The best carols in the world-- ever!.

Format Audio (Streaming)
Publication Info[Hayes, Middlesex, England] : EMI Classics, 2005.
Description1 online resource.
Supplemental ContentAccess restricted to subscribers
Subjects

Other author/creatorBillings, William, 1746-1800 composer.
Other author/creatorDarke, Harold, 1888-1976 composer.
Other author/creatorGoss, John, 1894-1953.
Other author/creatorGruber, Franz Xaver, 1787-1863 conductor.
Other author/creatorJacques, Reginald, 1894-1969, composer.
Other author/creatorKirkpatrick, William J. (William James), 1838-1921, composer.
Other author/creatorRutter, John, 1945- composer.
Other author/creatorVaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958, composer.
Other author/creatorBach Choir (London, England) performer.
Other author/creatorClare College (University of Cambridge). Singers, performer.
Other author/creatorHuddersfield Choral Society, performer.
Other author/creatorKing's College (University of Cambridge). Choir, performer.
Other author/creatorMediaeval Baebes (Musical group), performer.
Other author/creatorTaverner Choir, performer.
Other author/creatorTemple Church (London, England). Choir, performer.
Contents Hark! the herald angels sing (Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Ian Hare, organ; Choir of King's College, Cambridge; Sir David Willcocks, conductor) -- I saw three ships (Bach Choir; Willcocks) -- The first Nowell (Choir of King's College, Cambridge; Francis Grier, organ; Philip Ledger, conductor) -- God rest you merry, gentlemen ; While shepherds watched (Bach Choir; Jacques Orchestra; Willcocks) -- A virgin unspotted (Taverner Choir; Andrew Parrott, conductor) -- Once in royal David's city (Clare College Singers and Orchestra; Jeremy Blandford, organ; John Rutter, conductor) -- In the bleak midwinter (Stephen Varcoe, baritone; John Wells; organ; Choir of King's College, Cambridge; Willcocks) -- It came upon the midnight clear (Huddersfield Choral Society; David Bell, organ; Owain Arwel Hughes, conductor) -- In dulci jubilo (Clare College Singers and Orchestra; Blandford; Rutter) -- O little town of Bethlehem (Choir of King's College, Cambridge; Grier; Ledger) -- Past three o'clock (Bach Choir; Willcocks) -- The Coventry carol (Mediæval Bæbes) -- Away in a manger (Temple Church Choir; Sir George Thalben-Ball, organ, conductor) -- Nativity carol (Clare College Singers and Orchestra; Blandford; Rutter) -- Unto us is born a son (Huddersfield Choral Society; Bell; Hughes) -- Silent night (Varcoe; Choir of King's College, Cambridge; Willcocks) -- Ding dong merrily on high (Bach Choir; Willcocks) -- We wish you a merry Christmas (Bach Choir; Jacques Orchestra; Willcocks) -- The Lord at first did Adam make (Choir of King's College, Cambridge; Wells; Willcocks) -- Up! good Christen folk and listen (Bach Choir; Willcocks) -- Infant holy, infant lowly (Simon Vaughan, baritone; Clare College Singers and Orchestra; Blandford; Rutter) -- O little one sweet (Bach Choir; Willcocks) -- O come, O come Emmanuel (Huddersfield Choral Society; Bell; Hughes) -- The twelve days of Christmas (Clare College Singers and Orchestra; Blandford; Rutter) -- Good King Wenceslas (Huddersfield Choral Society; Bell; Hughes) -- Cherry tree carol (Choir of King's College, Cambridge; Willcocks) -- Joy to the world! (Huddersfield Choral Society; Bell; Hughes) -- Here we come a-wassailing (Clare College Singers and Orchestra; Blandford; Rutter) -- See amid the winter's snow (Bach Choir; Jacques Orchestra; Willcocks) -- Gaudete (Mediæval Bæbes) -- The holly and the ivy (Choir of King's College, Cambridge; Hare; Willcocks) -- We've been a while a-wandering (Bach Choir; Jacques Orchestra; Willcocks) -- We three kings of Orient are (Huddersfield Choral Society; Bell; Hughes) -- Shepherd's pipe carol (Clare College Singers and Orchestra; Blandford; Rutter) -- Masters in this hall (Bach Choir; Jacques Orchestra; Willcocks) -- The babe of Bethlehem (Taverner Choir; Parrott) -- A spotless rose (Gareth Morell, baritone; Choir of King's College, Cambridge; Ledger) -- Angel tidings (Clare College Singers and Orchestra; Blandford; Rutter) -- When an angel host entuned (Bach Choir; Jacques Orchestra; Willcocks) -- As with gladness men of old (Huddersfield Choral Society; Bell; Hughes) -- Adam lay ibounden (Mediæval Bæbes) -- The coming of our King (Clare College Singers and Orchestra; Blandford; Rutter) -- Christ was born on Christmas Day (Temple Church Choir; Thalben-Ball) -- A Christmas carol (Bach Choir; Willcocks) -- Sans Day carol (Clare College Singers and Orchestra; Blandford; Rutter) -- Gabriel's message (Bach Choir; Willcocks) -- The Chester carol (Robert Tear, tenor; Mair Jones, harp) -- Rocking (Bach Choir; Jacques Orchestra; Willcocks) -- Methinks I see an heav'nly host (Taverner Choir; Parrott) -- Angels from the realms of glory (Huddersfield Choral Society; Bell; Hughes) -- O come, all ye faithful (Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Hare; Choir of King's College, Cambridge; Willcocks).
General notePreviously released as a compact disc.
General noteTitle from resource description page (viewed May 1, 2012).
Performer Featuring Choir of King's College, Cambridge; Bach Choir; Taverner Choir; Clare College Singers, Cambridge; Mediæval Bæbes; Huddersfield Choral Society; Temple Church Choir; other performers.
LanguageSung primarily in English.
Genre/formSound recordings.