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Celebrate Christmas - Britten, Willcocks, Pinel, Byram-Wigfield / The Choristers of St. Georges Chapel, WindsorÆs Castle

1 CD / Regent Records / 2012-11-13

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditional: Zither Carol (Czech); In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); Il est né, le divin enfant (French); Hajej, nynej, Jez...
Performers: Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Pinel, Richard; Thomas Armstrong [Composer/Conductor]
Conductors: Byram-Wigfield, Timothy
Ensemble: ; The Choristers of St. Georges Chapel, WindsorÆs Castle

Recording information: Exeter College Chapel, Oxford, England (03/14/2011-03/15/2011); St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle (03/14/2011-03/15/2011); Exeter College Chapel, Oxford, England (07/21/2011); ...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...

The Top 20 Christmas Carols

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-12-07

Works: Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; John ...
Performers: Blades, James; Bradley, Jonathan; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Drury, David; Kenny, Yvonne; Lang, Genevieve; McMahon, Paul; Miller, David [Piano]; Riley, Catherin...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Sexton, Timothy; Willcocks, David; Leighton-Jones, Michael; Walker, Antony; Weymark, Brett; Stanhope, David; Guest, George; Dyer, Paul

Christmas In The Park / King's Singer; King's College Choir; Kathleen Battle, et al.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Felix Bernard: Winter Wonderland; Christmas Traditional: Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); The Gloucester Wassail Song ("Wassail! wassail all over the town!"), carol; Ding Dong! Merrily on High (F...
Performers: Baker, Chet [Trumpet/Vocals/Composer]; Battle, Kathleen; Case, John Carol; Jackson, Javon; Kenton, Stan; Willcocks, David, Sir [Choral Conductor]
Conductors: Willcocks, David; Jaffee, Michael; Litton, James; Temirkanov, Yuri; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: ; Choir of King's College Cambridge; Waverly Consort

During the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season we often lose track of the meaning of Christmas. Whether it is the excitement of the...continue...

Hodie: Advent to Christmas

1 CD / Regent Records / 2010-10-12

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols; Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28; Johannes Brahms: Chorale Preludes (11) for Organ, Op. 122; David Willcocks: Resonemus laudibus, f...
Performers: Castle, George; Cooper, Ben [Baritone]; Jefferis, Joanne; Shellard, Stephen; White, Catherine

Recorded in the historic Worcester Cathedral, this collection of Christmas music draws on some of the best-known composers in 20th century music....continue...
Recording information: Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, England (06/17/2009-06/18/2009); Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, England (07/09/2009)....continue...

Christmas Angels: A Thousand Voices Sing the Finest Christmas Music in Lincoln Cathedral

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Johannes Brahms: Chorale Preludes (11) for Organ, Op. 122; Christmas Traditional: O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; This is the truth sent from above (English); Ding Dong! Merri...
Performers: Barwood, Simon; Companie of Ringers of the Cathedral Church of the; Daws, Adrian; Hughes, Chris [Drums]; Hughes, Christopher; Ravenscroft, Timothy; Sanford-Casey, Daniel; Willcocks, David, Sir [Chora...
Conductors: Walsh, Colin [Organ]

Over 1,000 people of every age and denomination traveled to Lincoln Cathedral to record the best-loved Christmas Carols for Christmas Angels. The Cathedral Choir joined...continue...
Personnel: Simon Barwood (tenor); Chris Hughes (organ); Lee Townsend (bells).

Recording information: Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England (05/16/1994-07/14/1994)....continue...

Christmas From Truro / Robert Sharpe, Truro Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Regent Records / 2009-09-08

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David City; Anonymous: Coventry Carol; O come all ye faithful; Traditional: Ding dong! merrily on high; The First Nowell; Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; The Ang...
Performers: Allen, Edward; Armstrong, Thomas; Gray, Christopher [Organ]; Hawker, Nicholas; Morton, Nicholas

This new collection of classics is an anthology of well-known Christmas favorites as might be heard in the Christmas liturgies in Truro Cathedral each year....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

Welcome All Wonders! / Cathedral Choral Society

1 CD / Gothic Records / 2009-01-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); Personent hodie (On this day Earth shall ring) (Piae Cantiones); Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella ("Un flambeau, Jeanette, Isabelle"); Rej...
Performers: Bruno, Jon; Eisenhour, Jeannie Cummins; Halley, Paul [Organ/Singer]; Kruse, Leslie; Levin, Jake; Nassor, Edward; Nassor, Edward M.; Plutz, Eric; Ringers, St. Columba Handbell; Schendel, Rebecca; Sheu...

This is an interesting mix of contemporary mixed-voice choir with organ and brass from the Cathedral Choral Society, the resident chorus of Washington National Cathedral....continue...
Personnel: Jake Levin (soprano, treble); Jeannette D. Warren, Margot T. Young, Kathleen Ying Shu Sheu, MaryKate Hotaling, Rebecca Christie, Portia Hargrove, Katelyn W. Kyser, Charlotte Jaeger, Jeannie...continue...

Voices of Angels

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2008-12-02

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; William Mathias: Salvator mundi, sequence of carols (30) for chorus, Op. 89; John Rutter: Mary's Lullaby; Star Carol; Daniel Walker: Laud...
Performers: Whitwell, Sally; Willcocks, David, Sir [Choral Conductor]
Conductors: Williams, Lyn

Gondwana voices and the sydney children's choir are amongst the finest children's ensembles in the world. The sweet sounds of young voices in this enchanting...continue...

What Good News The Angels Bring! - An Old Salem Christmas

1 CD / Raven Records / 2006-12-01

Works: Anonymous: What Good news, for choir & 2 clarinets; Theodor Liley Clemens: All Silent Was the Night, hymn for chorus; Karl Gottfried Löwe: O Most Gracious, Welcome Child, for choir; James Boerin...
Performers: Andrews, Kolin; Bates, Allison; Beattie, Barbara C.; Campbell, Sarah; Carden, Savannah; Carpenter, W. Scott; Dangerfield, Laura; Grant, Lucas; McDuff, Brianna; Workman, Charity
Conductors: Bates, James

Christmas in Old Salem is filled with rich and unique traditions. Visitors to town during the holiday season find their senses aroused by the scents...continue...

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...

Catholic Christmas Classics / The Cathedral Singers

1 CD / GIA Publications / 2004-09-07

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; James R. Murray: Away in a Manger; Christmas Traditional: Go Tell It on the Mountain, Christmas song (American); Angels We Have Heard on ...
Performers: Combs, William; Long, Larry [Organ]; Lovett, Cary; McDermott, Lorelei; Tanis, John; Willcocks, David, Sir [Choral Conductor]
Conductors: Proulx, Richard
Ensemble: Metropolis Chamber Players

Features classic, well-known religious Christmas songs and hymns, all beautifully performed by The Cathedral Singers, a professional recording group from Chicago....continue...

Christmas with Chicago Chamber Brass

1 CD / Crystal Records / 1998-01-02

Works: Henry Purcell: Work(s); George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Der Messias; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Christmas Traditional: Good King Wenceslas (Piae Cantiones...
Performers: Cummings, William; Frazier, Richard; Gamble, Steven; Johnson, Paul; Nielsen, Diana; Parriott, Thomas G.; Praetorious, Michael; Stainer, John; Sykora, Bryan
Conductors:
Ensemble: Chicago Chamber Brass

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]

Candelight Carols / Jones, Choir of Trinity Church Boston

1 CD / Decca / 1990-10-16

Works: John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; John Rutter: Candlelight Carol; Shepherd's Pipe Carol; Traditional: Carol of the Bells; The first nowell; What is this lovely fragrance?; King Jesus hath a garden; ...
Performers: DiPerna, Gary; Frederick Aldrich [French Horn]; Matthew Sonneborn; Michael Zion; Nomura, Christopher; Nomura, Christopheren; Oakes, Dana; Offenlock, Gary; Ranck, John; Raymond, Gloria; Ross Wood; Rut...
Conductors: Jones, Brian
Ensemble: Instrumental Ensemble; Trinity Church Choir, Boston

Candlelight Carols features the Trinity Church Choir performing a variety of holiday favorites. Featured performances include "O Come All Ye Faithful," "Candlelight Carol," "Carol of the Bells," and "...continue...