2007 | Warner Classics

100 Best Carols

Various Artists | 01-01-2007

Composers: William J. Kirkpatrick

Total duration:5 h 17 min
01
Traditional: The First Nowell (Arr. Mackerras)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
04:56
Composers: Traditional
02
Kirkpatrick: Away in a Manger
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
02:10
Composers: William James Kirkpatrick
03
Ratcliffe Woodward: Up! Good Christen folk and listen: "Ding-dong, ding, ding-a-dong-a-ding" (from "Piae Cantiones", 1582)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
01:18
Composers: Anonymous
04
Traditional: O Little Town of Bethlehem (Arr. Philip Ledger)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
03:31
Writer: Phillips Brooks / Composers: Traditional
05
Hadley: I Sing of a Maiden
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
02:31
Composers: Patrick Hadley
06
Howells: 3 Carol-Anthems: II. A Spotless Rose
Gareth Morrell
100 Best Carols
03:10
Composers: Herbert Howells
07
Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City (from "Hymns and Carols of Christmas")
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
05:12
Composers: Henry John Gauntlett
08
Trad.: Personent Hodie
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
02:41
Composers: Anonymous
09
Terry: 12 Christmas Carols: No. 8, Myn Lyking, "I saw a fair mayden" (Allegro moderato)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
03:20
Composers: Richard Terry
10
Neale / Traditional: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Christian Hymn for Advent)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
03:33
Writer: Traditional / Composers: Traditional
11
Traditional: The Holly and the Ivy (British Christmas Carol)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
03:10
Composers: Traditional
12
Gruber: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Arr. Willcocks, "Silent Night")
Stephen Varcoe
100 Best Carols
03:06
Composers: Franz Xaver Gruber
13
Traditional: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (Christmas Carol, arr. David Willcocks)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
02:53
Writer: Nahum Tate / Composers: Anonymous
14
Storrs Willis: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (arr. David Willcocks)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
03:32
Writer: E. H. Sears / Composers: Traditional
15
Traditional: The Lord at First Did Adam Make
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
03:14
Composers: Anonymous
16
Cummings & Mendelssohn: Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (After Mendelssohn's Gutenberg Cantata, WoO 9, MWV D4)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
03:17
Composers: Felix Mendelssohn
01
Rutter: Shepherd's Pipe Carol
Clare College Singers
100 Best Carols
02:54
Writer: John Rutter / Composers: John Rutter
02
Traditional: Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
Clare College Singers
100 Best Carols
03:15
Composers: Traditional
03
Traditional / Arr Rutter: Angel Tidings
Clare College Singers
100 Best Carols
01:44
Writer: John Rutter / Composers: Traditional
04
Traditional: Quelle est cette odeur agréable?
Clare College Singers
100 Best Carols
03:25
Composers: Anonymous
05
Rutter: 8 Christmas Carols, Set II: No. 1, I Saw Three Ships
Clare College Singers
100 Best Carols
02:05
Composers: John Rutter
06
Rutter: Nativity Carol
Clare College Singers
100 Best Carols
04:10
Composers: John Rutter
07
Anonymous: Quem pastores laudavere (from "Hohenfurth Manuscript, 1410")
Clare College Singers
100 Best Carols
02:24
Composers: Traditional
08
Shaw / Traditional: Hajej, nynjej, "Rocking Carol": "Hajej, nynej, Jezisku, Jezisku" (Czech Carol)
Clare College Singers
100 Best Carols
03:52
Composers: Traditional
09
Traditional: Here We Come A-wassailing, "Wassail Song" (English Christmas Carol)
Clare College Singers
100 Best Carols
04:09
Composers: Traditional
10
Rutter: The Coming of our King (After a Polish Carol)
Clare College Singers
100 Best Carols
02:40
Writer: John Rutter / Composers: Traditional
11
Baring-Gould / Traditional: The Infant King (Old Basque Noël)
Clare College Singers
100 Best Carols
03:09
Writer: Revd Sabine Baring-Gould / Composers: Traditional
12
Rutter / Traditional: Shepherds' Noël (Catalan Carol)
Clare College Singers
100 Best Carols
03:07
Writer: John Rutter / Composers: Traditional
13
Traditional / Arr. Rutter: Noël nouvelet
Clare College Singers
100 Best Carols
03:32
Composers: Traditional
14
Baring-Gould / Traditional: Gabriel's Message (Basque Carol)
Clare College Singers
100 Best Carols
03:51
Writer: Revd Sabine Baring-Gould / Composers: Traditional
15
Traditional: Sans Day Carol, "St. Day Carol": "Now the holly bears a berry" (Cornish Christmas Carol)
Clare College Singers
100 Best Carols
03:20
Composers: Traditional
16
Traditional: Past Three O'Clock, "Past Three A Clock" (English Carol)
Clare College Singers
100 Best Carols
02:29
Writer: G. R. Woodward / Composers: Traditional
01
Billings: The Suffolk Harmony, 1784: No. 1, Shiloh, "Methinks I see a heavenly host"
Taverner Choir
100 Best Carols
02:58
Composers: William Billings
02
Vidales: Los que fueron de buen gusto (From the Códice del Convento del Carmen)
Taverner Consort
100 Best Carols
04:16
Composers: Francisco de Vidales
03
Billings: The Singing Master's Assistant: No. 6, Judea. "A Virgin Unspotted"
Taverner Choir
100 Best Carols
03:19
Composers: William Billings
04
Walker: The Babe of Bethlehem: "Ye Nations All, On You I Call"
Andrew Parrott
100 Best Carols
02:40
Composers: William Walker
05
Traditional: Thys Endris Nygth: "The other night I saw a sight" (English Carol from the 15th Century)
Andrew Parrott
100 Best Carols
04:45
Composers: Traditional
06
Traditional: Ríu Ríu Chíu - Spanish Villancico, No. 46, from "Cancionero de Uppsala": "Riu, riu, chiu, la guarda ribera"
Andrew Parrott
100 Best Carols
03:28
Writer: Juan del Encina / Composers: Mateo Flecha the elder
07
Anonymous: Christum wir sollen loben schon
Andrew Parrott
100 Best Carols
03:02
Composers: Anonymous
08
Anonymous: Gaudete, Christus est natus (from "Jistebnice Cantional, 1420")
Andrew Parrott
100 Best Carols
01:44
Composers: Anonymous
09
Traditional: In hoc anni circulo (Christmas Carol)
Andrew Parrott
100 Best Carols
02:21
Composers: Traditional
10
Traditional: Alleluya! A Nywe Werk Is Come on Honde! (Christmas Carol)
Andrew Parrott
100 Best Carols
05:50
Composers: Traditional
11
Traditional: The Old Year Now Away Is Fled (Carol for New Year's Day)
Taverner Consort
100 Best Carols
01:51
Composers: Traditional
12
Tallis: Hodie nobis coelorum rex
Taverner Consort
100 Best Carols
03:24
Composers: Thomas Tallis
13
Gabrieli: Audite principes a 16, C. 123
Taverner Consort
100 Best Carols
06:17
Composers: Giovanni Gabrieli
14
Praetorius: Musae Sioniae, Theil 2: No. 5, In dulci jubilo, a 16 (Pt. 2)
Taverner Choir
100 Best Carols
03:42
Composers: Michael Praetorius
01
The Little Drummer Boy
The King's Singers
100 Best Carols
02:41
Composers: Harry Simeone - Henry Onorati - Katherine Kennicott Davis
02
Traditional: El nino querido
The King's Singers
100 Best Carols
02:47
Composers: Traditional
03
Traditional: The Gift
The King's Singers
100 Best Carols
02:09
Composers: Traditional
04
Reger / Orch. Ekdahl: Schlichte Weisen, Op. 76: No. 52, Mariä Wiegenlied
Barbara Hendricks
100 Best Carols
02:26
Composers: Max Reger
05
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Barbara Hendricks
100 Best Carols
03:32
Composers: Traditional
06
Mason : Joy to the World (Based on Themes by G. F. Handel)
Barbara Hendricks
100 Best Carols
01:56
Composers: Anonymous
07
Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, Act 3: Arie. "Tochter Zion"
Hermann Prey
100 Best Carols
03:07
Composers: George Frideric Handel
08
Traditional: Zu Bethlehem geboren (German Carol from "Geistlicher Psalter, Köln, 1638")
Hermann Prey
100 Best Carols
02:21
Composers: Traditional
09
Mary's Little Boy Child
Wiener Sängerknaben
100 Best Carols
04:39
Composers: Jester Hairston
10
Shchedryk
Wiener Sängerknaben
100 Best Carols
03:22
Composers: Traditional
11
Traditional: Il est né, le divin Enfant (Arr. Jonathan Tunick)
Jonathan Tunick
100 Best Carols
02:39
Composers: Traditional
12
Adam: Cantique de Noël "Minuit, chrétiens"
Roberto Alagna
100 Best Carols
03:41
Composers: Adolphe Adam
13
Traditional: Marche des Rois: "De-matin, ai rescountra lou trin" (French Carol)
René Delsinne
100 Best Carols
02:48
Composers: Traditional
14
De Rivel: Noël des îles
René Delsinne
100 Best Carols
04:44
Composers: Traditional
15
Chanson joyeuse de Noël "Le petit Jésus, Sauveur adorable"
Les Petits Chanteurs A La Croix De Bois
100 Best Carols
05:53
Composers: Traditional
16
Humperdinck: Weihnachtslieder: No. 1, Weihnachten (Orch. Mackerras)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
100 Best Carols
03:11
Composers: Engelbert Humperdinck
17
Anonymous: Von Himmel hoch (Arr. Mackerras)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
100 Best Carols
03:15
Composers: Traditional
18
Anonymous: In the Bleak Midwinter (Arr. Jonathan Tunick)
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
100 Best Carols
03:49
Composers: Harold Darke
19
Traditional: O Tannenbaum (Arr. Glenn Osser)
Jonathan Tunick
100 Best Carols
02:28
Composers: Traditional
20
Traditional: The Twelve Days of Christmas (Arr. Jonathan Tunick)
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
100 Best Carols
04:19
Composers: Traditional
01
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
Huddersfield Choral Society
100 Best Carols
02:14
Composers: John Stainer
02
Traditional: Good King Wenceslas (Tune based on a 13th-Century Spring Carol)
Huddersfield Choral Society
100 Best Carols
02:28
Writer: J. M. Neale / Composers: Traditional
03
Hopkins Jr., John Henry: We Three Kings, "We Three Kings of Orient Are" (Christmas Carol)
Huddersfield Choral Society
100 Best Carols
03:07
Composers: John Henry Hopkins Jr
04
Traditional: Angels from the Realms of Glory (arr. Charles Wood of French Carol "Les Anges dans nos campagnes")
Huddersfield Choral Society
100 Best Carols
03:09
Writer: James Montgomery / Composers: Traditional
05
Kocher: As with Gladness Men of Old (After Conrad Kocher's "Treuer Heiland", arr. William Henry Monk)
Huddersfield Choral Society
100 Best Carols
02:29
Composers: Conrad Kocher
06
Traditional: The Coventry Carol
The King's Singers
100 Best Carols
02:34
Composers: Traditional
07
Traditional: The Yorkshire Wassail Song: "Oh, Here We Come a Wassailing"
The Bach Choir
100 Best Carols
02:34
Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
08
Traditional: Masters in This Hall (French Carol)
The Bach Choir
100 Best Carols
04:02
Writer: William Morris / Composers: Traditional
09
Goss: See amid the Winter's Snow, "Hymn for Christmas Day"
The Bach Choir
100 Best Carols
03:46
Writer: Edward Caswall / Composers: John Goss
10
Traditional: Sussex Carol: "On Christmas night all Christians sing" (Christmas Carol) [Arr. Philip Ledger]
The Bach Choir
100 Best Carols
01:42
Composers: Traditional
11
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
Sir David Willcocks
100 Best Carols
01:55
Composers: Traditional
12
Bach: O Jesulein süss, BWV 493 (Chorale Version)
The Bach Choir
100 Best Carols
02:52
Composers: Traditional
13
Vaughan Williams: 5 English Folk Songs: No. 5, Wassail Song
The Bach Choir
100 Best Carols
02:54
Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
14
Tate: Carol with Lullaby
The Bach Choir
100 Best Carols
03:21
Composers: Phyllis Tate
15
Broadhurst: Cowboy Carol: "There'll be a new world beginning' from t'night!"
Hallé Choir
100 Best Carols
03:21
Composers: Cecil Broadhurst
16
Berlioz: 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" (
Hallé Orchestra
100 Best Carols
04:44
Composers: Hector Berlioz
17
Traditional: We Wish You a Merry Christmas (West Country)
Hallé Orchestra
100 Best Carols
01:38
Composers: Traditional
01
Maconchy: Nowell Sing We Now All and Some
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
01:48
Composers: Elizabeth Maconchy
02
Vaughan Williams: And All in the Morning
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
02:16
Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
03
Traditional: I Saw a Maiden (After a Basque Noel, arr. Edgar Pettman)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
03:05
Composers: Traditional
04
Scheidt: Cantiones sacrae: No. 15, A Child is Born in Bethlehem (Arr. Willcocks)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
02:28
Composers: Samuel Scheidt
05
Warlock: Where Riches is Everlastingly: "Into this world this day did come"
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
02:48
Writer: Traditional / Composers: Peter Warlock
06
Traditional: How Far Is It to Bethlehem?
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
02:13
Composers: Traditional
07
Traditional: Of the Father's Heart Begotten
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
05:05
Composers: Traditional
08
Traditional: Resonet in laudibus (14th-Century Carol from the "Moosburg Gradual of 1360")
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
01:55
Composers: Traditional
09
Traditional: The Shepherds' Cradle Song
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
03:40
Composers: Traditional
10
Traditional: Quittez, pasteurs, vos brebis, vos houlettes (Arr. Rutter)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
03:40
Composers: Traditional
11
Leighton: Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child, Op. 25b, "Coventry Carol"
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
02:53
Writer: Traditional / Composers: Kenneth Leighton
12
Ravenscroft: Melismata: No. 23, Remember, O Thou Man
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
03:19
Composers: Thomas Ravenscroft
13
Sweelinck: Cantiones Sacrae: No. 13, Hodie Christus natus est, SwWV 163
King's College Choir Cambridge
100 Best Carols
03:50
Composers: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
14
Gibbons: Hosanna to the Son of David, a 6
King's College Choir Cambridge
100 Best Carols
03:14
Composers: Orlando Gibbons
15
Philip the Chancellor: Angelus ad virginem, "Gabriel, From Heven King" (Carol from the 13th Century)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
02:38
Writer: Philip the Chancellor / Composers: Philip the Chancellor
16
Sandys / Traditional: Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (English Carol)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
02:04
Composers: Traditional
17
Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
100 Best Carols
04:47
Composers: Anonymous
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