Christmas Carols

~ Release by The Taverner Consort, Andrew Parrott (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

credited as "Taverner Consort, Choir & Players" on the back cover.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Festive Music from Europe and America
2▶CD: Nine centuries of seasonal music
3▶CD: The Carol Album I: Seven centuries of Christmas Music
4▼CD: The Carol Album II: Seven centuries of Christmas Music
#TitleArtistLength
1While shepherds watched their flocks by night
conductor:
Andrew Parrott
performer:
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
recording of:
While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night (Winchester old version)
lyricist:
Nahum Tate
composer:
Christopher Tye
arranger:
George Kirbye
is based on:
Song of the Angels, at the Nativity of Our Blessed Saviour
is based on:
Winchester Old
Christopher Tye2:24
2Three Kings of Orient
conductor:
Andrew Parrott
performer:
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
John Henry Hopkins, Jr.4:18
3I wonder as I wander
conductor:
Andrew Parrott
performer:
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
recording of:
I Wonder as I Wander
lyricist and composer:
John Jacob Niles (from 1933-07-16 until 1933-10-04)
John Jacob Niles3:03
4Qui Creavit Celum (Song of the Nuns of Chester)
conductor:
Andrew Parrott
performer:
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
recording of:
Qui creavit caelum
composer:
[anonymous] (in 1425)
[anonymous]4:11
5There is no rose of such virtue
conductor:
Andrew Parrott
performer:
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
John Joubert3:58
6Sonata for 3 Trumpets based on "Joseph lieber Joseph mein"
conductor:
Andrew Parrott
performer:
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
Cesare Bendinelli1:52
7All hayle to the dayes
conductor:
Andrew Parrott
performer:
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
[traditional]4:04
8Letabundus (Sarum Plainchant)
conductor:
Andrew Parrott
performer:
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
[traditional]3:44
9Ther is no rose of swych vertu
conductor:
Andrew Parrott
performer:
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
recording of:
There is no Rose of Such Virtue
lyricist:
[traditional]
composer:
John Joubert
[traditional]2:41
10Quelle est cette odeur agréable
conductor:
Andrew Parrott
performer:
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
recording of:
Quelle est cette odeur agréable ? (arr. Willcocks)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks
publisher:
Oxford University Press
arrangement of:
Quelle est cette odeur agréable ?
[traditional]4:33
11Lullay, thou tiny little child
conductor:
Andrew Parrott
performer:
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
John Jacob Niles2:24
12Procedenti Puero-Eya! Novus Annus est
conductor:
Andrew Parrott
performer:
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
Philippe Le Chancelier2:39
13Sonata for 5 Trumpets (based 0n 'in Dulci Jubilo')
conductor:
Andrew Parrott
performer:
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
Magnus Thomsen2:18
14The Lord at First did Adam make
conductor:
Andrew Parrott
performer:
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
[traditional]3:57
15O Du Fröhliche, O Du Selige
conductor:
Andrew Parrott
performer:
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
recording of:
O du fröhliche (German Christmas carol set to the melody of "O sanctissima")
lyricist:
Johannes Daniel Falk and Heinrich Holzschuher
composer:
[traditional]
version of:
O Sanctissima (Sicilian Mariners Hymn, Sicilian Mariners Hymn)
[traditional]2:30
16Lullay, Lullay: As I Lay On Yoolis night
conductor:
Andrew Parrott
performer:
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
[traditional]7:46
17Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
conductor:
Andrew Parrott
performer:
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
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)
Felix Mendelssohn5:14

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Release

ASIN:UK: B000W03RO4 [info]