100 Years of Nine Lessons & Carols

~ Release by Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
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1Gabriel's Message (1958)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Gabriel's Message (arr. Pettman)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Edgar Pettman
translator:
Sabine Baring‐Gould
arrangement of:
The Angel Gabriel
[traditional] arr. Edgar Pettman2:35
2Adam lay ybounden (1963)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Adam lay ybounden (Boris Ord version)
writer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
Boris Ord
publisher:
Oxford University Press
version of:
Adam lay i-bowndyn (15th-century macaronic English poem)
Boris Ord1:15
3Ding! dong! merrily on high (1963)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High (arr. Willcocks)
lyricist:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
additional composer:
Charles Wood (Irish composer)
composer:
Thoinot Arbeau (Artist name of Jehan Tabourot (“Orchesographie”))
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
[traditional] arr. Charles Wood2:03
4Sussex Carol (1963)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Sussex Carol (arr. Willcocks)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
arrangement of:
Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)
[traditional] arr. Sir David Willcocks1:53
5O come, all ye faithful (1963)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (arr. Willcocks)
additional composer:
David Hill (organist and conductor) and Christopher Robinson (British conductor & organist)
composer:
John Francis Wade
arranger:
David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley
publisher:
Oxford University Press
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 30)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
John Francis Wade arr. Sir David Willcocks4:37
6In dulci jubilo (1980)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Philip Ledger
recording of:
In dulci jubilo (macaronic of English and Latin)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger and translator:
Robert Lucas Pearsall (composer)
translated version of:
In dulci iubilo (original traditional version in macaronic alteration of medieval German and Latin, use also for unspecified versions)
[traditional] arr. Robert Lucas Pearsall, ed. Reginald Jacques3:36
7Unto us is born a Son (1980)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Philip Ledger
recording of:
Unto Us is born a Son (arr. Willcocks)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
translator:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
arrangement of:
Unto Us is born a Son (carol)
[traditional] arr. Sir David Willcocks2:16
8Hark! the herald angels sing (1978)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Philip Ledger
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
additional composer:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
part of:
Psalty's Family Christmas Sing-A-Long
Felix Mendelssohn arr. Philip Ledger3:46
9Illuminare, Jerusalem (1985 - premiere)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
Illuminare, Jerusalem
composer:
Judith Weir (British composer) (in 1985)
Judith Weir2:31
10The holly and the ivy (1994)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy (arr. Davies)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir Henry Walford Davies
arrangement of:
The Holly and the Ivy
[traditional] arr. Sir Henry Walford Davies2:35
11Benedicamus Domino (1994)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
Benedicamus Domino
composer:
Peter Warlock (composer) (in 1918)
Peter Warlock1:12
12I saw three ships (1994)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 700)
[traditional] arr. Simon Preston2:03
13The Fayrfax Carol (1997 - premiere)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
The Fayrfax Carol
composer:
Thomas Adès
Thomas Adès4:23
14Tomorrow shall be my dancing day (1997)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (traditional English)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
John Gardner2:18
15I wonder as I wander (2000)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
I Wonder as I Wander
lyricist and composer:
John Jacob Niles (American folklorist and folk musician) (from 1933-07-16 until 1933-10-04)
Carl Rütti1:48
16The Shepherd's Carol (2001)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
The Shepherd’s Carol
lyricist:
Clive Sansom (Poet)
composer:
Bob Chilcott (in 2000)
Bob Chilcott2:54
17Dormi, Jesu (2007)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
Dormi Jesu (The Virgin’s Cradle Hymn)
composer:
John Rutter (English choral music composer, conductor, arranger and producer, born 1945) (in 1999)
John Rutter4:29
18Bogoróditse Djévo (2007)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
Bogoróditse Djévo
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Arvo Pärt (in 1990)
Arvo Pärt1:09
19This Endernight (2016 - premiere)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
This Endernight
composer:
Michael Berkeley
Michael Berkeley4:07
20Carol Eliseus (2017 - premiere)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
Carol Eliseus
composer:
Huw Watkins (British composer and pianist)
Huw Watkins2:20
21Once in royal David's city (2017)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City (harmony Arthur Mann, descant Stephen Cleobury)
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
additional composer:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) and Arthur Henry Mann
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)
publisher:
Novello
version of:
Once in Royal David’s City (arr. Mann)
Henry John Gauntlett desc. Stephen Cleobury4:23
▼ CD 2
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1O Holy Night
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
O Holy Night (arr. Rutter)
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (composer) (in 1847)
arranger:
John Rutter (English choral music composer, conductor, arranger and producer, born 1945)
arrangement of:
O Holy Night
Adolphe Adam arr. John Rutter5:38
2The Linden Tree Carol
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
The Linden Tree Carol (arr. Cleobury)
arranger:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
arrangement of:
The Linden Tree Carol
[traditional] arr. Stephen Cleobury3:04
3The Lamb
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
The Lamb
lyricist:
William Blake (English poet, painter, and printmaker) (in 1789)
composer:
John Tavener (20th century composer) (in 1982)
publisher:
Chester Music Ltd., Edition Wilhelm Hansen London Ltd. and J. & W. Chester, Ltd.
John Tavener3:39
4God rest you merry, gentlemen
recording engineer:
Arne Akselberg
producer:
Simon Kiln
organ:
Tom Etheridge (Organ Scholar, King's College, 2014) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-21)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arr. Willcocks) (from 2014-03-16 until 2014-03-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
[traditional] arr. Sir David Willcocks3:39
5The Shepherds' Farewell
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
The Shepherds’ Farewell
composer:
Hector Berlioz (composer)
translator:
Paul England
translated version of:
L’Enfance du Christ, op. 25: Deuxième Partie: La Fuite en Egypte: No. 8. Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille (“The Shepherds' Farewell”)
Hector Berlioz4:04
6I saw three ships
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 700)
[traditional] arr. Philip Ledger1:50
7We three kings of Orient are
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
We Three Kings (arr. Neary)
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
arranger:
Martin Neary (organist and choral conductor)
arrangement of:
We Three Kings
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. arr. Martin Neary3:07
8Can I not syng but hoy?
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
Can I Not Syng but Hoy?
composer:
Francis Jackson (organist / composer)
Francis Jackson3:11
9The Magi's Dream
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
The Magi's Dream
composer:
James Whitbourn (in 2011)
James Whitbourn3:30
10There is no rose
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
There Is No Rose
lyricist and composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
John Joubert2:13
11Adam's Fall
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
Adam's Fall
composer:
Richard Elfyn Jones (Welsh composer)
Richard Elfyn Jones3:15
12How shall I fitly meet thee?
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
How Shall I Fitly Meet Thee?
lyricist:
Paul Gerhardt (17th century hymn writer)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
translator:
John Troutbeck (clergyman and translator)
Johann Sebastian Bach1:07
13Love came down at Christmas
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
Love Came Down at Christmas
lyricist:
Christina Rossetti
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Reginald Owen Morris arr. Stephen Cleobury1:18
14Break forth, O beauteous heavenly light
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248: Teil II, XII. Choral „Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht“
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany (on 1734-12-26)
composed in:
Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany (from 1734 until 1735)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
librettist:
Johann von Rist (in 1641)
part of:
Breitkopf 389 Choralgesänge (number: 80)
part of:
Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248 ("Christmas Oratorio")
Johann Sebastian Bach1:15
15O come, all ye faithful
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (arr. Willcocks)
additional composer:
David Hill (organist and conductor) and Christopher Robinson (British conductor & organist)
composer:
John Francis Wade
arranger:
David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley
publisher:
Oxford University Press
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 30)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
John Francis Wade arr. Sir David Willcocks4:29
16Hark! the herald angels sing
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (organist, conductor)
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
additional composer:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
part of:
Psalty's Family Christmas Sing-A-Long
Felix Mendelssohn desc. Stephen Cleobury3:11