Carols From King’s

~ Release by Choir of King’s College, Cambridge; Sir David Willcocks (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Originally recorded 1969 (tracks 19-30 1966). Digital remastering 1991 by EMI Records Ltd.

Annotation last modified on 2020-12-15 15:11 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1Sussex Carol
organ:
John Wells (concert organist and composer)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor and chorus master:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
On Christmas Night the Lights Are Burning (carol)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
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)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge1:56
2And All in the Morning
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
And All in the Morning (English traditional carol)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge2:17
3Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
recording of:
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (arr. Willcocks)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor) (in 1966)
arrangement of:
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (traditional English)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge1:54
4The Three Kings
baritone vocals and solo baritone vocals:
Stephen Varcoe (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
The Three Kings
lyricist:
Peter Cornelius (German composer, lived from 1824 to 1874) and Philipp Nicolai
composer:
Peter Cornelius (German composer, lived from 1824 to 1874)
arranger:
Sir Ivor Atkins
translator:
Herbert Newell Bate
translated version of:
Weihnachtslieder, op. 8: III. Die Könige
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge2:44
5Cherry Tree Carol
organ:
John Wells (concert organist and composer)
baritone vocals:
Stephen Varcoe (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge1:49
6All My Heart This Night Rejoices
organ:
John Wells (concert organist and composer)
baritone vocals:
Stephen Varcoe (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge2:02
7Silent Night
organ:
John Wells (concert organist and composer)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
solo baritone vocals:
Stephen Varcoe (bass-baritone)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge3:05
8Hail! Blessed Virgin Mary!
organ:
John Wells (concert organist and composer)
baritone vocals:
Stephen Varcoe (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge2:15
9It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
organ:
John Wells (concert organist and composer)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arranger:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (“Noel” version, descant Willcocks) (on 1969-07-29)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears (in 1849)
composer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (“Noel” version)
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (“Noel” version)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears (in 1849)
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
part of:
The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal hymnal) (number: 90)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
is based on:
NOEL (hymn tune)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge3:33
10Ding Dong! Merrily on High
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
performer:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
lyricist:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
additional composer:
Charles Wood (Irish composer)
composer:
Thoinot Arbeau (Artist name of Jehan Tabourot (“Orchesographie”))
is based on:
Branle de l’official
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge2:21
11I Saw a Maiden
organ:
John Wells (concert organist and composer)
baritone vocals:
Stephen Varcoe (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge3:05
12In the Bleak Midwinter
baritone vocals and solo baritone vocals:
Stephen Varcoe (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (Harold Edwin Darke version)
lyricist:
Christina Rossetti
composer:
Harold Edwin Darke (in 1909)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
version of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (poem)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge4:34
13Mary Walked Through a Wood of Thorn
organ:
John Wells (concert organist and composer)
baritone vocals:
Stephen Varcoe (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge1:38
14The Lord at First Did Adam Make
organ:
John Wells (concert organist and composer)
baritone vocals:
Stephen Varcoe (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge3:14
15A Child Is Born in Bethlehem
organ:
John Wells (concert organist and composer)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor and performer:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
A Child Is Born in Bethlehem
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) and George Ratcliffe Woodward
composer:
Samuel Scheidt (composer)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge2:31
16A Babe Is Born I Wys
organ:
John Wells (concert organist and composer)
baritone vocals:
Stephen Varcoe (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge2:24
17Psallite unigenito
organ:
John Wells (concert organist and composer)
baritone vocals:
Stephen Varcoe (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge1:02
18While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night
organ:
John Wells (concert organist and composer)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
While Shepherds Watched (desc. Willcocks)
lyricist:
Nahum Tate
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night (Winchester Old version)
recording of:
While Shepherds Watched (Ravenscroft tune)
lyricist:
Nahum Tate
composer:
Thomas Ravenscroft
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge2:52
19Nowell! Nowell! Nowell!
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge1:50
20The Holly and the Ivy
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge3:49
21Angelus ad virginem (Phillip the Chancellor)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge1:23
22Angelus ad virginem
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge2:39
23I Sing of a Maiden
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
I Sing of a Maiden (carol)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Sir Lennox Berkeley (composer)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge2:43
24Watts’s Cradle Song
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge2:56
25My Dancing Day
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge2:05
26Sing a Song of Joy
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge1:49
27Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Elizabeth Poston
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge2:31
28Most Glorious Lord of Life
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge2:29
29That Lord That Lay in Assë Stall
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge1:33
30Where Riches Is Everlastingly
organ:
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Where riches is everlastingly
composer:
Peter Warlock (composer)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge2:50

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