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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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...