Darke, Harold Edwin

The Ultimate Relaxation Christmas Album II

1 CD / Decca / 2005-10-11

Works: Christmas Traditional: Still, Still, Still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian); The First Nowell (English); Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head (American); The Twelve Days of Christmas; Richard Storrs Willi...
Performers: Atkinson, Lynton; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Goss, Stephen; Keenlyside, Simon; King, Robert; Pavarotti, Luciano; Scott, John; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Tinkler, Mark; Way, Anthony
Conductors: Westenburg, Richard; Mantovani, The Orchestra; Rose, Barry; Rutter, John; Guest, George; Rogers, Eric; Adler, Kurt Herbert;
Ensemble: ; Clare College Choir; English Chamber Orchestra; Eric Rogers Chorale; Musica Sacra (New York); National Philharmonic Orchestra; St. John's College Choir, Cambridge; Trapp Family Singers

Essential Carols: The Very Best of King's College Choir, Cambridge

2 CD / Decca / 2005-10-11

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); I Saw Three Ships, carol; Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); King Jesus Hath A Garde...
Performers: Alan, Hervey; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]
Conductors: Willcocks, David

Personnel: Hervey Alan (bass baritone); Andrew Creswell Davis , Simon Preston (organ)....continue...

Mirabile Mysterium - Christmas Music through the Ages

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2005-09-13

Works: Jacobus Handl: Mirabile Mysterium, for 5 voices (Opus musicum); Ab oriente venerunt magi, for 4 voices (Opus musicum); Sebastián Alfonso: Unidos tres reyes, for chorus & ensemble; Anonymous, Fre...
Performers: Coen, Bart [Recorder]; Delpierre, Beatrice; Watillon, Sophie
Conductors: Van Nevel, Paul

This is a compilation of well - and lesser-known Christmas music, interpreted by the award-winning Netherlands Chamber Choir conducted by Paul van Nevel....continue...

Essential Carols: The Very Best of King's College Choir, Cambridge

2 CD / Decca Import / 2005-08-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (adapted from Handel); I Saw Three Ships, carol; ...
Performers: Alan, Hervey; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]
Conductors: Willcocks, David

This release is a jam-packed long-playing double CD of the most popular Christmas songs of all-time from the critically acclaimed Kings College Choir of Cambridge....continue...

Carols from King's College

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditional: Angels From the Realms Of Glory; O Little Town of Bethlehem; In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); The First Nowell (E...
Performers: Ledger, Philip, Sir; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Willcocks, David, Sir [Choral Conductor]

Best Loved Christmas Carols / King's College Choir

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-10-05

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditional: Angels From the Realms Of Glory; O Little Town of Bethlehem; In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); The First Nowell (En...
Performers: Grier, Francis; Hare, Ian; Jones, George; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Thomas Armstrong [Composer/Conductor]; Trotter, Thomas; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Well...
Conductors: Willcocks, David; Ledger, Philip, Sir
Ensemble: ; King's College Choir, Cambridge

This is the perfect set for the Christmas Season! It features the very best holiday music from the Choir of Kings College, Cambridge, who have...continue...
Personnel: Tom Armstrong (descant); Francis Grier, John Wells (organ).

Recording information: King's College Chapel, Cambridge, England (1964-1979)....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...

Our Dancing Day / The Memphis Boy Choir & Chamber Choir

1 CD / Pro Organo / 2004-09-01

Works: Michael Praetorius: Psallite unigenito; Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Edgar Pettman: A Carol of Adoration, for chorus; John Rutter: Shepherd's Pipe Carol; Benjamin Britten:...
Performers: Austin, Libby; Compton, William; Guest, George; Happ, Alexander; Kreitner, Mona; Krieger, William; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Lensch, Kristin; Memphis Boychoir; Nelson, Randall; Peyronnin, Addie; Simmons, ...
Conductors: Ayer, John
Ensemble: ; Memphis Brass Ensemble

Personnel: Kristin Lensch (soprano, organ); Mona Kreitner, Addie Peyronnin, Libby Austin, Deborah Smith, Betty Page (soprano); William Compton, James Peebles, Adrian Killebrew, James Brinson, Gannon W...continue...

In Heavenly Peace

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2004-08-31

Works: Franz Gruber: Silent Night; George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); William James Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und...
Performers: Niedt, Douglas

Personnel: Douglas Niedt (guitar).

Recording information: Niedt Records, Studio B....continue...

Simply Christmas

2 CD / Decca / 2003-10-14

Works: John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Franz Schubert: Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria"; Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David City; Lowell Mason: Jo...
Performers: Barter, Robin; Blades, James; Briggs, David [Organ]; Cleobury, Stephen; Corkhill, David; Domingo, Placido; Finucane, Tom; Haynes, Simon; Hughes, Christopher; Keenlyside, Simon; Kendall, William; Lamb...
Conductors: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Willcocks, David, Sir; Karajan, Herbert von; Cleobury, Stephen; Bonynge, Richard; Guest, George; Guadagno, Anton; Münchinger, Karl; Solti, Sir Georg; Rudel, Julius; Davis, C...
Ensemble: Ambrosian Singers; Bach Choir; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Clare College Choir; English Chamber Orchestra; Finchley Children's Music Group members; Goldsborough Orchestra; Ki...

Historic Organs of Boston - Thirty-one Historic Pipe Organs

4 CD / Organ Historical / 2003-04-01

Works: Dezsö D'Antalffy-Zsiross: Sportive Fauns, for organ; Gabriel Dupont: Méditation, for organ; Louis Vierne: Impromptu, for organ; Clarence Mader: Afternoon of a Toad, for organ; Jiri Ropek: V...
Performers: Abbott, Leo; Barney, Robert; Birch, Kevin; Crowell, Gregory; Dudas, Libor; Dwyer, Mark; Farmer, Kristin Gronning; Fitch, Frances Conover; George Bozeman, Jr.; Granert, Nancy; Hayashi, Yuko; Hess, Kim...

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

Winter Gift

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2002-11-12

Works: Christmas Traditional: What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); Work(s); The Wexford Carol ("Good People All, This Christmastime") (Enniscorthy Carol) (Irish); Still, Still, Still (Stille, stille, stille)...
Performers: Adagio Trio; Daniels, Kathryn; Daniels, Michael; Grieser, Jessica; Grieser, Linda
Conductors:
Ensemble: Adagio Trio

: Linda Grieser (harp); Michael Daniels (cello); Kathryn Daniels (flute).

Personnel: Michael Daniels (cello).

Recording information: Corbett Studio at WGUC, Cincinnati, OH....continue...

W. Davies: Solemn Melody / Roger Fisher, Andrew Fuller

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2002-04-01

Works: Henry Walford Davies: Solemn Melody, version for cello, organ & orchestra; Jesu Dulcis Memoria, for organ; Interlude for organ in C; Fugue in B flat major for piano or organ; Memorial Melody in C maj...
Performers: Fisher, Roger [Organ]; Fuller, Andrew; Wakeham, Michael

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

Christmas at Trinity / Burdick, The Choir of Trinity Church

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-10-01

Works: Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David City; Traditional: Sans Day Carol; I saw three ships; Infant holy, infant lowly; Gabriel's message; Angels from the realms ...
Performers: Bartram, Amy; Burdick, Owen; Copeland, Joshua; Hoyt, Ann; Jamison, Barbara Lynne; Lippold, Richard; Sands, Stephen
Conductors: Burdick, Owen
Ensemble: Trinity Church Choir, New York

The choir at Trinity Church, Wall Street, led by Owen Burdick has here recorded a truly delightful disc of Christmas favorites, book-marked by the traditional...continue...

Parry: The Complete Organ Works / James Lancelot

2 CD / Priory / 2001-06-01

Works: Hubert Parry: Fantasia and Fugue for organ in G major, Op. 188; Chorale Fantasia for organ on an old English Tune; Chorale Fantasia for organ on "O God, our help"; Chorale prelude for organ ("Dundee"...
Performers: Lancelot, James

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

Silent Night - 25 Carols of Peace and Tranquility

1 CD / Decca / 1999-10-19

Works: Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Harold Edwin Darke: In the bleak mid-winter; Traditional: Child in the Manger; Cradle Song; Born on earth the Divine Christ child; Suo Gan; In dulci jubilo; The infa...
Performers: Atkinson, Lynton; Bowen, John; Briggs, David; Briggs, David [Organ]; Choir of St. John's Church, Elora; Clare College Choir & Orchestra, Cambridge; Cleobury, Stephen; Haynes, Simon; Hitch, Mary; Hugh...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Rutter, John; Guest, George; Willcocks, David; Willcocks, David, Sir; Hill, David
Ensemble: ; Clare College Choir; Clare College Orchestra; King's College Choir, Cambridge; St. John's College Choir, Cambridge; Winchester Cathedral Choir

"Silent Night" is a collection of 25 peaceful and tranquil Christmas Carols. This is the perfect music to be played after a holiday dinner or...continue...
Silent Night: 25 Carols of Peace & Tranquility delivers just what the title promises: a relaxing collection of traditional holiday songs like "Away in a Manger," "Rocking," and "In Dulci Jubilo," perf...continue...

Gabriel's Message - One Thousand Years of Carols

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-10-01

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David City; Harold Edwin Darke: In the bleak mid-winter; Traditional: In dulci jubilo; Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Carol"; Good King Wenceslas; ...
Performers: Stringer, Robert
Conductors: Hunt, Donald; Sackett, Andrew; Edison, Noel

Drawn from a wonderful catalog of choral music for Christmas comes this new compilation from Naxos that features some beautiful and intimate singing! This album...continue...

Christmas with the Chapter House Choir in York Minster

1 CD / Guild / 1999-09-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: Coventry Carol (2); I Saw Three Ships, carol; Lullay, lullow; I Wonder As I Wander (American); Still, Still, Still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian); The Twelve Days of Chris...
Performers: Brock, Frances; Frith, David; Gill, John; Greenaway, Cathy; Lindley, Sue; Philip Moore [Organ/Conductor]; Redding, Denise; Sturge, Lotti; Wharfedale, Mark

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis Vol 7 / Massey, Williams

1 CD / Priory / 1999-05-01

Works: Herbert Sumsion: Magnificat in D major; Nunc Dimittis in D major; Harold Edwin Darke: Magnificat in A minor; Nunc Dimittis in A minor; Richard Lloyd: Magnificat; Nunc dimittis; Henry Walford Davies: ...
Performers: Williams, Huw Tregelles
Conductors: Massey, Roy
Ensemble: Hereford Cathedral Choir

Te Deum and Jubilate Vol 3 - Britten, Harris, et al

1 CD / Priory / 1999-05-01

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Te Deum; Herbert Sumsion: Te Deum Laudamus; Benjamin Britten: Te Deum in C major; Jubilate Deo; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Te Deum in G major; Basil Harwood: Te Deum in A flat...
Performers: Bowen, Geraint
Conductors: Massey, Roy
Ensemble: Hereford Cathedral Choir

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis Vol 4 / Adrian Lucas

1 CD / Priory / 1999-05-01

Works: Edward Bairstow: Evening Service in D major; Herbert Brewer: Evening Canticles in D major; Harold Edwin Darke: Evening service in F major; Herbert Howells: Gloucester Service; Collegium Regale; Herbe...
Performers: Thorne, David
Conductors: Lucas, Adrian
Ensemble: Portsmouth Cathedral Choir

The Mystery of Christmas

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1998-10-28

Works: Christmas Traditional: The Huron Indian Carol ("'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime"), carol (Quebecois); King Jesus Hath A Garden (Dutch); Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (English); Ding Dong! Merrily ...
Performers: Bloss, Michael

Magic of Christmas / Rutter, Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir

1 CD / CBC Records / 1998-10-20

Works: John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Boris Ord: Adam lay ybounden; Michael Praetorious: Musae Sioniae; Traditional: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; Gabriel's message; Still, still, still; I saw a mai...
Performers: Braun, Russell; Gardiner, James; Laughton, Stuart; Loman, Judy; Moroney, Edward; Samuel Stevens, Marion
Conductors: Rutter, John
Ensemble: Hannaford Street Silver Band; Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir

"A winner on all counts. The repertoire is gloriously evocative of what the Christmas season is supposed to be about...The choir is terrific, led by...continue...

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

Christmas with the Academy / Sir Neville Marriner

1 CD / Philips / 1994-11-15

Works: Traditional: Past three o'clock; Ding Dong! Merrily on high; On Christmas Night "Sussex Carol"; Quelle est cette odeur agréable?; Il est né, le divin enfant; Still, still, still; The Ho...
Performers: Birch, John; Bostridge, Ian; Boulter, Eleanor; Finley, Gerald; Fowler-Watt, Andrew; Joshua, Rosemary; Postle, Leslie; Roper, David
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus

Christmas Favorites / Rachel van Voorhees

1 CD / Centaur / 1994-11-01

Works: Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; William J. Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger; Traditional: What child is this?; The first nowell; Carol of the Bells; God rest ye merry, gen...
Performers: Van Voorhees, Rachel

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...

Organ works by Darke, Alcock, Willan, Jackson, Brockless / Johnstone

1 CD / Metier / 1992-01-01

Works: Harold Darke: Rhapsody for Organ, Op. 4; Walter Alcock: Introduction and Passacaglia, for organ; Healey Willan: Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue for Organ in E flat major, B 149; Francis Jackson: ...
Performers: Johnstone, Andrew

A program of organ works by British composers who were all connected through their interest in the organ and dedicated their works to one another....continue...
Recording information: St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland (02/24/1992-02/26/1992)....continue...

The Holly & Ivy

1 CD / Decca / 1989-10-10

Works: Christmas Traditional: King Jesus Hath A Garden (Dutch); Gabriel's Message (Basque); The Wexford Carol ("Good People All, This Christmastime") (Enniscorthy Carol) (Irish); Child in a Manger; Ding Don...
Performers: Clare College Choir & Orchestra, Cambridge
Conductors: Rutter, John

Recording information: The Lady Chapel Of Ely Cathedral (1979).

Holly & Ivy features the Clare College Choir and Orchestra of Cambridge performing a variety of holiday favorites. Featured perfo...continue...

Christmas Night - Carols of the Nativity / Rutter, Cambridge

1 CD / Collegium / 1987-06-01

Works: Traditional: In dulci jubilo; Christmas Night; Once as I remember; Cherry Tree Carol; O Tannenbaum; Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; A Virgin most pure; I saw a maiden; Boris Ord: Adam lay ybounden;...
Conductors: Rutter, John
Ensemble: Cambridge Singers; City of London Sinfonia

"For me, there is no other CD of Christmas music that captures the spirit of the holiday season like this one does. The arrangements are...continue...

Gruber, Mendelssohn and Gauntlett

1 CD / Decca / 1984-09-17

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; George Ratcliffe Woodward: Up! good Christian folk, and listen, for chorus & orchestra; Philip Ledger: On Christmas Night; Christmas Tradition...
Performers: Barter, Robin; Bowen, John; Briggs, David; Green, Graham; Haynes, Simon; Hughes, Christopher; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Lamb, Jonathan; Robertson, Roland
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: King's College Choir of Cambridge

Recording information: King's College Chapel, Cambridge, England.

16 traditional carols done by this classic Christmas choir. This is what carols were meant to sound like. ~ Michael Erlewine...continue...