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Carols from Kings / Stephen Cleobury, King's College Choir

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditional: Rejoice and Be Merry; Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); King Jesus Hath A Garden (Dutch); Infant Holy, Infant Lowly ...
Performers: Goode, David; Knight, Alexander; Todd, Nicholas
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: ; King's College Choir

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, is one of the world's most beloved choral groups. Each Christmas Eve millions across the globe tune in to...continue...
Recording information: La Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France (08/02/1994-08/03/1994)....continue...

A Winter's Light - A Christmas Collection / Martin Ford, organ; Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backhouse

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-11-13

Works: Bob Chilcott: On Christmas Night, carol cycle; Christmas-tide, carol for chorus & piano; Christmas Traditional: Gabriel's Message (Basque); Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Hodie Christus natus est; Michae...
Performers: Burges, Dan; Ford, Martin; McWilliams, Fiona; Paterson, Alysha; Robertson, Paul [Tenor vocals]; Watson, Susan; Wood, Matthew
Conductors: Backhouse, Jeremy
Ensemble: ; Vasari Singers

The Vasari Singers' annual carol concerts always provide a warming blend of traditional favorites and less well-known music from all periods and styles. Here, joyous...continue...
Recording information: Tonbridge School Chapel, Tonbridge, Kent, UK (02/10/2012-02/12/2012)....continue...

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...

Essential Carols - Over 2 hours of timeless Christmas favorites

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); Up! Good Christian Folk, and Listen (Piae cantiones); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; The Holly and the Ivy (English); While...
Performers: Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Bell, David [Organ]; Bickenbach, Christfried; Blandford, Jeremy; Clarvis, Paul; Grier, Francis; Hare, Ian; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Kampen, Christopher van;...
Conductors: Ledger, Philip, Sir; Willcocks, David; Hickox, Richard; Ericson, Eric; Rutter, John; Hughes, Owain Arwel; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Alexander, Geoffrey; Handford, Maurice

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...continue...

Treasure of English Church Music / Rutter, Cambridge Singers

2 CD / Collegium / 2011-08-30

Works: Robert Parsons: Ave Maria; Thomas Tallis: Loquebantur variis linguis; If ye love me; In manus tuas; William Byrd: Cantiones sacrae, Book 2; Liber secundus sacrarum cantionum; Ave verum corpus; Civita...
Conductors: Rutter, John

This deluxe 2-CD set brings together two classic Collegium recordings of English church music to offer over two hours of glorious music for unaccompanied choir....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...

Traditional & Modern Carols / Higginbottom - New College Oxford Choir

1 CD / Regis Records / 2011-03-22

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; William Byrd: Gradualia, Volume 2; Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); The Holly ...
Conductors: Higginbottom, Edward

Welcome Yule

1 CD / Saydisc / 2011-01-11

Works: John Joubert: Welcome Yule!, for chorus, Op. 27; There Is No Rose, for chorus, Op. 14; Benjamin Britten: Hymn to the Virgin; Anton Bruckner: Virga Jesse, gradual for chorus in E minor, WAB 52; Herber...
Performers: Bacon, Richard [Baritone vocals]
Conductors: Jenkins, Glyn

Recording information: St. George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol (01/1988)....continue...

Music for Mary

1 CD / Priory / 2010-11-09

Works: Gregorian Chant: Ave Maria, antiphon; Regina caeli; Robert Parsons: Ave Maria; Benjamin Britten: Hymn to the Virgin; Mervyn Cousins: Ave Maria, for treble voices; Ave Maria, for men's chorus; Andrew ...
Performers: Lea, Richard

This is the first volume in a new series of sacred music dedicated to Marian music. It has at its heart a wealth of settings...continue...
Recording information: Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, England (10/14/2008-10/15/2008)....continue...

Choral Music by Herbert Howells

1 CD / Signum UK / 2010-07-08

Works: Herbert Howells: The summer is coming; Sweetest of sweets; Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; One Thing Have I Desired, motet for chorus & organ; Antiphon; Walking in the Snow, for chorus & organ; A Grace...
Performers: Harris, Dorothea; Jones, Alex; Lee, Simon; McIntosh, Fergus; Ogilvie, Imogen; Roberts, Marcus; Walker, Margaret; Winpenny, Tom

"Eschew vibrato as a choir, and you risk the ignominy of uncovering all kinds of approximations in pitch, ensemble and inflection. While few groups can...continue...
Recording information: St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood (01/02/2009-01/06/2009)....continue...

The Virgin Mary's Journey

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Herbert Howells: Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; Marcel Dupré: Motets (4), Op. 9; Max Reger: Ave Maria, for organ, Op. 80/5; Charles Villiers Stanford: Magnificat in G; Francis Poulenc: Motets pou...
Performers: Cook, Dan

Advent in Winchester "O come, Emmanuel" / Lumsden, et al

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Plainchant: Drop down, ye heavens (Advent Prose), Mode 1, for choir; William Byrd: Liber primus sacrarum cantionum; Paul Manz: E'en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come; Johann Sebastian Bach: Wachet auf, ru...
Performers: Baldock, Sarah; Brown, Jonathan; Cartridge, David; Gallear, Simon; Goater, Edward; Holliday, Jimmy; Irwin, Simon; Kendall, Richard; Kendall, William; Lumsden, Andrew; Norrington, Thomas

See Amid the Winter's Snow: Christmas from Gloucester

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Christmas Traditional: Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (English); Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); There Is No Rose of Such Virtue (English); Blessed Be That Maid Marie (English); O Little One S...
Performers: Lee, Mark

"Throughout the recital the singing of the choir gives a good deal of pleasure. The acoustic of Gloucester Cathedral is a very reverberant one but...continue...
Personnel: Mark "Anarchy" Lee (organ).

Recording information: Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, England....continue...

Herbert Howells: St John's Magnificat

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-03-30

Works: Herbert Howells: Sequence for St Michael; By the Waters of Babylon, for baritone, violin, cello & organ; Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; Gloucester Service; Psalm 142 ("I cried unto the Lord with my vo...
Performers: David Adams [Violin/Viola]; John, Gareth [Vocals]; Kraemer, Dominic; Last, Thomas [Vocals]; Mullock, Thomas [Vocals]; Neary, Alice; Ravalde, Tim; Strong, Pablo; Whelan, Paul; Williams, Francis [Tenor...

This recording heralds the beginning of an exclusive recording contract between Chandos and the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge. All performances will be conducted...continue...
Recording information: St John's College Chapel, Cambridge, England (2009-01-09&2009-01-10&2009-)....continue...

State of the Art: The Story of Deutsche Grammophon

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-12-21

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian dances for orchestra; Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "FAE Sonata"; Johann Sebastian Bach: The Ar...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Battle, Kathleen; Bay, Emanuel; Bielecki, Andre; Blechacz, Rafal [Piano]; Brueggergosman, Mea...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Anda, Géza; Barenboim, Daniel; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bernstein, Leonard; Böhm, Karl; Boulez, Pierre; Maazel, Lorin; Marcon, Andrea; Karajan, Herbert vo...
Ensemble: ; Andalucian Dogs; Gabrieli Consort

This new, limited edition, large format book, State of the Art, (in English / German) presents the first full-length history of the legendary yellow label....continue...

Festival Of Nine Lessons / King's College Choir

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2009-12-08

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Spoken Word: Bidding Prayer - The Lord's Prayer - Blessing; First Lesson - Genesis 3; Second Lesson - Genesis 22; Third Lesson - Isaiah 9; Fou...
Performers: Bagnall, Chris [spoken word]; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Harrison, Ross [spoken word]; Lloyd-Morgan, Richard; Musallam, Basim [spoken word]; Richardson, Ashley; Robinson, Joel; Robinson, Ni...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen

This new, live, complete recording of the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols from Christmas Eve 2008 includes traditional hymns, modern carols, old favorites and...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of King's College, Cambridge (12/24/2008)....continue...

What Sweeter Music: Songs & Carols Christmas

1 CD / Signum UK / 2009-12-02

Works: James Pierpont: Jingle Bells; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; John Rutter: What sweeter music; There is a flower; Nativity Carol; Herbert Howells: Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; Christmas Traditional: Que...
Performers: Sherlock, James

Tenebrae is a professional chamber choir, founded by Nigel Short in 2001. Often performing by candlelight, the choir creates an atmosphere of spiritual and musical...continue...
Recording information: St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield, London, Eng (06/22/2009-06/26/2009)....continue...

A Ceremony of Carols

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-12-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28; Hugo Distler: Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen; Herbert Howells: Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; Trond Kverno: Ave maris stella, for choir; John Tavener: The...
Performers: Gabrielsen, Stephen; Kohler, Jason [Tenor Vocal]; Sanford, Skye [Soprano Vocal]; Strom, William [Vocals]
Conductors: Rossin, Thomas D.

In Terra Pax - A Christmas Anthem - Finzi, Holst, Vaughan Williams, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-11-17

Works: Gustav Holst: Christmas Day, for chorus & orchestra, H. 109; John Joubert: There Is No Rose, for chorus, Op. 14; William Mathias: Sir Christèmas; A babe is born, Op. 55; Herbert Howells: Here ...
Performers: Davies, Julian [Tenor]; Doyle, Julia; Glassberg, Ben; Oberst, Simon; Williams, Mark; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Wetton, Hilary Davan

Performances of carols both ancient and modern have become central to the celebration of Christmas. The choral music on this disc includes Holst's surprisingly neglected...continue...

111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-10-20

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/5; Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "FAE Sonata"; Joha...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kathleen; Bay, Emanuel; Benson, Clifford; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bielecki, Andre; Ble...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Barenboim, Daniel; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bernstein, Leonard; Böhm, Karl; Boulez, Pierre; Maazel, Lorin; Marcon, Andrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Chung, Myung-W...
Ensemble: ; Andalucian Dogs; Concerto Köln ; English Baroque Soloists; English Consort; Gabrieli Consort; His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Musica Antiqua Köln ...

Deutsche Grammophon is proud to celebrate its 111th birthday this year (December 6th, to be exact) and as part of the celebration will release a...continue...

Carols from New College / Choir of New College, Oxford

1 CD / CRD Records / 2009-05-01

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Christmas Traditional: Adam lay ybounden, carol (English); Owt of your slepe aryse (15th c. English), carol; The Angel Gabriel From Heaven...
Performers: Moody, Howard

The University of Oxford's world famous choir performs a selection of famous and lesser-known carols....continue...

For unto us a child is born / Edward Higginbottom, New College Oxford

1 CD / CRD Records / 2009-05-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; William Byrd: Gradualia, Volume 2; Heinrich Schütz: Hodie Christus...
Performers: Wilcocks, Sir David
Conductors: Higginbottom, Edward
Ensemble: Canticum Novum Ensemble

All Is Bright / Llewellyn, Handel and Haydn Society

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Hodie Christus natus est; Christmas Traditional: There Is No Rose of Such Virtue (English); Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming, carol; Deck the Halls (Welsh); Dietrich Buxtehude: ...
Performers: Consoli, Susan; Finney, John; Giampa, Janice; Grimes, John [Engineer]; Krueger, Christopher; Nomura, Christòpheren; Rolfe, Wendy; Watson, Karen
Conductors: Llewellyn, Grant
Ensemble: Handel and Haydn Society; Handel and Haydn Society Chorus; Trinity Handbell Ensemble

Bostons Handel and Haydn Society is one of Americas leading choral ensembles. Under the direction of recently appointed music director Grant Llewellyn, the Society has...continue...

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...

Spotless Rose

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2009-02-17

Works: John Tavener: Hymns to the Mother of God; Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria... virgo serena, motet for 4 parts; Igor Stravinsky: Blessed Virgin; Giles Swayne: Magnificat for chorus; Jean Mouton: Nesciens Ma...
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul

Recording information: Classic Sound Ltd....continue...

O nata lux / Musica Intima

1 CD / ATMA / 2008-10-28

Works: Christmas Traditional: In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); Gabriel's Message (Basque); Baloo, Lammy (Scottish); Ce matin, j'ai rencontré le train (French); The Wexford Carol ("Good People All,...

'O Nata Lux' features works by 20th century landmark composers including Britten, Howells and Willan, as well as contemporary arrangements of traditional Christmas music such...continue...

Howells: A Spotless Rose; Paulus: Splendid Jewel, etc / Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2008-09-30

Works: Stephen Paulus: Splendid Jewel; Benjamin Britten: Hymn to the Virgin; Cecilia McDowall: Three Latin Motets, for chorus; Herbert Howells: Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; Javier Busto: Marian Pieces (2),...
Performers: Branch, Sonia; Comeaux, Robert; Ewer, Cassandra; Herbert, Jacob W.; Lloyd, Rebecca; Markham, Caroline; Platt, Carol; Rinsema, Joel M.; Rugen, Kira Z.; Topping, David
Conductors: Bruffy, Charles
Ensemble: Phoenix Chorale

BBC Music Magazine
Jean Belmont Ford's cycle Electa is a real discovery, performed with a naturalness and ease that carries one unerringly through very unfamiliar musical...continue...

Serenity: Beautiful Choral Music [Box Set]

5 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2008-07-29

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria... virgo serena, motet for 4 parts; William Byrd: Ave verum corpus; Robert Parsons: Ave Maria; Guillaume Dufay: Nuper rosarum flores, isorhythmi...
Performers: Black, Richard; Bone, Corin; Costa, Neal Peres da; Donnelly, Mark; Drury, David; Duck-Chong, Jenny; Everingham, Craig; Fraser, Anna; Greco, David; Harvey, Ray; Lang, Genevieve; Macliver, Sara; McMaho...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Weymark, Brett; Stanhope, Paul
Ensemble: ; Sirius String Quartet

With reviews describing cantillation as 'heaven on a stick' and 'an elegant and highly responsive group of singers' you cannot go past this ultimate collection...continue...

Best 100 Carols

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); Up! Good Christian Folk, and Listen (Piae cantiones); O Little Town of Bethlehem; Personent hodie (On this day Earth shall ring) (Piae Cantiones); O...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Bell, David [Organ]; Bickenbach, Christfried; Blandford, Jeremy; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Charlesworth, Stephen; Chilcott, Bob; Clarvis, Paul;...
Conductors: Ledger, Philip, Sir; Willcocks, David; Rutter, John; Parrott, Andrew; Hickox, Richard; Ericson, Eric; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Alexander, Geoffrey; Tunick, Jonathan; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Hughes, O...
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players

2007 release in the Best Classics 100 series, 100 Best Carols is the perfect Christmas release-- six CDs of the most famous carols, all time...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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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...

Howells: Choral Works / Spicer, Bicket, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-07-25

Works: Herbert Howells: Te Deum ("For the Church of St. Mary, Redcliffe, Bristol"); Even such is time; The summer is coming; The House of the Mind, motet for chorus & organ; Two Madrigals, for chorus; Salve...
Performers: Bernays, John; Bicket, Harry; Carwood, Andrew; Cotterill, Marianne; Crookes, Anna; Daneman, Sophie; Gritton, Susan; Hadleigh-Wilson, Nicholas; Kemp, Nicola-Jane; Lane, Carys-Anne; Lumsden, Andrew; Mi...

This collection is drawn from four successful releases from the early 1990s with the dynamic Finzi Singers, directed by Paul Spicer. The Singers produce sounds...continue...
Includes work(s) for chorus: nunc dimittis by Herbert Howells....continue...

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...

Christmas on Fifth Avenue / Choir of St. Thomas Church, NYC

1 CD / Pro Organo / 2005-11-01

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Christmas Traditional: Up! Good Christian Folk, and Listen (Piae cantiones); Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); Quelle est cette odeur a...
Performers: Bruns, Jeremy S.; Bynum, Woodrow Bynum; Carder, Gregg M.; Fletcher, Nathan; Fletcher, Zachary; Jarrett, Richard; Register, Brian; Streetman, Curtis
Conductors: Music], John Scott [Choral

Candlelight Carols: Jul med Alimanna Sangen

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2005-10-01

Works: Gunnar Wennerberg: Psalm 24 "Gören portarna höga" ("Make High the Gates"), hymn; Ivar Widéen: Gläs över sjö och strand; Hugo Alfvén: Work(s); Jean Sibelius: We Ask ...

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]

Carols from Winchester Cathedral / Neary, et al

1 CD / ASV / 2004-11-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: I Saw Three Ships, carol; The Holly and the Ivy (English); The First Nowell (English); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); Il est n&#...
Performers: Brandon, Russell; Kendall, William; Lancelot, James; Layton, Stephen; Neary, Martin; Ross, Keith; Sweeney, Donald; Winchester Cathedral Choir
Conductors: Neary, Martin
Ensemble: Winchester Cathedral Choir

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...

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

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...

Over Hill, Over Dale / Mark Lee, Saint Cecilia Singers

1 CD / Priory / 1999-04-20

Works: Herbert Howells: Hymn for St Cecilia, for chorus; Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; Here is the little door; John Sanders: Anthem of the Incarnation; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Shakespeare Songs (3) for cho...

Nativitas / Higginbottom, Choir of New College Oxford

1 CD / Erato / 1997-10-28

Works: Christmas Traditional: I Wonder As I Wander (American); The Angel Gabriel, carol; In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); Shepherds, shake off your drowsy sleep (Berger, secoue ton sommeil profund) (Fr...
Performers: Cave, Philip; Fuggle, Nicholas; Higginbottom, Edward; Morris, Roderick; Willcocks, David, Sir [Choral Conductor]

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 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...

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...

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...

Faire is the Heaven - Music of the English Church / Rutter

1 CD / Collegium / 1988-06-01

Works: Robert Parsons: Ave Maria; Thomas Tallis: Loquebantur variis linguis; If ye love me; William Byrd: Cantiones sacrae, Book 2; Liber secundus sacrarum cantionum; Ave verum corpus; Civitas sancti tui; R...