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VARIOUS ARTISTS

100 Best Carols

VARIOUS ARTISTS

100 SONGS • 5 HOURS AND 18 MINUTES • NOV 05 2007

1
The First Nowell (Arr. Mackerras)
King's College Choir, Cambridge, Francis Grier & Sir Philip Ledger
04:57
2
Away in a Manger
Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Philip Ledger
02:10
3
Up! Good Christen folk and listen: "Ding-dong, ding, ding-a-dong-a-ding" (from "Piae Cantiones", 1582)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Philip Ledger
01:18
4
O Little Town of Bethlehem (Arr. Philip Ledger)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Philip Ledger
03:31
5
I Sing of a Maiden
Choir of King's College, Cambridge feat. Francis Grier
02:31
6
3 Carol-Anthems: II. A Spotless Rose
Gareth Morrell, King's College Choir, Cambridge & Sir Philip Ledger
03:10
7
Once in Royal David's City (from "Hymns and Carols of Christmas")
King's College Choir, Cambridge, Ian Hare & Sir David Willcocks
05:13
8
Personent Hodie
King's College Choir, Cambridge, Ian Hare & Sir David Willcocks
02:42
9
12 Christmas Carols: No. 8, Myn Lyking, "I saw a fair mayden" (Allegro moderato)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Ian Hare & David Willcocks
03:21
10
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Christian Hymn for Advent)
King's College Choir, Cambridge, Ian Hare & Sir David Willcocks
03:33
11
The Holly and the Ivy (British Christmas Carol)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Sir David Willcocks
03:11
12
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Arr. Willcocks, "Silent Night")
Stephen Varcoe, King's College Choir, Cambridge & Sir David Willcocks
03:06
13
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (Christmas Carol, arr. David Willcocks)
King's College Choir, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks & John Wells
02:53
14
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (arr. David Willcocks)
King's College Choir, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks & John Wells
03:33
15
The Lord at first Did Adam Make (Arr. by David Willcocks)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
03:14
16
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (After Mendelssohn's Gutenberg Cantata, WoO 9, MWV D4)
King's College Choir, Cambridge, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Ian Hare & Sir David Willcocks
03:18
17
Shepherd's Pipe Carol
Clare College Singers & Clare College Orchestra
02:54
18
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
Clare College Singers
03:16
19
Angel Tidings
Clare College Singers
01:45
20
Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (French Christmas Carol from the 17th Century)
Clare College Singers, Clare College Orchestra, Jeremy Blandford & John Rutter
03:26
21
8 Christmas Carols, Set II: No. 1, I Saw Three Ships
Clare College Singers
02:05
22
Nativity Carol
Clare College Singers
04:10
23
Quem pastores laudavere (from "Hohenfurth Manuscript, 1410")
Clare College Singers, Clare College Orchestra, Jeremy Blandford & John Rutter
02:25
24
Hajej, nynjej, "Rocking Carol": "Hajej, nynej, Jezisku, Jezisku" (Czech Carol)
Roger Garland, Clare College Singers, Clare College Orchestra, Jeremy Blandford & John Rutter
03:52
25
Here We Come A-wassailing, "Wassail Song" (English Christmas Carol)
Clare College Singers
04:09
26
The Coming of our King (After a Polish Carol)
Clare College Singers, Clare College Orchestra, Jeremy Blandford & John Rutter
02:41
27
The Infant King (Old Basque Noël)
Clare College Singers, Clare College Orchestra, Jeremy Blandford & John Rutter
03:09
28
Shepherds' Noël (Catalan Carol)
Simon Vaughan, Clare College Singers, Clare College Orchestra, Jeremy Blandford & John Rutter
03:08
29
Noël nouvelet (Arr. Rutter)
Clare College Singers, Clare College Orchestra, Jeremy Blandford & John Rutter
03:33
30
Gabriel's Message (Basque Carol)
Simon Vaughan, Clare College Singers, Clare College Orchestra, Jeremy Blandford & John Rutter
03:52
31
Sans Day Carol, "St. Day Carol": "Now the holly bears a berry" (Cornish Christmas Carol)
Clare College Singers
03:20
32
Past Three O'Clock, "Past Three A Clock" (English Carol)
Clare College Singers, Clare College Orchestra, Jeremy Blandford & John Rutter
02:29
33
The Suffolk Harmony, 1784: No. 1, Shiloh, "Methinks I see a heavenly host"
Taverner Choir & Andrew Parrott
02:59
34
Los que fueron de buen gusto, Xácara in D Minor
Taverner Consort, Taverner Players & Andrew Parrott
04:16
35
The Singing Master's Assistant, 1778: No. 6, Judea, "A virgin unspotted"
Taverner Choir & Andrew Parrott
03:19
36
The Babe of Bethlehem: "Ye Nations All, On You I Call"
Andrew Parrott, Taverner Choir & Taverner Consort
02:41
37
Thys Endris Nygth: "The other night I saw a sight" (English Carol from the 15th Century)
Andrew Parrott, Taverner Choir & Taverner Consort
04:45
38
Ríu Ríu Chíu - Spanish Villancico, No. 46, from "Cancionero de Uppsala": "Riu, riu, chiu, la guarda ribera"
Andrew Parrott
03:28
39
Christum wir sollen loben schon
Andrew Parrott, Taverner Choir & Taverner Consort
03:03
40
Gaudete, Christus est natus (from "Jistebnice Cantional, 1420")
Andrew Parrott
01:45
41
In hoc anni circulo (Christmas Carol)
Andrew Parrott, Taverner Choir & Taverner Consort
02:22
42
Traditional: Alleluya! A Nywe Werk Is Come on Honde! (Christmas Carol)
Andrew Parrott, Leigh Nixon, Nicolas Robertson, Taverner Choir & Taverner Consort
05:50
43
The Old Year Now Away Is Fled (Carol for New Year's Day)
Taverner Consort
01:51
44
Hodie nobis coelorum rex, a 4, P. 92
Taverner Consort, Taverner Choir & Andrew Parrott
03:25
45
Audite principes a 16, C. 123
Taverner Consort, Taverner Choir, Taverner Players & Andrew Parrott
06:18
46
Musae Sioniae, Theil 2: No. 5, In dulci jubilo, a 16 (Pt. 2)
Taverner Choir, Taverner Consort, Taverner Players & Andrew Parrott
03:42
47
The Little Drummer Boy
The King's Singers
02:42
48
El nino querido
The King's Singers
02:47
49
The Gift
The King's Singers
02:10
50
Schlichte Weisen, Op. 76: No. 52, Mariä Wiegenlied (Orch. Ekdahl)
Barbara Hendricks
02:27
51
Go Tell It on the Mountain (Arr. Ekdahl)
Barbara Hendricks feat. Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
03:33
52
Joy to the World (Based on Themes by G. F. Handel)
Barbara Hendricks
01:57
53
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, Act 3: Arie. "Tochter Zion"
Hermann Prey, Tölzer Knabenchor, Symphonie Orchester Graunke Munchen & Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
03:08
54
Zu Bethlehem geboren (German Carol from "Geistlicher Psalter, Köln, 1638")
Hermann Prey, Tölzer Knabenchor, Symphonie Orchester Graunke Munchen & Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
02:22
55
Mary's Little Boy Child
Vienna Boys Choir
04:40
56
Shchedryk (Arr. James Brett)
Vienna Boys Choir
03:23
57
Il est né, le divin Enfant (Arr. Jonathan Tunick)
Jonathan Tunick
02:39
58
Cantique de Noël, "Minuit, chrétiens"
Roberto Alagna
03:41
59
Marche des Rois: "De-matin, ai rescountra lou trin" (French Carol)
René Delsinne
02:48
60
Noël des îles
René Delsinne
04:44
61
Chanson joyeuse de Noël, a 4: "Le petit Jésus, Sauveur adorable"
René Delsinne
05:53
62
Weihnachtslieder: No. 1, Weihnachten, "Leise weht's durch alle Lande" (Arr. Mackerras)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras
03:12
63
Von Himmel hoch (Arr. Mackerras)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras
03:15
64
In the Bleak Midwinter (Arr. Jonathan Tunick)
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Roberto Alagna, Abbey Road Ensemble & Jonathan Tunick
03:49
65
O Tannenbaum (Arr. Glenn Osser)
Jonathan Tunick feat. Roberto Alagna & Thomas Hampson
02:28
66
The Twelve Days of Christmas (Arr. Jonathan Tunick)
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson, The London Voices, Abbey Road Ensemble & Jonathan Tunick
04:20
67
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
Huddersfield Choral Society
02:15
68
Good King Wenceslas (Tune based on a 13th-Century Spring Carol)
Huddersfield Choral Society, Brian Kay, David Bell & Owain Arwel Hughes
02:28
69
We Three Kings, "We Three Kings of Orient Are" (Christmas Carol)
Huddersfield Choral Society, Brian Kay, David Bell & Owain Arwel Hughes
03:07
70
Angels from the Realms of Glory (arr. Charles Wood of French Carol "Les Anges dans nos campagnes")
Huddersfield Choral Society
03:09
71
As with Gladness Men of Old (After Conrad Kocher's "Treuer Heiland", arr. William Henry Monk)
Huddersfield Choral Society, Brian Kay, David Bell & Owain Arwel Hughes
02:30
72
The Coventry Carol
The King's Singers
02:34
73
The Yorkshire Wassail Song: "Oh, Here We Come a Wassailing"
The Bach Choir, The Jacques Orchestra & Sir David Willcocks
02:35
74
Masters in This Hall (French Carol)
The Bach Choir, The Jacques Orchestra & Sir David Willcocks
04:02
75
See amid the Winter's Snow, "Hymn for Christmas Day"
The Bach Choir, The Jacques Orchestra & Sir David Willcocks
03:46
76
Sussex Carol: "On Christmas night all Christians sing" (Christmas Carol) [Arr. Philip Ledger]
The Bach Choir, The Jacques Orchestra & Sir David Willcocks
01:42
77
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
Sir David Willcocks
01:55
78
O Jesulein süss, BWV 493 (Chorale Version)
The Bach Choir & Sir David Willcocks
02:52
79
5 English Folk Songs: No. 5, Wassail Song
The Bach Choir & Sir David Willcocks
02:55
80
Carol with Lullaby
The Bach Choir, The Jacques Orchestra & Sir David Willcocks
03:22
81
Cowboy Carol: "There'll be a new world beginning' from t'night!"
Hallé Choir, Ronald Frost & Maurice Handford
03:22
82
L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25, H. 130, Pt. 2: No. 8, Adieu des bergers à la Sainte-Famille, "Il s'en va loin de la terre" (Les Bergers)
Hallé Orchestra, Maurice Handford, Hallé Choir & Ronald Frost
04:45
83
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (West Country)
Hallé Orchestra, Maurice Handford, Hallé Choir & Ronald Frost
01:38
84
Nowell Sing We Now All and Some
Choir of King's College, Cambridge & David Willcocks
01:49
85
And All in the Morning
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
02:17
86
I Saw a Maiden (After a Basque Noel, arr. Edgar Pettman)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge & David Willcocks
03:05
87
"Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem" (Arr. by Willcocks)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
02:28
88
Where Riches is Everlastingly: "Into this world this day did come"
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir Andrew Davis & Sir David Willcocks
02:49
89
How Far Is It to Bethlehem?
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
02:14
90
Of the Father's Heart Begotten (Arr. Willcocks)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge feat. Ian Hare
05:05
91
Resonet in laudibus (14th-Century Carol from the "Moosburg Gradual of 1360")
King's College Choir, Cambridge, Ian Hare & Sir David Willcocks
01:56
92
The Shepherds' Cradle Song
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
03:40
93
Quittez, pasteurs: "Quittez, pasteurs, vos brebis, vos houlettes" (Arr. by Rutter)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
03:41
94
Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child, Op. 25b, "Coventry Carol"
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Timothy Byram-Wigfield & Sir Philip Ledger
02:53
95
Melismata: No. 23, "Remember, O Thou Man"
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
03:20
96
Cantiones Sacrae: No. 13, Hodie Christus natus est, SwWV 163
King's College Choir, Cambridge
03:50
97
Hosanna to the Son of David, a 6
King's College Choir, Cambridge
03:14
98
Angelus ad virginem, "Gabriel, From Heven King" (Carol from the 13th Century)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Andrew Davis & Douglas Whittaker
02:39
99
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (English Carol)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir Andrew Davis, Douglas Whittaker, Christopher van Kampen & Sir David Willcocks
02:05
100
O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)
King's College Choir, Cambridge, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Ian Hare & Sir David Willcocks
04:48
℗ This compilation 2007 by EMI Records Ltd © 2007 EMI Records Ltd