The Complete Argo Recordings

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

Annotation

A limited edition, 20-CD collection of the Argo recordings made by The Choir of King's College, Cambridge directed by Stephen Cleobury.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Tallis: Spem in alium / Lamentations of Jeremiah
2▶CD: Palestrina, Victoria: Masses
3▶CD: Lassus: 3 Masses
4▶CD: Gabrieli: “The Glory of Venice”
5▶CD: Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus / Beatus vir
6▶CD: Handel: 2 Psalm settings
7▶CD: Handel: Messiah (Part I, Part II beginning)
8▶CD: Handel: Messiah (Part II conclusion, Part III)
9▶CD: Handel: Israel in Egypt (Part I, Part II)
10▶CD: Handel: Israel in Egypt (Part III)
11▶CD: Mozart: Waisenhausmesse / Credi-Messe
12▶CD: Mozart: Coronation Mass / Missa Solemnis
13▶CD: Mendelssohn, Brahms: “Hear My Prayer”
14▶CD: Verdi: Quattro pezzi sacri / Pater Noster
15▶CD: Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
16▶CD: Howells: “A Celebration”
17▶CD: Maxwell Davies: Solstice of Light
18▶CD: “Holy, Holy, Holy” - Favourite hymns
19▼CD: “O Come All Ye Faithful” - Favourite Christmas carols
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1Once in Royal David’s City (“Irby”)
engineer:
Simon Eadon
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
solo soprano vocals:
Robin Barter (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
arranger:
Henry John Gauntlett
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (in 1984)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (number: 34)
recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City (harmony Arthur Mann, descant Stephen Cleobury)
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
additional composer:
Stephen Cleobury and Arthur Henry Mann
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)
publisher:
Novello
version of:
Once in Royal David’s City (arr. Mann)
Henry Gauntlett4:28
2Up! Good Christen folk, and listen (tune from Piae Cantiones)
engineer:
Simon Eadon
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
Up! Good Christen Folk, and Listen (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
lyricist:
George Ratcliffe Woodward (in 1901)
arranger:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
publisher:
Oxford University Press
is based on:
Piae cantiones (medieval song first compiled in 1582)
G.R. Woodward1:22
3On Christmas Night (“Sussex Carol”)
engineer:
Simon Eadon
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
Sussex Carol (arr. Ledger) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Philip Ledger
arrangement of:
Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)
[traditional]2:03
4Ding Dong! Merrily On High (“Branle de l’Official”)
engineer:
Simon Eadon
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
lyricist:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
additional composer:
Charles Wood
composer:
Thoinot Arbeau
is based on:
Branle de l’official
C. Wood2:03
5O Little Town of Bethlehem (“Forest Green”)
engineer:
Simon Eadon
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “Forest Green”, as sung in the UK and the Episcopal Church in the U.S.) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
additional composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (in 1906)
composer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams
publisher:
Oxford University Press (in 1906)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (number: 32)
is based on:
The Ploughboy's Dream
version of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
R. Vaughan Williams3:21
6Silent Night, Holy Night
engineer:
Simon Eadon
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
arranger:
Stephen Cleobury
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
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
recording of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
part of:
Oh, What a Lovely War! (stage musical)
Franz Xaver Gruber2:35
7In the bleak mid-winter
engineer:
Simon Eadon
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
solo vocals:
John Bowen (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
tenor vocals:
John Bowen
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
arranger:
Harold Edwin Darke
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (Harold Edwin Darke version) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
lyricist:
Christina Rossetti
composer:
Harold Edwin Darke (in 1909)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
version of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (poem)
recording of:
In the Bleak Midwinter
composer:
[unknown]
Harold Darke4:21
8The First Nowell
engineer:
Simon Eadon
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
The First Nowell (David Willcocks arrangement) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks
arrangement of:
The First Nowell
[traditional]5:01
9Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (“Vaterland, in deinen Gauen”)
engineer:
Simon Eadon
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
arranger:
Philip Ledger
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (in 1739)
additional composer:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (in 1840)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (number: 26)
Felix Mendelssohn3:08
10Away in a manger
engineer:
Simon Eadon
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
arranger:
Stephen Cleobury
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (in 1984)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
Away in a Manger (aka “Cradle Song” composed by William J. Kirkpatrick) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
additional lyricist:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1892)
lyricist:
[anonymous]
composer:
William James Kirkpatrick (in 1895)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25304)
is based on:
Sweet Afton (set to music by Jonathan E. Spilman, 1837)
William J. Kirkpatrick2:01
11The Seven Joys of Mary
engineer:
Simon Eadon
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
solo vocals:
Graham Green (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
arranger:
Stephen Cleobury
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
The Seven Joys of Mary (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
composer:
[traditional]
[traditional]3:20
12The Infant King
engineer:
Simon Eadon
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
Infant King (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
lyricist:
Sabine Baring‐Gould
composer:
[traditional]
[traditional]3:15
13God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
engineer:
Simon Eadon
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
Benjamin Bayl and David Briggs (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (in 1960, in 1984)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arr. Willcocks) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks
arrangement of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here) (on 1998-12-14)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
[traditional]3:32
14The Holly and the Ivy
engineer:
Simon Eadon
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
alto vocals:
Christopher Hughes
bass vocals:
Roland Robertson
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
solo vocals:
Jonathan Lamb (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
tenor vocals:
Simon Haynes
treble vocals:
Jonathan Lamb
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
arranger:
Sir Henry Walford Davies
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy (arr. Davies) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Sir Henry Walford Davies
arrangement of:
The Holly and the Ivy
recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 514)
[traditional]2:43
15I Saw Three Ships
engineer:
Simon Eadon
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
solo vocals:
John Bowen (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20), Simon Haynes (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20), Christopher Hughes (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20) and Roland Robertson (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
tenor vocals:
John Bowen
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships (arr. Willcocks) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks
arrangement of:
I Saw Three Ships
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 700)
[traditional]1:35
16O come, all ye faithful
engineer:
Simon Eadon
producer:
Christopher Hazell
organ:
David Briggs (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
conductor:
Stephen Cleobury (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”) (from 1984-03-19 until 1984-03-20)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
[traditional]4:01
20▶CD: “The King's Collection”