101 Christmas (CD)

CD 1 48.13

[1] Mendelssohn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 3.39
Andrew Davis organ

[2] The First Nowell (Anon.) 4.48

[3 While Shepherds Watched (Anon.) 3.12
Simon Preston organ

[4] I Saw Three Ships (Anon.) 2.06
Simon Preston organ

[5] Ding Dong! Merrily on High (Trad.) 2.02

[6] King Jesus Hath a Garden (Anon.) 3.50

[7] In Dulci Jubilo (Trad.) 3.39
Simon Preston organ

[8] Unto Us Is Born a Son (Anon.) 1.54

[9] Wade: Adeste Fideles (O Come, All Ye Faithful) 4.14
Simon Preston organ

[10] Kirkpatrick: Away in a Manger 2.28
Simon Preston organ

[11] O Little Town of Bethlehem (Anon.) 3.06
Andrew Davis organ

[12] The Holly and the Ivy (Trad.) 3.27

[13] God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Anon.) 3.25

[14] Goss: See Amid the Winter's Snow 3.51

[15] Past Three O’Clock (Anon.) 2.32

The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Sir David Willcocks

CD 2 65.32

[1] Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City 5.31
Andrew Davis organ

[2] Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night) (Trad.) 1.54

[3] Rocking Carol (Little Jesu Sweetly Sleep) (Anon.) 1.46

[4] Rejoice and Be Merry (Anon.) 1.46

[5] The Cherry Tree Carol (Joseph Was an Old Man) (Trad.) 1.48

[6] Cornelius: The Three Kings 2.41

[7] As with Gladness Men of Old (Anon.) 3.20

[8] Praetorius: Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen A Great and Mighty Wonder 3.10

[9] The Infant King (Old Basque) (Anon.) 3.18

[10] Warlock: Balulalow 2.18

[11] Tchaikovsky: Legend (The Crown of Roses) op.54, no.5 2.13

[12] Christ Was Born on Christmas Day (Trad.) 2.20

[13] Blessed Be That Maid Mary (Anon.) 2.35

[14] The Lute-Book Lullaby ('Sweet Was the Song the Virgin Sang) (Anon.) 1.59

[15] Myn Lyking (Anon.) 2.58

[16] Personent Hodie (Anon. 14th century Germany) 2.36

[17] Darke: In the Bleak Midwinter 4.48

[18] Coventry Carol (Anon.) 2.14

[19] Shepherds in the Field Abiding (Trad.) 3.02

[20] Joubert: Torches 1.30

[21] Vaughan Williams: Fantasia On Christmas Carols 11.45

Hervey Alan bass-baritone
London Symphony Orchestra
The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Sir David Willcocks

CD 3 53.41

[1] Up! Good Christen Folk and Listen (Anon.) 1.07

[2] Gabriel's Message (Basque Carol) (Anon.) 2.59

[3] Rutter: Donkey Carol 4.31

[4] Wexford Carol (Trad.) 4.22

Choir and Orchestra of Clare College, Cambridge
John Rutter

[5] Cradle Song (Flemish Trad.) 3.12
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge / John Rutter

[6] Child in a Manger (Celtic Trad.) 2.13

[7] Rutter: Mary’s Lullaby 3.35

[8] Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (Anon.) 3.56

[9] The Noble Stem of Jesse (German Trad.) 2.14

[10] Poston: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree 2.39

[11] Wassail Song (Trad.) 2.39

Choir and Orchestra of Clare College, Cambridge
John Rutter

[12] Rutter: Star Carol* 2.37
The Bach Choir
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
David Corkhill percussion
John Scott organ
Sir David Willcocks

[13] Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day* (Anon.) 1.57
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus
Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner

[14] This Endris Night* (Anon.) 2.33

[15] Entre le boeuf* (Anon.) 1.49

[16] The Cradle* (Anon., harmonized Martin Shaw) 1.47

[17] El Rorro* (Trad. Mexican) 2.16

[18] Once as I Remember* (Anon.) 1.47

[19] Gardner: Entry of the Kings* 5.28
John Anderson oboe/cor anglais
The Monteverdi Choir
ohn Eliot Gardiner

CD 4 55.11

[1] Joubert: Welcome Yule! 1.57

[2] Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly (Anon.) 1.21
Simon Preston organ / Wilfred Parry piano
Elizabethan Singers
Louis Halsey

[3] Salutation Carol (Anon.) 5.38
Hazel Holt soprano · Jennifer Barber contralto
Kenneth Bowen tenor · Christopher Keyte bass
Simon Preston organ
Elizabethan Singers
Louis Halsey

[4] The First Christmas (Anon.) 1.23

[5] The Boar's Head Carol (Anon.) 2.08
Simon Preston organ
Wilfred Parry piano
Elizabethan Singers
Louis Halsey

Britten: Ceremony of Carols, op.28*
[6] Wolcom Yule! 1.25
[7] There Is No Rose 2.29
The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Rachel Masters harp
Stephen Cleobury

[8] Ireland: The Holy Boy* 3.06
Stephen Ryde-Weller, Nicholas Richardson trebles
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / David Hill

[9] Warlock: Bethlehem Down* 4.54

[10] Warlock: Lullaby My Jesus* 3.09

[11] Howells: A Spotless Rose* 3.24
Donald Sweeney bass

[12] Howells: Sing Lullaby* 3.59
Winchester Cathedral Choir / David Hill

Finzi: In terra pax*
[13] A Frosty Christmas Eve 7.34
[14] And Lo, the Angel of the Lord Came upon Them 7.56
Libby Crabtree soprano · Donald Sweeney bass
Winchester Cathedral Choir / Waynflete Singers
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
David Hill

[15] Good King Wenceslas (Anon.) 2.54
Barbara Elsy soprano · Christopher Keyte bass

[16] The Old Year Now Is Fled (Anon.) 1.54
Simon Preston organ
Elizabethan Singers / Louis Halsey

CD 5 52.52

[1] Handel: Joy to the World 1.54
Joan Sutherland
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Richard Bonynge

[2] Adam: O Holy Night (Minuit chrétien) 4.14
Luciano Pavarotti
National Philharmonic Orchestra / Kurt Herbert Adler

[3] Gruber: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht* 2.35
The Bach Choir / Sir David Willcocks

[4] Pierpoint: Jingle Bells (incorporating Deck the Halls)* 2.49
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

[5] Irving Berlin: White Christmas* 3.53
Kiri Te Kanawa
London Voices / Philharmonia Orchestra / Carl Davis

[6] Marche des rois* (Anon.) 1.41
Wiener Sängerknaben
Wiener Volksopernorchester / Uwe Christian Harrer

[7] Willis: It Came upon a Midnight Clear 2.47
Joan Sutherland
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Richard Bonynge

[8] Yon: Gesù Bambino 4.28
Luciano Pavarotti
National Philharmonic Orchestra / Kurt Herbert Adler

[9] Carol of the Bells* (Anon.) 2.07
Canadian Brass / Elmer Iseler Singers

[10] Bernard: Winter Wonderland* 3.51
Kiri Te Kanawa
London Voices / Philharmonia Orchestra / Carl Davis

[11] Shayne: Do You Hear What I Hear?* 4.00
Anthony Way treble
St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir / English Chamber Orchestra / Carl Davis

[12] Hopkins: We Three Kings of Orient Are* 2.40
Canadian Brass / Elmer Iseler Singers

[13] Melichar: Mille cherubini in coro (after Schubert) 4.01
Luciano Pavarotti
National Philharmonic Orchestra / Kurt Herbert Adler

[14] Still, still, still* (Anon.) 2.05
Wiener Sängerknaben / Wiener Volksopernorchester / Uwe Christian Harrer

[15] The Twelve Days of Christmas (Anon.) 3.10
Joan Sutherland / The Ambrosian Singers
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Richard Bonynge

[16] Anderson: Sleigh Ride 2.50
Eastman-Rochester "Pops" Orchestra / Frederick Fennell

[17] Martin / Blane: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas* 3.47
Kiri Te Kanawa
London Voices
Philharmonia Orchestra / Carl Davis

CD 6 61.21

J. S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
[1] Jauchzet, frohlocket 8.13
[2] Sinfonia 6.35
[3] Schlafe, mein Liebster, geniesse der Ruh 10.52
Helen Watts contralto
Lübecker Kantorei
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester / Karl Münchinger

Corelli: Concerto grosso in G minor, op.6, no.8 "fatto per la notte di Na tale"
[4] III. Adagio–Allegro–Adagio 3.26

Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ, op.25 – La fuite en Egypte*
[5] Il s'en va loin de la terre 4.19
[6] Le repos de la Sainte Famille - Les pèlerins étant venus 2.48
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus
Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
[7] Behold, a virgin shall conceive... O thou that tellest good gtidings 6.01
[8] For unto us a Child is born 3.35
[9] Pifa (Pastoral Symphony) 2.53
[10] There were shepherds... And lo, the angel of the Lord... And the angel said unto them – And suddenly 3.10
[11] Glory to God in the highest 1.45
[12] Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion 4.11
[13] Hallelujah 3.41
Elly Ameling soprano · Anna Reynolds mezzo-soprano
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus
Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner