[ Priory / 4 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Friday 10 December 2010
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Featuring the famous cathedral choirs of Durham, Norwich, Southwark and York Minsister. Over four hours playing time.
CD 1 - Durham Cathedral Choir.
Christopher Steel: People, look East
Benjamin Britten: A hymn to the virgin
Johann Sebastian Bach: Vom himmel hoch
15th-century: Nowel! out of your slepe aryse
Traditional, arr Willcocks: God rest you merry, gentlemen Harold Darke: In the bleak mid-winter
Traditional, harm. Jacques: Away in a manger
Traditional, harm. Wood: Ding dong! merrily on high
H. J. Gauntlett, harm. Mann: Once in royal David's city Roger Hemingway: Mary's magnificat
Arr. Willcocks: O come, all ye faithful
Louis-Claude Daquin: Noël VI (for organ)
Francis Poulenc: Quem vidistis pastores dicite
Attr. Carver: The Christmas medley
John Rutter: What sweeter music?
John Gardner: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
Pageant of the Shearman and Tailors: The Coventry carol Arr. Willcocks: Unto us is born a son
Henry Walford Davies: O little town of Bethlehem Traditional, arr. Lloyd: I saw three ships
Traditional harm. Bach: O little one sweet
Traditional, harm. Stainer: The first nowell
Hans Leo Hassler: Verbum caro factum est
Mendelssohn, arr. Cummings: Hark! the herald-angels sing Johann Sebastian Bach: In dulci jubilo (for organ) Traditional, arr. Warrell: We wish you a merry Christmas
CD 2 - Norwich Cathedral Choir.
Traditional, arr. Willcocks: Of the Fathers heart begotten Peter Warlock: Adam lay y-bounden
Traditional, arr. Willcocks: The cherry tree carol
John Tavener: Today the virgin
Traditional, arr. Carter: A maiden most gentle
Traditional, arr. Willcocks: The first nowell
Bryan Kelly: This lovely lady R. Kirkpatrick, arr. Nicholas: Away in a manger Traditional, arr. Nicholas: I saw three ships
Traditional, arr Vaughan Williams: O little town of Bethlehem
Peter Wishart: Allelula! a new work
Traditional, arr. Morgan: Here lies the little one
Gustav Holst: Lullay my liking
Traditional, arr. Ledger: Still, still, still
Judith Weir: Illuminare Jurusalem
Traditional, arr. Grier: A Coventry Carol
Traditional, arr. Willcocks: Unto us is born a son Traditional, arr. Nicholas: The holly and the ivy
Edmund Walters: Iona (Hebridean carol)
Traditional, arr. Nicholas: Deck the hall
Traditional, arr. Willcocks: O come, all ye faithful
CD 3 - Southwark Cathedral Choir.
Boris Ord: Adam lay y-bounden
Philip Ledger: Adam lay y-bounden
Peter Warlock: Adam lay y-bounden
Traditional, arr. Willcocks: The Lord at first did Adam make
Traditional, arr. Pettman: Gabriel's message
Patrick Hadley: I sing of a maiden
Lennox Berkeley: I sing of maiden
and much more
CD4 - York Minster Choir.
Traditional, arr. Willcocks: O come, all ye faithful Richard Shephard: Holy thorn that blooms
Traditional, arr. Woodward: Up! good Christen folk, and listen
Traditional, arr. Sullivan: It came upon the midnight clear Edmund Rubbra: That virgin's child
Traditional, arr. Moore: The Lord at first did Adam make Stanley Vann: Sweet was the song
H. J. Gauntlett, harm. Mann: Once in royal David's City Traditional, arr. Woodward: Ding dong! merrily on high Traditional, arr. Moore: This is the truth sent from above
and much more