Christmas Carols / Andrew Parrott, The Taverner Consort

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Album Summary

Performers

• Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp)
• Lucy Carolan (Fortepiano)
• Nigel Eaton (Hurdy-gurdy)
• Stephen Saunders (Ophicleide)
• Jacob Heringman (Lute)
• Catherine King (Mezzo Soprano)
• Jakob Lindberg (Guitar)
• Stephen Charlesworth (Baritone)
• Charles Daniels (Voice)
• William Hunt (Viola da gamba)
• Simon Grant (Bass)
• Jakob Lindberg (Lute)
• Richard Wistreich
• Leigh Nixon (Tenor)
• Evelyn Tubb
• Elizabeth Tubb (Soprano)
• William Hunt (Bass Viola da gamba)
• Christopher Morrongiello (Lute)
• Jacob Heringman (Cittern)
• Lynda Sayce (Orpharion)
• Taverner Consort
• Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ] (Harmonium)
• Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Susan Harris (Dulcimer)
• Timothy Wilson (Trumpet)
• Crispian Steele-Perkins (Trumpet)
• Emily van Evera (Soprano)
• David Blackadder (Trumpet)
• Timothy Wilson
• Trevor Herbert (Trumpet)
• Rachel Platt (Soprano)
• Douglas Wootton (Tenor)
• Tessa Bonner (Soprano)
• Douglas Wooten (Tenor)
• Jeremy White (Bass)
• Peter Cooper (Violin)
• Caroline Trevor (Alto)
• Patrick Ardagh-Walter (Bass)
• Nicholas Robertson (Tenor)
• Catherine King (Alto)
• John Dudley (Tenor)
• Richard Boothby (Bass Viola da gamba)
• Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ] (Organ)
• Lucy Carolan (Harpsichord)
• Michael Harris (Clarinet)
• Paul Carroll (Bassoon)
• Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ] (Piano)
• Jennifer Ward-Clarke (Cello)

Conductor

• Parrott, Andrew

Ensembles

• Taverner Choir
• Taverner Consort
• Taverner Players

Composers

• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
• Tarquinio Merula (circa 1594 - 1665)
• Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179)
• Anonymous, Ritson Manscript (1460 - 1510)
• Jeremiah Ingalls (1764 - 1838)
• Matheo Flecha (circa 1530 - 1604)
• Christopher Tye (1505 - 1572)
• John Joubert (1927 - )
• Joan Cererols (1618 - 1676)
• Magnus Thomsen
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - 1704)
• Louis-Claude Daquin (1694 - 1772)
• Thomas Tallis (Composer) (circa 1505 - 1585)
• Christmas Traditional
• Malcolm Bruno
• Franz Gruber (Composer) (1787 - 1863)
• Anonymous
• Philippe Le Chancelier (1165 - 1236)
• John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (1820 - 1891)
• William Billings (1746 - 1800)
• Cesare Bendinelli (1540 - 1617)
• Francisco de Vidales
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Edmund Pascha (1714 - 1772)
• Anton Webern (1883 - 1945)
• Henri Mulet (1878 - 1967)
• Giovanni Gabrieli (circa 1555 - 1612)
• Arnold Schoenberg (1874 - 1951)
• William Walker (Shape Note Composer) (1809 - 1875)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Lukas Osiander (1534 - 1604)
• John Jacob Niles (1892 - 1980)
• John Foster (1762 - 1822)
• Sarum Chant (died 1492)
• Michael Praetorius (1571 - 1621)
• John Francis Wade (1711 - 1786)

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Works Details

Billings, William : Methinks I See a Heavenly Host

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Foster, John : While shepherds watched their flocks by night (A 2nd Collection of Sacred Music. York, ca. 1820)

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 5 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 18th Century
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Cererols, Joan : Marizápalos a Io divino ("Serafin que con dulce harmonía")

• Performers: Timothy Wilson (Trumpet); Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ); Emily van Evera (Soprano); Timothy Wilson
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 7 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Language: Spanish
• Studio/Live: Studio

Vidales, Francisco de : Los que Fueren de Buen Gusto

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 4 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Language: Spanish
• Studio/Live: Studio

Praetorious, Michael : Magnificat super 'Angelus ad pastores' (from Megalynodia Sionia)

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ); Emily van Evera (Soprano)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 9 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : In nativitatem Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Canticum, histoire sacrée for 4 voices, chorus, 2 treble i

• Performers: Rachel Platt (Soprano); Taverner Consort; Tessa Bonner (Soprano); Andrew Parrott (Organ); Emily van Evera (Soprano); Jeremy White (Bass); Caroline Trevor (Alto)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 12 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1684
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Pascha, Edmund : Gloria, for 5 voices & orchestra

• Performers: Nicholas Robertson (Tenor); Rachel Platt (Soprano); Taverner Consort; John Dudley (Tenor); Andrew Parrott (Organ); Emily van Evera (Soprano); Jeremy White (Bass)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Notes: This selection is sung in Latin and Slovak.
• Running Time: 11 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Studio/Live: Studio

Wade, John Francis : O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles)

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 4 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1751
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Billings, William : A Virgin Unspotted

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Choir
• Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Praetorious, Michael : Work(s) :: In dulci jubilo (a 16) Pars I

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Notes: This selection is sung in German and Latin.
• Running Time: 4 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Studio/Live: Studio

Daquin, Louis-Claude : Noël Grand Jeu et Duo, for organ

• Performers: Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ] (Organ); Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 5 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Studio/Live: Studio

Webern, Anton : Canons (5) on Latin Texts, Op. 16 :: Dormi Jesu

• Performers: Michael Harris (Clarinet); Rachel Platt (Soprano); Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 1 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1923-1924
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Liszt, Franz : Adeste fidelis, for female chorus (incomplete), S. 49a

• Performers: Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ] (Piano); Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 4 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1870-1880
• Studio/Live: Studio

Tallis, Thomas : Hodie nobis

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Mulet, Henri : Noël, for organ

• Performers: Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ] (Organ); Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Studio

Merula, Tarquinio : Canzonetta spirituale sopra "Alla Nanna" (Curtio Precipitato et altri Capricii composti in diversi

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp); Andrew Parrott (Organ); Emily van Evera (Soprano)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 7 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Language: Spanish
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional, Christmas : Angelus ad virginem (English)

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp); Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 1 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 13th Century
• Studio/Live: Studio

Gabrieli, Giovanni : Audite principes

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 6 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional, Christmas : Lute Book Lullaby ("Sweet was the song the Virgin sung")

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp); Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Studio/Live: Studio

Hildegard of Bingen : O viridissima virga

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Nigel Eaton (Hurdy-gurdy); Andrew Parrott (Organ); Emily van Evera (Soprano)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 4 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Written: circa 1140-1179
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Liszt, Franz : Weihnachtsbaum for Piano, S 186 :: Die Hirten and der Krippe (In dulci jubilo)

• Performers: Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ] (Piano); Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 4 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1873-1876
• Studio/Live: Studio

Bruno, Malcolm : The burning babe

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Jacob Heringman (Lute); Catherine King (Mezzo Soprano); Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Schoenberg, Arnold : Weihnachtsmusik (Musique de Noël), for 2 violins, cello, piano & harmonium

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 5 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1921
• Studio/Live: Studio

Anonymous, Ritson Manscript : Lullay, lullow :: I saw a swete semely syght, christmas carol for 2 voices

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp); Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1475
• Studio/Live: Studio

Praetorious, Michael : Work(s) :: In dulci jubilo (a 16) Pars II

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Notes: This selection is sung in German and Latin.
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional, Christmas : O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 3 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Choral
• Written: 12th Century
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Gruber, Franz : Silent Night

• Performers: Jakob Lindberg (Guitar); Taverner Consort; Stephen Charlesworth (Baritone); Charles Daniels (Voice); Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1818
• Language: German
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional, Christmas : Il est né, le divin enfant (French)

• Performers: William Hunt (Viola da gamba); Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ); Emily van Evera (Soprano); Caroline Trevor (Alto)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1875
• Language: French
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional, Christmas : Nova, Nova, Ave fit ex Eva

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Simon Grant (Bass); Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Notes: This selection is sung in English and Latin.
• Running Time: 1 min. 47 sec.
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional, Christmas : La Marche des Rois (Provençal carol)

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 1 min. 49 sec.
• Form: March
• Studio/Live: Studio

Walker, William : The Babe of Bethlehem

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional, Christmas : Verbum caro factum est :: Y la Virgen le dezia (Spanish)

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 1 min. 42 sec.
• Studio/Live: Studio

Ingalls, Jeremiah : Glory to God on high (tune Redemption)

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Notes: This selection begins with the words "Glory to God on high."
• Running Time: 1 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Anonymous : This Endere Nyghth, carol

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 4 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Bach, Johann Sebastian : O Jesulein süss, O Jesulein mild, BWV 493

• Performers: Jakob Lindberg (Lute); Taverner Consort; Tessa Bonner (Soprano); Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 2 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1736
• Language: German
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional, Christmas : Il est né, le divin enfant (French)

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 1 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1875
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional, Christmas : God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English)

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional, Christmas : Lute Book Lullaby ("Sweet was the song the Virgin sung")

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ); Emily van Evera (Soprano)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional, Christmas : Quem pastores laudavere (Hohenfurth Manuscript, 1410)

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 1 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional, Christmas : Quando nascette Ninno (Neapolitan)

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 1 min. 59 sec.
• Studio/Live: Studio

Flecha, Matheo : Riu, riu, chiu

• Performers: Richard Wistreich; Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Language: Spanish
• Studio/Live: Studio

Chancelier, Philippe Le : Gabriel Fram Heven-King

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 3 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Written: by 1235
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Osiander, Lukas : Christum wir sollen loben schon

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Language: German
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional, Christmas : Coventry Carol (2) :: "Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child"

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Charles Daniels (Voice); Simon Grant (Bass); Andrew Parrott (Organ); Emily van Evera (Soprano)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1498
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional, Christmas : Gaudete Christus est natus (Piae Cantiones 1582)

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Stephen Charlesworth (Baritone); Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 1 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Anonymous : Verbum Caro :: "In Hac Anni Circulo"

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional, Christmas : Alleluya :: A nywe werk, for chorus

• Performers: Nicholas Robertson (Tenor); Taverner Consort; Leigh Nixon (Tenor); Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Notes: This selection is sung in English and Latin.
• Running Time: 5 min. 50 sec.
• Form: Choral
• Written: 14th Century
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional, Christmas : The old yeare now away is fled (English)

• Performers: Evelyn Tubb; Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ); Elizabeth Tubb (Soprano)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional, Christmas : Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French)

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Notes: This selection is based on the tune "Branle l'officiel" from Thoinot Arbeau's "Orchésographie".
• Running Time: 2 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1588
• Studio/Live: Studio

Tye, Christopher : While shepherds watched their flocks by night (Tune :: Winchester)

• Performers: Rachel Platt (Soprano); Taverner Consort; Charles Daniels (Voice); Andrew Parrott (Organ); William Hunt (Bass Viola da gamba); Christopher Morrongiello (Lute); Jacob Heringman (Cittern); Lynda Sayce (Orpharion)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 15th Century
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Hopkins, John Henry : We three kings

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Stephen Charlesworth (Baritone); Simon Grant (Bass); Andrew Parrott (Organ); Jeremy White (Bass); Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ] (Harmonium)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Choir
• Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1857
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Niles, John Jacob : I Wonder As I Wander

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ); Emily van Evera (Soprano); Susan Harris (Dulcimer)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: circa 1925
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Anonymous : Qui Creavit Coelum, hymn

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Choir
• Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Joubert, John : There Is No Rose, for chorus, Op. 14

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Bendinelli, Cesare : Sonata for 3 Trumpets after "Joseph, lieber Joseph mein"

• Performers: Crispian Steele-Perkins (Trumpet); David Blackadder (Trumpet); Trevor Herbert (Trumpet); Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional, Christmas : All Hail to the Days, carol (English)

• Performers: Douglas Wootton (Tenor); Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ); Douglas Wooten (Tenor); Peter Cooper (Violin)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Chant, Sarum : Letabundus

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Choir
• Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional, Christmas : Ther Is No Ros' (English, Trinity Roll, 15th c.), carol

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1420
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional, Christmas : Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (Whence is that goodly fragrance?) (French)

• Performers: Patrick Ardagh-Walter (Bass); Rachel Platt (Soprano); Taverner Consort; Charles Daniels (Voice); Andrew Parrott (Organ); Catherine King (Alto); Richard Boothby (Bass Viola da gamba); Lucy Carolan (Harpsichord)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Notes: Composition written: Circa 1717.
• Running Time: 4 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1717
• Language: French
• Studio/Live: Studio

Niles, John Jacob : Lullay, thou tiny little child

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ); Emily van Evera (Soprano); Susan Harris (Dulcimer)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional, Christmas : Procendenti Puero-Eya! novus anns est

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ); Jeremy White (Bass)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Choir
• Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
• Language: Latin
• Studio/Live: Studio

Thomsen, Magnus : Sonata for 5 trumpets (after "In dulci jubilo")

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 2 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional, Christmas : The Lord at first did Adam make

• Performers: Douglas Wootton (Tenor); Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ); Douglas Wooten (Tenor); Paul Carroll (Bassoon)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional, Christmas : O du fröhliche, o du selige, gnadenbringende Weihnachtszeit, carol (tune "O Sanctissima")

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ); Jennifer Ward-Clarke (Cello); Lucy Carolan (Fortepiano)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1792
• Language: German
• Studio/Live: Studio

Traditional, Christmas : Lolay, lolay. Als I lay on Yoleis nigt (English)

• Performers: Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ); Emily van Evera (Soprano)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Consort
• Running Time: 7 min. 46 sec.
• Written: circa 1400
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Mendelssohn, Felix : Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"

• Performers: Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ] (Organ); Taverner Consort; Andrew Parrott (Organ); Stephen Saunders (Ophicleide)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Notes: Composition written: 1840.
• Running Time: 5 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1840
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio