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The Christmas Angels: Heavenly Host
~
Release by
St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
(
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)
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1995
United States
Labels
BCI Music
BCCD 258-2
Release information
Barcode:
090096258225
Format:
CD
Length:
40:11
Type:
Album
Packaging:
Jewel Case
Status:
Official
Language:
English
Script:
Latin
Data quality:
Normal
Genres:
(none)
Other tags:
(none)
Tracklist
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CD
#
Title
Length
1
Once in Royal David’s City
choir vocals:
St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City
(
arr. Willcocks
)
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander
(in 1848)
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett
(in 1849)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks
publisher:
Oxford University Press
arrangement of:
Once in Royal David’s City
4:14
2
See Amid the Winter Snow
choir vocals:
St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
recording of:
See amid the winter’s snow
(
arr. Willcocks
)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks
arrangement of:
See Amid the Winter’s Snow
(
carol
)
4:42
3
Away in a Manger
choir vocals:
St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
recording of:
Away in a Manger
(
arr. Willcocks
)
lyricist:
[anonymous]
composer:
William James Kirkpatrick
(in 1895)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks
arrangement of:
Away in a Manger
(
aka “Cradle Song” composed by William J. Kirkpatrick
)
2:37
4
Unto Us a Child Is Born
recording of:
Unto Us is born a Son
(
carol
)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
translator:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
2:22
5
Christians Awake
choir vocals:
St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
recording of:
Yorkshire – Christians Awake, Salute the Happy Morn
lyricist:
John Byrom
composer:
John Wainwright
3:52
6
The Coventry Carol
choir vocals:
St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
recording of:
Coventry Carol
(
Martin Shaw arrangement
)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Martin Shaw
arrangement of:
Coventry Carol
3:27
7
I Saw Three Ships
choir vocals:
St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships
(
arr. Willcocks
)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks
arrangement of:
I Saw Three Ships
2:05
8
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
choir vocals:
St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
(
“Noel” version
)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears
(in 1849)
composer:
[anonymous]
arranger:
Arthur Sullivan
part of:
The Hymnal 1982
(number: 90)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
(
poem
)
is based on:
NOEL
(
hymn tune
)
3:50
9
We Three Kings
recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index
(number: 24751)
3:15
10
While Shepherds Watched
choir vocals:
St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
recording of:
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
(
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks / Sweet Chiming Bells / Hail Chime On
)
writer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index
(number: 936)
3:30
11
The Holly and the Ivy
choir vocals:
St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy
(
arr. Davies
)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Sir Henry Walford Davies
arrangement of:
The Holly and the Ivy
2:33
12
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
choir vocals:
St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
(
Christmas carol
)
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)
3:42