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And Comes the Day - Carols and Antiphons for Advent - works by Chilcott; Joubert; Ord; Charpentier; Britten; Warlock; Howells / Choir of Queens' College Cambridge

1 CD / Orchid Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Plainchant: Drop down, ye heavens (Advent Prose), Mode 1, for choir; Bob Chilcott: Advent Antiphons for chorus; John Joubert: There Is No Rose, for chorus, Op. 14; Boris Ord: Adam lay ybounden; Chris...
Conductors: Wollston, Silas
Ensemble: Queens' Chapel Players

Here is a beautiful new recording exploring the music and themes of Advent, including some well-known carols and antiphons alongside some newer, less frequently heard...continue...
Recording information: Queens' College Chapel, Cambridge, England (03/19/2012-03/21/2012)....continue...

Christmas from Hereford / Geraint Bowen, Hereford Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Regent Records / 2012-11-13

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Traditional English Carols (8); O Little Town of Bethlehem, carol (arr. from English traditional, "Forest Green"); Otto Goldschmidt: A Tender Shoot, for chorus; John Joubert: ...
Performers: Dyke, Peter
Conductors: Bowen, Geraint
Ensemble: ; Hereford Cathedral Choir

Recording information: Hereford Cathedral, Hereford, Hertfordshire, England (01/10/2012-01/12/2012)....continue...

Glory to the New-Born King - Choral works by Warlock, Joubert, Langlais, Mulet, Lauridsen, Warlock et al. / Chester Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Priory / 2012-10-09

Works: Peter Warlock: Adam Lay Ybounden; Balulalow; Bethlehem Down; John Joubert: There Is No Rose, for chorus, Op. 14; Richard Storrs Willis: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear; Jean Langlais: Ave Maria, ave ma...
Performers: Capper, Alice; Chewter, Benjamin; Hardwick, David; Hunt, Olivia; Lyndon-Jones, Laurence; Rees, James; Rushforth, Philip; Sennett, Christopher
Conductors: Rushforth, Philip
Ensemble: Chester Cathedral Choir

Recording information: Chester Cathedral (01/05/2012-01/07/2012)....continue...

Journey Into Light - Music for the Festivals of Advent, Christmas, Epiphany and Candlemas by E.Poston; W.McKie; Patrick Hadley; Judith Weir; Britten et al. / Choir of Jesus College Cambridge

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-09-09

Works: Elizabeth Poston: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree; William McKie: We Wait for Thy Loving Kindness, O God, for chorus & organ; Patrick Hadley: I sing of a maiden; Judith Weir: Advent Prose, for chorus; Jo...
Performers: Austin, Alasdair [Treble]; Beetschen, Alexander; Bryan, Nico [Treble]; Crawshaw, Rebecca; Dixon, Robert; Hetherington, Olympia; Lambourn, Timothy; Leach, Edward; Senanayake, Jaliya; Smith, Matthew [B...
Conductors: Williams, Mark
Ensemble: ; Choir of Jesus College Cambridge

A new festive release from the Choir of Jesus College Cambridge under their director Mark Williams - with additional performances from organists Robert Dixon and...continue...

Christmas - Henry John Gauntlett, Traditional, Various / Voces8

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-09-08

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditional: Gabriel's Message (Basque); Away in a Manger; Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); I Wonder As I Wander (American); Cov...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Voces8

The international award-winning octet, VOCES8, has established itself at the forefront of British a cappella. Performing a repertoire ranging from Renaissance polyphony to unique Jazz...continue...
Recording information: St. George's Church, Chesterton, Cambridge, England (08/21/2011-08/24/2011)....continue...

A Peter Warlock Christmas / Halsey, Allegri Singers

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Peter Warlock: Benedicamus Domino; Cornish Christmas Carol; Carillon Carilla; Rich Cavalcade; What cheer, good cheer; Turley, Turlow
Conductors: Halsey, Louis
Ensemble: Allegri Singers

Tidings / Choir Of Wellington Cathedral / Howells, Coker, Hill

1 CD / Raven Records / 2011-08-09

Works: Peter Aston: Tidings, tidings that be true, for chorus & organ; Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditional: The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came (Birjina gaztettobat...
Performers: Apperley, Richard; Beaglehole, John; Gaynor, Thomas; Hill, David; McElwee, William; Szabo, Claire; Wesseling, Lisette
Conductors: Fulcher, Michael
Ensemble: Choir Of Wellington Cathedral

This disc offers perennial carol favorites interspersed with works by 20th-century British, American and New Zealand choral masters. Fabulous cathedral acoustics compliment the organ and...continue...
Recording information: Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul (09/12/2010-09/14/2010)....continue...

Noel! Choral Music for Christmas: Traditional Carols / Ikon

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-04-26

Works: Christmas Traditional: O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; Coventry Carol (2); Angelus ad virginem (English); Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); John Jacob Niles: I Wonder As I ...
Performers: Dunnett, David; Hill, Alison; Hymas, Benedict
Conductors: Hill, David
Ensemble: Icon

Sancta Lucia: Licht in Dunkler Zeit / St Gregory Children's Choir

1 Super Audio CD / Cantate / 2010-11-05

Works: Carl-Bertil Agnestig: Lucia, for 2 soloists & chorus; Lusse lella, for chorus; Reinis Sejans: Vindo, for chorus & percussion; Stuart Hinds: Away in a Manger, carol setting for voice & chorus; Arnold ...
Performers: Bergman, Love; Herzog, Hannah; Mikson, Raul; Nilges, Diana; Rueben, Simona; Saus, Wolfgang; Schreyer, Dominika; Schreyer, Gabriel; Vilu, Rainer; Wolff, Pia
Conductors: Schreyer, Steffen
Ensemble: St Gregory Children's Choir

On the longest night of the year, our longing for light is at its greatest. From time immemorial this has found expression in rituals and...continue...
Recording information: Aachen-Burtscheid (2008-11-28_2008-11-29&2009-)....continue...

Merry Christmas: Traditional & New Christmas Music

1 CD / Neos Production / 2010-11-05

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium; Suite no 3 for orchestra in D major, BWV 1068; Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, BWV 669; Peter Warlock: Bethlehem Down; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for...
Performers: Adler, Daniel [Vocals]; Althanns, Markus; Burschbeck, Benedikt; Eisert, Kilian; Hack, Noah; Hartwig, Benjamin; Hellinghausen, Raphael; Henschel, Christoph; Henschel, Markus; Henschel, Monika; Krahmer...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Henschel Quartet; Tolzer Knaben Chor Soloist

A special Christmas release, combining traditional Christmas music with the winners of a Christmas song competition sponsored by the Henschel Quartett and the BBC in...continue...
Recording information: Studio at B.O.A. Videofilmkunst, Munich (2009-05-11&2010-05-15_2010-)....continue...

Christmas from York

1 CD / Regent Records / 2010-10-12

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditional: Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (English); The Holly and the Ivy (English); The Lord at first did Adam make; The Angel...
Performers: Colson, Ian; Croyle, John; Marshall, Billy [Vocals]; O'Gorman, Christopher; Whiteley, John Scott [Organ]

A selection of carols that might be heard if you were among the 4,000 people who attend the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in...continue...
Recording information: York Minister (02/05/2009-02/13/2009)....continue...

Hymns from Hereford

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: John Goss: Hymn; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 22, "Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe," BWV 22; Melchior Vulpius: The Strife...
Performers: Green, Robert
Conductors: Massey, Roy; Lloyd, Richard

Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock / Ian Partridge

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Hymns (4) for Tenor, Viola and Strings; Merciless beauty; The Water Mill; The New Ghost; Blake Songs (10) for Voice and Oboe; On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & st...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bean, Hugh; Brannigan, Owen; Butt, David; Craxton, Janet; Croxford, Eileen; Davis, Anthony [Piano/Composer]; Hammersley, Robert; Harvey, Frederick; Ledger, P...
Conductors: ; Dilkes, Neville; Wilcocks, Sir David
Ensemble: ; English Sinfonia; London Music Group

Among his many distinctions over a long career, Ian Partridge contributed to the catalog two recordings of music for tenor and small ensemble to which...continue...

Peter Warlock: Collected 78rpm Recordings

2 CD / Divine Art / 2009-10-01

Works: Peter Warlock: Capriol Suite; Serenade for string orchestra; The Curlew, song cycle for voice & small orchestra; Captain Stratton's Fancy, for voice & piano; Good ale, for voice & piano; Flow not fas...
Performers: Armstrong, John; Cope, Cecil [Baritone Vocal]; Dawson, Peter; Goossens, Leon [Oboe]; Goss, John; Griffen, Eric [Piano]; Henderson, Roy; Jones, Parry; Magaloff, Nikita; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Natzke, ...
Conductors: Bernard, Anthony; Barbirolli, John; Lambert, Constant; ; Woodgate, Leslie
Ensemble: ; Trio Pasquier

One of England's great songwriters, Philip Heseltine, better known as Peter Warlock was once described as one of the most colorful talents in English 20th-century...continue...

Warlock: The Frostbound Wood, etc; Howard, Howells, Roe / Timothy Travers-Brown, Jeremy Filsell

1 CD / Signum UK / 2009-05-09

Works: Peter Warlock: My little sweet darling, for voice & string quartet; Take, O Take Those Lips Away, for voice & piano (Saudades no 2); And wilt thou leave me thus?; Sleep, for voice & piano; The Droll ...
Performers: Filsell, Jeremy [Keyboard]; Travers-Brown, Timothy

Recording information: Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, England (2006-11-03_2006-11-04&2008-)....continue...

Britten: Ceremony of Carols / Kelly, Choir of New College Oxford

1 CD / CRD Records / 2009-05-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28; Herbert Howells: Long, long ago; Richard Rodney Bennett: Out of your sleep; What sweeter music can we bring, for chorus; Gustav Holst: Old English Caro...
Performers: Bowes, Tim; Cave, Philip; Finnis, Jerome; Hallchurch, Philip; Kelly, Frances [Harp]; Lochmann, Daniel; McLusky, Fergus; Saunderson, Duncan; Witcomb, Nicholas

I Saw Three Ships / Nethsingha, Gloucester Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Jean Mouton: Nesciens Mater Virgo Virum, for 8 voices; Sergey Rachmaninov: Ave Maria; Paul Manz: E'en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come; Herbert Howells: Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; Tryste Noel, for cho...
Performers: Atherton, James; Burton, Russell; Field, Sebastian; Houssart, Robert; Keeling, Lawrence; Skidmore, Greg; Walshe, Ciaran

Sunday Times
Under Nethsingha's directions, Gloucester Cathedral Choir sing with confidence and refinement
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Sweet Was the Song: English Music for Christmas

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-03-10

Works: Christmas Traditional: There Is No Rose of Such Virtue (English); I Wonder As I Wander (American); Coventry Carol (2); Herbert Howells: Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; Here is the little door; Benjamin...

Fair with her firstborn - Carols and Polyphony for Christmas

1 CD / Loft Recordings / 2009-01-01

Works: Richard Rodney Bennett: Out of your sleep; John Sheppard: Verbum caro factum est; Ave Maris Stella for 6 voices; Reges Tharsis et insulae; Salvator Mundi Domine for 6 voices; Christmas Traditional: T...
Performers: Banks, Eric; Glusker, Ann; Pontén, Lisa Cardwell; Stutz, David

The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album / John Rutter, Varcoe

1 CD / Collegium / 2007-10-09

Works: Henry Walford Davies: The holly and the ivy; Traditional: Blessed be that Maid Mary; Somerset Wassail; Shepherds in the field abiding; The infant king; What is this lovely fragrance?; Gabriel's messa...
Performers: Ashton, Caroline; Holton, Ruth; Kerslake, Karen; Orton, Stephen; Varcoe, Stephen
Conductors: Rutter, John
Ensemble: Cambridge Singers; City of London Sinfonia

"The program also provides a very healthy dose of original pieces, from Victoria's O magnum mysterium, Handel's For unto us a child is born, Kenneth...continue...

Warlock: The Curlew, Songs / Andrew Kennedy, Pavao Quartet

1 CD / Landor / 2007-01-09

Works: Peter Warlock: In an Arbour Green, for voice & piano; Autumn Twilight; Late Summer, for voice & piano; Pretty ring time; A Sad Song, for voice & piano (Peterisms, Set 1, no 2); Mr. Belloc's Fancy, fo...
Performers: Lepper, Simon; Pailthorpe, Daniel; Vocal], Andrew Kennedy [Tenor

The debut recital disc of BBC Singer of the World Rosenblatt Recital Prize-winning tenor Andrew Kennedy. The disc showcases the work of Peter Warlock, one...continue...

English Song Anthology / Janet Baker, Martin Isepp

1 CD / Regis Records / 2007-01-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mystical Songs (5); Songs of travel; John Ireland: Sixteenth-Century Poems (5); Songs (3) to poems by Thomas Hardy; Michael Head: A piper; Cecil Armstrong Gibbs: This is a sac...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo Soprano]; Isepp, Martin

"the great thing is that the records are back again, and 'glorious' is indeed the word. ..The voice is absolutely radiant, the glow of youth...continue...

Christmas at St John's / David Hill, St John's College Choir

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-11-14

Works: Recorded Sound: Church Bells; Plainchant: Rorate celi desuper, introit; O Sapientia, O Adonai; O Radix Jesse; O Clavis David; O Oriens; O Rex Gentium; O Emmanuel; Hodie Christus Natus Est (Mode 1); C...
Performers: Beer, Quintin; Hill, David; Humphreys, George; Knight, Jonathan; Lardenoye, Lester; Morgan, Peter; Provost, Paul; Robarts, Alexander; Robinson, Christopher [Choral Conductor]; Wilberforce, Richard

Taking as its starting point their world-famous 'Advent Carol Service', the Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, is on dazzling form in this imaginative and...continue...

The Twelve Days of Christmas / Crees, Rose, et al

1 CD / The Classics Label / 2006-11-03

Works: Jeremiah Clarke: Work(s); Christmas Traditional: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); The Twelve Days of Christmas; Work(s); Peter Warlock: Balulalow; Bethleh...
Performers: Rose, Matthew
Conductors: Crees, Eric
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Brass Soloists; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus

On this recording, a joyous pre-Christmas performance in the Floral Hall of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden has been captured on CD by Brass...continue...

English String Miniatures Vol 6 / Sutherland, Royal Ballet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-09-26

Works: Gustav Holst: A Moorside Suite, for brass band, H. 173; Henry Purcell: Chacony for Strings in G minor, Z 730; Paul Lewis: Rosa Mundi, for orchestra; Adam Carse: The Winton Suite, for orchestra; Peter...
Conductors: Sutherland, Gavin
Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

"This is a real honey of an album! In the hands of Gavin Sutherland the strings of the Birmingham Royal Ballet are lithe beyond telling....continue...

O magnum misterium - Twentieth-Century Carols / Polyphony

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-11-08

Works: Sarum Chant: O radix Iesse; O magnum misterium; Ave Maria; Hodie Christus natus est; Puer natus est nobis; Reges Tharsis; Verbum caro factum est; Peter Wishart: Carols (3), Op. 17; Herbert Howells: C...
Conductors: Layton, Stephen
Ensemble: Polyphony

'Polyphony is superb ... the most completely recommendable new issue for Christmas I've found so far' (The Independent on Sunday)

'A gloriously sung collection ... captures...continue...

English Song / Langridge, Lott, Keenleyside, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-03-22

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: A Soft Day, for voice & piano; A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster, for voice & piano, no 6, "Irish Skies" Op. 140/6; Liza Lehmann: Cherry Ripe (arr. of aria by Chas. Ed. Horn);...
Performers: Asti, Eugene; Bedford, Steuart; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Edgar-Wilson, Richard; Greevy, Bernadette [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Gritton, Susan; Hancock-Child, Nik; H...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Duke Quartet

England boasts a long and distinctive tradition of song, equaled to that of any region in the world. This anthology offers a recent survey ranging...continue...

What Sweeter Music / Barbieri

1 CD / Deux Elles / 2004-10-01

Works: William Walton: Christmas Carols (4) for chorus; John Rutter: What sweeter music; Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Boris Ord: Adam lay ybounden; Andrew Carter: Mary's Magnific...
Performers: Barbieri, Edward; Consortium; Dobell, Mark; Downs, Melanie; Price, Gareth; Price, Ray; Semmens, Richard; Swift, Helen
Conductors:
Ensemble: Consortium

Recording information: Saint Alban the Martyr, Holborn, London, England (05/02/1998-05/03/1998)....continue...

Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony / Sutherland, Prague PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-10-01

Works: Bryan Kelly: Improvisations on Christmas Carols, for orchestra; Victor Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony; Peter Warlock: Bethlehem Down; Philip Lane: Wassail Dances, for orchestra; Patric Standford: ...
Performers: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, The; Sutherland, Gavin [Conductor]
Conductors: Sutherland, Gavin
Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

With the rise of public Christmas concerts have come 'sleigh-rides' and pot-pourris of all shades and varieties. The first substantial work based on Christmas carols...continue...
Recording information: Smecky Studio, Prague, Czech Republic (05/12/2002-05/13/2002)....continue...

Music for a Christmas Feast - Seasonal Classics for Christmas Dining

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2003-08-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); O Little One Sweet; Gabriel fram evene king sewnt (Angelus ad Virginem); Good Christian Men, Rejoice (a.k.a. "All Christians Now Rejoice"...

Seasonal classics for Christmas dining. A programme of joyful Christmas music, perfect as a background to a Christmas meal or family get together. Old favourites...continue...

The English Song Series 4 - Warlock: The Curlew, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-05-01

Works: Peter Warlock: The Curlew, song cycle for voice & small orchestra; Lillygay, song cycle for voice & piano; Peter Warlock's Fancy; Peterisms, Set 1, song cycle for voice & piano; My Gostly Fader, for ...
Performers: Constable, John [Keyboards]; Davies, Philippa; Maltman, Christopher; Thompson, Adrian [Tenor Vocal]

The program of this release, previously available on the Collins Classics label, reflects the wide variety of vocal style and moods of Warlock's music and...continue...

A Feast of Christmas Carols / Lancelot, Nicholas, et al

4 CD / Priory / 2002-12-01

Works: Christopher Steel: People, look east; Benjamin Britten: Hymn to the Virgin; Johann Sebastian Bach: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her, BWV 700; In dulci jubilo; Traditional: Nowell; God rest ye merry,...
Performers: Layton, Stephen; Taylor, Neil; Whiteley, John Scott; Wright, Keith
Conductors: Lancelot, James; Moore, Philip; Nicholas, Michael [Cond.]; Wright, Peter
Ensemble: Durham Cathedral Choir; Norwich Cathedral Choir; Southwark Cathedral Choir; York Minster Choir

Christmas from Cambridge / Cambridge Choir of Queens' College

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2002-03-01

Works: Sarum Chant: A solis ortus cardine; Christmas Traditional: Verbum patris humanatur (conduit); Ther Is No Ros' (English, Trinity Roll, 15th c.), carol; Lullay, lullow; Lute Book Lullaby ("Sweet was th...
Performers: Steynor, Matthew; Weeks, James
Conductors: Weeks, James

Exquisite medieval carols and a lovely mix of old and new. Recorded in the college chapel.Christmas-ámusic from old English plainchant to the best of-áChristmas-áanthems....continue...

O Magnum Mysterium / Lydon, Smith, Choir of Lincoln College

1 CD / Guild / 2001-10-01

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Lennox Berkeley: I Sing of a Maiden, for chorus; Anton Bruckner: Virga Jesse, gradual for chorus in E minor, WAB 52; Herbert Howells: Carol-An...
Performers: Smith, Philip
Conductors: Eastwood, Christopher
Ensemble: Lincoln College Choir Oxford

Moeran: Songs of Springtime, etc; Warlock / Finzi Singers

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-10-24

Works: E.J. Moeran: Songs of Springtime, for chorus; Phyllida and Corydon; Peter Warlock: A Cornish Carol; I Saw a Fair Maiden; Benedicamus Domino; The Full Heart; The Rich Cavalcade; Corpus Christi; All th...
Performers: Carwood, Andrew; Crookes, Anna; Wagstaff, Lindsay; Wheatley, Rachel

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
The Peter Warlock of the evergreen CapriolSuite and the boisterous songs seems a world away from the introverted and intense artist of...continue...

Christmas Joy Vol 4 / The Choir of St. George's Chapel

1 CD / Priory / 2000-09-01

Works: Hieronymus Praetorius: Joseph lieber, Joseph mein; Traditional: Up! Good Christian folk; Ding Dong! Merrily on high; Four Letters; Lullay, dear Jesus; I saw three ships; Quelle est cette odeur agr...
Performers: Judd, Roger
Conductors: Rees-Williams, Jonathan
Ensemble: St. George's Chapel Choir, Windsor Castle

O come let us adore him /Hill, Farr, Resounding Brass, et al

1 CD / Herald / 1999-12-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Richard Storrs Willis: It came upon the midnight clear; Harold Edwin Darke: In the bleak mid-winter; T...
Performers: Brown, Jonathan; Farr, Stephen; Gubbins, Thomas; Kendall, William; Sweeney, Donald
Conductors: Hill, David
Ensemble: Resounding Brass; Waynflete Singers; Winchester Cathedral Choir

A Christmas Carol - Carols and Readings for Christmas

1 CD / Herald / 1999-10-01

Works: John Linton Gardner: Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day, for chorus, Op. 75/2; Herbert Howells: Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; Christmas Traditional: Of the Father's heart begotten (A Christmas Processi...
Performers: Whitehead, William

Fear and Rejoice, O People - Music for Advent and Christmas

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1999-09-01

Works: Herbert Howells: Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; Here is the little door; John Tavener: Fear and rejoice o people, for chorus; A Hymn to the Mother of God; Christopher Robinson: Unto us is born a son, ...
Performers: Farrington, Iain; St. John's College Choir, Cambridge
Conductors: Robinson, Christopher
Ensemble: St. John's College Choir, Cambridge

"The magnificent choral sound of the Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, is well documented in their numerous recordings...The sound is homogenous, controlled, and a...continue...
This collection of Christmas music, sung by the St. John's College Choir, Cambridge, conducted by Christopher Robinson, consists largely of modern British works. Totus tuus, by Henryk Górecki, is...continue...

Angel Songs for Christmas / Choir of the Advent Church

1 CD / Afka / 1998-09-01

Works: Jacobus Handl: Duo Seraphim Clamabant; Juan de Esquivel Barahona: Duo Seraphim, for SSAATB chorus; Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia: Magnificat Octavi toni à 8; Judith Weir: Illuminare, Jerus...
Performers: Dwyer, Mark

Christmas From Lichfield / Lumsden, Sharpe

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-10-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); Noël nouvelet, carol (French); Peter Warlock: Bethlehem Down; Gerald Hendrie: There Is No Rose; John Linton Gardner: Tomorrow Shall Be...
Performers: Choir of Lichfield Cathedral; Lichfield Cathedral Choir; Lumsden, Andrew; Sharpe, Robert [Organ/Choral Conductor]
Conductors: Lumsden, Andrew
Ensemble: ; Lichfield Cathedral Choir

Presents an attractively representative collection of music for an English Christmas service by one of Britains finest choirs, accompanied by the world renowned Lichfield organ....continue...
Personnel: Andrew Lumsden (organ).

Recording information: Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England....continue...

Noël- Christmas at King's / Willcocks, King's College Choir

2 CD / Decca / 1995-10-17

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Traditional: The first nowell; While shepherds watched their flocks by night; I saw three ships; Ding Dong! Merrily on high; King Jesus h...
Performers: Alan, Hervey
Conductors: Willcocks, David, Sir
Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Symphony Orchestra

A Time of Peace / Drinkell, Choir of Belfast Cathedral

1 CD / Guild / 1995-10-01

Works: Anonymous: Rorate caeli desuper; Exsurge Domine; Hodie Christus natus est; Traditional: O come, O come Emmanuel; Cherry Tree Carol; Masters in this hall; Orlando Gibbons: Psalm 142; Herbert Sumsion: ...
Performers: Barber, Ian; Drinkell, David; McGuire, Mark
Conductors: Drinkell, David
Ensemble: Belfast Cathedral Choir

Adeste Fidelis / O'Donnell, Westminster Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Hyperion / 1993-10-01

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Christmas Traditional: Gabriel's Message (Basque); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; Ding Dong! Merrily on High (Fre...
Performers: Choir of Westminster Abbey; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Simcock, Iain

'A model of its kind' (The Times)

'Celestial' (The San Francisco Examiner)

'An extremely well-sung traditional carol collection. The concert makes a great appeal by...continue...
Personnel: Emma Kirkby (soprano); Catherine King (mezzo soprano); Matthew Vine, Nicholas Keay, Clifford Lister, Andrew Carwood, John Bowen, Leigh Nixon, Tom Raskin (tenor); Andrew Wickens, Michael Lee...continue...