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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...

A Year in Exeter Cathedral - Sacred music for chorus & organ by Mawby, Praetorius, Warlock, Merulo, Shephard, Gretchaninov et al.

1 CD / Priory / 2012-10-09

Works: Gabriel Jackson: Tomorrow ye go forth, Advent Vesper responsory; Colin Mawby: Jesus Christ the apple tree, for chorus; Michael Praetorius: In dulci jubilo; Peter Warlock: Benedicamus Domino; Claudio ...
Performers: Davies, David [Organ]
Conductors: Tanner, Stephen
Ensemble: Exeter Cathedral Choir

Drawing on a repertoire of sacred music that has grown and developed over hundreds of years, the choral tradition at Exeter Cathedral continues to flourish....continue...
Recording information: Exeter Cathedral (04/17/2011-05/19/2011)....continue...

Carols by Candlelight / Bill Ives, Magdalen College Choir

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-11-08

Works: Gregorian Chant: Conditor alme siderum, hymn, mode 4; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Traditional English Carols (8); The Blessed Son of God, for chorus (arranged from "Hodie," Christmas cantata); William By...
Performers: Ford, Martin
Conductors: Ives, Bill
Ensemble: ; Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford

Recording information: Magdalen College, Oxford (07/2008)....continue...

On Christmas Night / works by Rutter, Burton, Mathias, Darke and Poston

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2011-10-25

Works: John Rutter: What sweeter music; Christmas Traditional: Noël nouvelet, carol (French); Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); I Saw Three Ships, carol; Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (English); ...
Performers: Challenger, John [Organ]; Clapham, Geoffrey; Gregory, Julian; James, Freddie [Organist]; Leslie, Huw; Macdonald, Basil; Neill, Henry
Conductors: Nethsingha, Andrew
Ensemble: St John's College Choir cambridge

A joyous celebration of music for the festive season! This disc was recorded in the College Chapel in full surround-sound, and recreates to a spectacular...continue...
Recording information: St John's College Chapel, Cambridge, England (01/14/2011-01/16/2011)....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

Christmas Carols

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Alick Rowe: Adam lay y bounden, carol; Christmas Traditional: O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; People, Look East! (Besa...
Performers: Brown, Tim Brown; Challenger, Stephen; Corder, Ian; Crowhurst, Jeremy; Edwards, George; Field, Sebastian; Gowland, Stephen; Gregory, Anthony; Hereford Cathedral Choir; Hickey, George; Holland, Jonath...
Conductors: Massey, Roy

One of the top English Cathedral choirs sing a varied program of many popular carols for Advent and Christmastide together with lesser known ones particular...continue...
Personnel: John Stafford, George Edwards, Sam Johnson, Robert Thomas, Jr. (vocals); Tim Fulford Brown (tenor); Huw Williams (organ).

Recording information: Hereford Cathedral, Hereford, Hertfo...continue...

Carols by Candlelight / Ives, Magdalen College

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-11-10

Works: Gregorian Chant: Creator alme siderum, hymn (Advent 1); Ralph Vaughan Williams: Traditional English Carols (8); The Blessed Son of God, for chorus (arranged from "Hodie," Christmas cantata); William ...
Performers: Ford, Martin

Bill Ives leads the famed Choir of Magdalen College in this selection of choral favorites for Advent and Christmas. The music on this recording ranges...continue...

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...

Sweet Music of Christmas / Morrow, et al

1 CD / Koch International / 2007-10-23

Works: Christmas Traditional: Il est né, le divin enfant (French); Of the Father's heart begotten (A Christmas Procession); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; I Wonder As I Wande...
Performers: Holt, Lisa Roane; Koch, Laura; Wiles, John; Young, Kaycee
Conductors: Morrow, James
Ensemble: University of Texas Chamber Singers

The University of Texas Chamber Singers have been one of the premiere North American collegiate choral ensembles for nearly half a century, having been organized...continue...

The Christmas Collection

3 CD / Coro / 2007-09-04

Works: William Walton: Make we joy now in this Fest, carol arrangement for chorus (Christmas Carols no 1); Kenneth Leighton: Carols (3), Op. 25; Peter Racine Fricker: A Babe Is Born; Edmund Rubbra: The Virg...
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Burrows, Peter; Carwood, Andrew; Clarke, Fiona; Crabtree, Libby; Dean, Ruth; Dunkley, Sally; Forbes, Patricia; Hodges, Christopher; Hoffnung, Benedict; Jeffrey...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: ; The Sixteen (Choir)

Gramophone Magazine
Performed with every virtue and every grace including fresh, firm tone, uncanny precision and the finest possible control of grades and shades of volume.
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The Sixteen Edition - Hodie / Christophers, The Sixteen

1 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: William Walton: Make we joy now in this Fest, carol arrangement for chorus (Christmas Carols no 1); Kenneth Leighton: Carols (3), Op. 25; Peter Racine Fricker: A Babe Is Born; Edmund Rubbra: The Virg...
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Crabtree, Libby; Dean, Ruth; Dunkley, Sally; Forbes, Patricia; Hoffnung, Benedict; Jeffrey, Robin; Jenkin, Nicola [Soprano Vocals]; Lockhart, William; MacKenzi...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen (Choir)

"Outstanding, irrespective of the season." -Gramophone...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...

Inspired Voices - Music to Enhance Your Spirit

1 CD / RCA Records / 2002-01-08

Works: Hildegard von Bingen: Hodie aperuit nobis; Johann Sebastian Bach: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Johannes Brahms: Der englische Gruss ("Gegrüsset"), for mixed ...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Domingo, Placido; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Haider, Friedrich; Kasarova, Vesselina; Knutson, Lydia Heather; Lamb, Andrew; Moffo, Anna; Norberg-Schulz, Elizabeth; Piau, Sandrine...
Conductors: Thornton, Barbara; Marlow, Richard; Fiedler, Arthur; Davis, Colin; Froschauer, Helmuth; Goodman, Roy; Kuijken, Sigiswald; Levine, James; Hills, Margaret; Eichhorn, Kurt; Westenburg, Richard
Ensemble: ; Hanover Band; La Petite Bande; Sequentia (Early music ensemble); Trinity College Choir, Cambridge

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...

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...

Advent Carols from St. John's

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-10-01

Works: Richard Lloyd: Drop down ye heavens; English Traditional: Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending; Spoken Word: The Message of Advent; First Lesson - Genesis 3; The Word of God; Second Lesson - Genesis 2...
Performers: Bols, Frederick; Bush, G. R., Reverend; Clements, William; Guest, George; Hinde, Robert; Macintosh, A. A.; Martin, James [Organ]; St. John's College Choir, Cambridge; Thomas Armstrong [Composer/Condu...
Conductors: Robinson, Christopher

"The performances are of a very high quality; the choir, conducted by Christopher Robinson, sings with unusual purity, warm blend, excellent diction, and expressive breadth...continue...
Includes work(s) by Gregorian Chant....continue...

Christmas at Trinity / Strege, Trinity Episcopal Choir

1 CD / Delos / 1992-01-01

Works: Gregorian Chant: Verbum caro; Marcel Dupré: In Dulci Jubilo, Marcel Dupre; Variations on an Old Noël, for organ, Op. 20; Christmas Traditional: Once, as I remember (Italian); Anonymous: M...
Performers: Baker, George C.; Osborne, Joan; Trinity College Choir, Cambridge; Walsh, Kevin

Personnel: Barbara Rhyne, Adrienne Brown, Betsy Taylor, Kevin Walsh (vocals); George C. Baker (organ).

Recording information: Trinity Episcopal Church, Portland, OR (03/07/1992-03/09/1992)....continue...

A sound came from heaven

1 CD / Herald /

Works: Kenneth Leighton: Sarum Mass for soloists, chorus & organ, Op 66; Douglas Mews: A Sound Came from Heav'n, for chorus; Peter Philips: O Crux Splendidior, motet; Jean Langlais: Messe Solennelle for cho...
Conductors: Walsh, Philip