01 - 12 A Ceremony of Carols for upper voices and harp, op.28 * [24'13]
13 - 21 Saint Nicolas. Cantata for tenor solo, mixed chorus, piano duet, organ, strings & percussion, op.42 ^ [49'15]
Sally Price- harp*. Choir of Trinity College Cambridge *^, Holst Singers^, Boys of the Temple Church Choir^, Allan Clayton- tenor^, City of London Sinfonia^, Simon Bland- organ^, Catherine Edwards and Jonathan Higgins- pianos^, conducted by Stephen Layton*^
Hyperion CDA67946 [recorded September 2007* and January 2012^; issued 2012]
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Recording engineer: David Hinitt; Producer: Adrian Peacock
01 Gustav Holst: Christmas Day *# [7'37]
02 John Joubert: There is no rose [2'23]
03 William Mathias: Sir Christèmas ~ [1'26]
04 Herbert Howells: Here is the little door [3'30]
05 Herbert Howells: A spotless Rose ^# [3'10]
06 Gerald Finzi: In terra pax - Christmas Scene *^~# [16'16]
07 - 09 Peter Warlock: Three carols *~# [6'04]
10 Kenneth Leighton: A hymn of the Nativity * [6'14]
11 John Rutter: What sweeter music ~ [4'21]
12 John Gardner: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day ~ [2'00]
13 William Mathias: A babe is born ~ [3'05]
14 - 17 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk songs of the four seasons - Winter # [14'49]
Julia Doyle- soprano*, Roderick Williams- baritone^, Mark Williams- organ, celeste and piano~, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra#, City of London Choir conducted by Hilary Davan Wetton
Naxos 8.572102 [recorded July 2009; issued 2009]
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Recording venues: Concert Hall, The Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset and St. Paul’s Girls’ School, Hammersmith, London.
Recording engineers: Phil Rowlands and Andrew Lang; Producer: Andrew Walton
Carols from New College:
J F Wade: O come, all ye faithful (Adeste Fideles)
Peter Warlock: Adam lay ybounden
Richard Rodney Bennett: Out of your sleep
Basque carol: The Angel Gabriel
Herbert Howells: A Spotless Rose
French 16th century (arr. C Wood): Ding Dong! Merrily on High
Gustav Holst: In the Bleak Mid-winter
English Trad.: The Holly and the Ivy
Appalachian carol: I Wonder as I Wander
William Matthias: A babe is born
English Trad.: Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)
English Trad.: This is the Truth
English trad. (arr. C Wood): A Virgin Most Pure
Herbert Howells; Here is the Little Door
Peter Wishart: Alleluya! A new work is come on hand
English 16th century: The Coventry Carol - Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child
German trad.: In Dulci Jubilo
Anon. c.1420: There is No Rose of Such Virtue
Czech Trad.: Rocking Carol
English Trad.: Wassail Carol
H. J. Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's city
Total time: 64 mins.
Choir of New College, Oxford directed by Edward Higginbottom. Howard Moody- organ.
CRD CRD3443 [recorded 1984; first issued 1985]
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Recording venue: New College Chapel, Oxford, UK
Recording engineer: Bob Auger; Producer: Simon Lawman
01 - 03 David Griffiths: Lie Deep, My Love [11'23]
04 Helen Fisher: Pounamu ^ [7'11]
05 Sarah McCallum: The Moon's Glow Once Lit [5'05]
06 David Hamilton: Veni, Sancte Spiritus [8'43]
07 Gillian Whitehead: Taiohi taiao ^ [10'48]
08 David Hamilton: Lux Aeterna [5'26]
09 - 11 Anthony Ritchie: Widow's Songs, op.110 [8'18]
12 Eve de Castro-Robinson: Chaos of Delight III [6'39]
13 David Childs: O Magnum Mysterium [3'22]
Richard Nunns- kōauau (traditional Māori flute)^, Tower Voices New Zealand directed by Karen Grylls
Morrison Music Trust MMT2065 [recorded October 2004 and September 2005; issued 2008]
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Recording venue: Church of St John of God, Halswell, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Recording engineers: Keith Warren, Philip Brownlee and Noel Maginnity; Producer: Kenneth Young.
01 - 03 John Rutter: Gloria for choir, organ, brass and percussion [17'47]
04 John Rutter: What sweeter music [4'50]
05 Mack Wilberg: Noe! Noe! [3'38]
06 John Francis Wade (arr. David Willcocks): Fanfare and 'O come, all ye faithful' [4'10]
07 John Wells: Metamorphoses on a Noël [6'05]
08 John Rutter: Mary's Lullaby [4'10]
09 Richard Strauss (arr. Indra Hughes): Feierlicher Einzug [7'20]
10 Hubert Parry: Welcome, Yule! [1'16]
11 Trad (arr Ralph Vaughan Williams): O little town of Bethlehem [3'20]
12 Trad (arr Mack Wilberg): Ding dong! Merrily on high [2'15]
13 Michael Leighton Jones: Christmas Medley 4'25]
14 Trad (arr Michael Leighton Jones): The holly and the ivy [3'50]
15 Trad (arr David Willcocks): Unto us is born a Son [2'02]
16 Trad (arr John Rutter): Deck the halls [1'42]
17 Felix Mendelssohn (arr David Willcocks): Fanfare and 'Hark! the herald angels sing' [3'56]
John Wells and Nicholas Hughes- Orgelbau Klais organ of Auckland Town Hall, Musica Sacra- choir, Auckland Philharmonia (APO) brass and percussion conducted by Indra Hughes
Atoll ACD342 [recorded July and September 2011; issued 2011]
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Recording venue: Auckland Town Hall, New Zealand
Recording engineers: Paul McGlashan and Thomas Graham-Murdoch; Producer: Wayne Laird.
John Rutter: Silent Night
Herbert Howells: Sing Lullaby
William Walton: All this time
Edvard Grieg: Ave, maris stella
Peter Cornelius: Die Könige
Arvo Pärt: O Morgenstern
Arvo Pärt: Magnificat
John Rutter: Nativity Carol *
Percy Grainger: The Sussex Mummer's Carol
Benjamin Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin
Kenneth Leighton: Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
John Rutter: Away in a manger
Morten Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium
Peter Warlock: Bethlehem Down
Herbert Howells: A Spotless Rose
Benjamin Britten: Chorale after an Old French Carol
William Walton: What cheer?
Peter Warlock (arr. Andrew Carter): Lullaby my Jesus
John Rutter: Shepherd's Pipe Carol *
Total time: 66 mins.
Polyphony- choir, City of London Sinfonia* conducted by Stephen Layton
Hyperion NOEL2 [recorded 1994 to 2004; issued 2004]
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Recording venues: St John at Hackney, St Jude-on-the-Hill Hampstead, Temple Church, All Saints Church Tooting, London and Romsey Abbey, Hampshire.
Recording engineers: Julian Millard, Tony Faulkner, Antony Howell, Simon Eadon and Ken Blair.
Producers: Mark Brown, Andre Lucas and Meurig Bowen.
This excellent compilation was made by Hyperion Records from their back catalogue and issued for Christmas 2004. Recording details are included in the comments tag for each track.
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This morning on a pohutukawa-fringed Far North beach.