Great Hall, University College School, London. |
| Note |
Contains previously released material. |
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Program notes in English, and texts in English, or Latin and French with English translations (27 p.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
The holly and the ivy (2:53) -- Blessed be that maid Mary (2:32) -- Somerset Wassail (2:05) -- Shepherds, in the fields abiding (2:52) -- The infant king (2:48) -- What is this lovely fragrance (3:23) -- Gabriel's message (2:50) -- Still, still, still (2:13) -- Quittez, pasteurs (2:27) -- Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle (2:02) -- Personent hodie (1:43) -- The shepherds' farewell / Hector Berlioz (3:37) -- O holy night / Adolphe Adam (4:37) -- O magnum mysterium / T.L. de Victoria (4:00) -- Hodie Christus natus est / J.P. Sweelinck (2:50) -- For unto us a child is born / G.F. Handel (4:08) -- In dulci jubilo Samuel Scheidt (3:21) -- Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child / Kenneth Leighton (3:07) -- A new year carol / Benjamin Britten (2:15) -- Balulalow (2:01) ; I saw a fair maiden (2:58) / Peter Warlock -- The lamb / John Tavener (3:24) -- Fantasia on Christmas carols / R. Vaughan Williams (11:27). |
| System Details |
Compact disc. |
| Language |
Sung in English, French, or Latin. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Carols.
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Christmas music -- 2001-2010.
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
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| Added Author |
Varcoe, Stephen. Performer.
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Rutter, John, 1945- Conductor.
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Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.
Enfance du Christ. Adieu des bergers áa la Sainte Famille.
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Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856.
Cantique de Noèel. English.
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Victoria, Tomâas Luis de, approximately 1548-1611.
Motets (1572). O magnum mysterium.
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Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon, 1562-1621.
Cantiones sacrae. Hodie Christus natus est.
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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Messiah. For unto us a child is born.
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Scheidt, Samuel, 1587-1654.
Cantiones sacrae. In dulci jubilo.
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Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988.
Carols, op. 25. Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child.
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Friday afternoons. New Year carol.
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Warlock, Peter, 1894-1930.
Carols, mixed voices, orchestra. Balulalow.
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Warlock, Peter, 1894-1930.
I saw a fair maiden.
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Tavener, John.
Lamb.
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Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958.
Fantasia on Christmas carols.
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City of London Sinfonia. Performer.
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| Added Title |
Christmas album |
| Standard No. |
040888051220 |
| Music No. |
CSCD 512 Collegium Records |
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