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CHOIR OF CLARE COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
100 Best Carols
6 Compact Disc
5 Nov 2007
Ordercode: 5002452
Composer: Bach/Gabrieli/Tallis/Various
Other participants: Choir of King's College, Cambridge * Taverner Choir & Players * Wiener Sängerknaben * Eric Ericson Kammerchor * Tölzer Knabenchor *King’s Singers * Thomas Hampson * Roberto Alagna * Hermann Prey * Elisabeth Schwarzkopf * Kiri Te Kanawa * Barbara Hendr
Audio sample & Tracklisting
| Disc 1 | |
| 01 | The First Nowell (1985 - Remaster) - King's College Choir, Cambridge/Francis Grier/Sir |
| 02 | Away in a manger - King's College Choir, Cambridge/Sir Philip Ledger |
| 03 | Up! good Christen folk and listen (1985 Digital Remaster) - King's College Choir, Cambridge/Sir Philip Ledger |
| 04 | O little town of Bethlehem (v.3 arr. Ledger) (1985 Digital Remaster) - King's College Choir, Cambridge/Sir Philip Ledger |
| 05 | I sing of a maiden (1985 - Remaster) - King's College Choir, Cambridge/Francis Grier/Sir |
| 06 | A Spotless Rose (1985 Digital Remaster) - Gareth Morrell/King's College Choir, Cambridge/Sir |
| 07 | Once in Royal David's City (harm. A. H. Mann; descant Willcocks) (1985 Digital Remaster) - King's College Choir, Cambridge/Ian Hare/Sir David |
| 08 | Personent hodie (1985 - Remaster) - King's College Choir, Cambridge/Ian Hare/Sir David |
| 09 | Myn Lyking - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Ian Hare/Sir Da |
| 10 | O come, O come, Emmanuel - King's College Choir, Cambridge/Ian Hare/Sir David |
| 11 | The Holly and the Ivy (1985 - Remaster) - King's College Choir, Cambridge/Sir David Willcock |
| 12 | Silent Night (Mohr; trans. & arr. Willcocks) (1985 Digital Remaster) - Stephen Varcoe/King's College Choir, Cambridge/Sir |
| 13 | While shepherds watched their flocks by night (from Este's Psalter; descant Willcocks) (1985 - Remaster) - King's College Choir, Cambridge/John Wells/Sir Dav |
| 14 | It came upon the midnight clear (descant Willcocks) (1985 Digital Remaster) - King's College Choir, Cambridge/John Wells/Sir Dav |
| 15 | The Lord at first did Adam make (1991 - Remaster) - King's College Choir, Cambridge/John Wells/Sir Dav |
| 16 | Hark! the herald angels sing (tune & harmony adapted W. H. Cummings; brass fanfare & accomp. and descant by Will - King's College Choir, Cambridge/Philip Jones Brass |
| Disc 2 | |
| 01 | Shepherd's Pipe Carol - Clare College Singers and Orchestra/Clare College |
| 02 | Infant holy, infant lowly - Simon Vaughan/Clare College Singers and Orchestra/ |
| 03 | Angel Tidings (Traditional Moravian carol, arr. Rutter) - Clare College Singers, Cambridge/Clare College Orc |
| 04 | Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (arr. Rutter) - Clare College Singers, Cambridge/Clare College Orc |
| 05 | I saw three ships come sailing by (arr. Rutter) - Clare College Singers, Cambridge/Clare College Orc |
| 06 | Nativity Carol - John Rutter |
| 07 | Quem pastores laudavere - Clare College Singers, Cambridge/Clare College Orc |
| 08 | Rocking (Little Jesu sweetly sleep) (Czech traditional, coll. M. Shaw trans. Dearmer) - Roger Garland |
| 09 | Here we come a-wassailing (arr. Rutter) - John Rutter |
| 10 | The Coming of our King (Traditional Polish carol, arr. Rutter) (1988 Digital Remaster) - Clare College Singers and Orchestra/Jeremy Blandfo |
| 11 | The Infant King - Clare College Singers, Cambridge/Clare College Orc |
| 12 | Shepherds' Noël - Simon Vaughan/Clare College Singers, Cambridge/Cla |
| 13 | Noël nouvelet - Clare College Singers, Cambridge/Clare College Orc |
| 14 | Gabriel's Message - Simon Vaughan/Clare College Singers, Cambridge/Cla |
| 15 | Sans Day Carol, 'Now the holly bears a berry' (Traditional English Carol, arr. Rutter) - John Rutter |
| 16 | Past three a-clock - Clare College Singers, Cambridge/Clare College Orc |
| Disc 3 | |
| 01 | Methinks I see an heav'nly host - Taverner Choir/Andrew Parrott |
| 02 | Los que fueren de buen gusto - Taverner Consort/Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott |
| 03 | A Virgin Unspotted - Taverner Choir/Andrew Parrott |
| 04 | The Babe of Bethlehem (Ye nations all, on you I call) - Andrew Parrott/Taverner Choir/Taverner Consort |
| 05 | Thys endere nyghth - Andrew Parrott/Taverner Choir/Taverner Consort |
| 06 | Riu, riu, chiu - Andrew Parrott/Taverner Choir/Taverner Consort/Ric |
| 07 | Christum wir sollen loben schon - Andrew Parrott/Taverner Choir/Taverner Consort |
| 08 | Gaudete! - Andrew Parrott/Stephen Charlesworth/Taverner Choir |
| 09 | In hac anni circulo: Verbum caro - Andrew Parrott/Taverner Choir/Taverner Consort |
| 10 | A nywe werk is come on honde: Alleluya - Andrew Parrott/Leigh Nixon/Nicolas Robertson/Taver |
| 11 | The Old Year now away is fled - Andrew Parrott/Taverner Choir/Taverner Consort/Tav |
| 12 | Hodie nobis caelorum Rex - Taverner Consort/Taverner Choir/Andrew Parrott |
| 13 | Audite principes a 16 - Taverner Consort/Taverner Choir/Taverner Players/A |
| 14 | In dulci jubilo (a 16) Pars II - Taverner Choir/Taverner Consort/Taverner Players/A |
| Disc 4 | |
| 01 | The Little Drummer Boy - The King's Singers |
| 02 | El nino querido (The Beloved Child): Three Spanish Carols - The King's Singers/Charles Fullbrook |
| 03 | The Gift - The King's Singers/City of London Sinfonia/Richard |
| 04 | Berceuse de Marie (Max Reger) (medley n°2) - Eric Ericson - Barbara Hendricks - Stockholm Cham |
| 05 | Go Tell It On The Mountain (Chant De Noël Américain Traditionnel) (Medley N°2) - Barbara Hendricks - Choeur D'Enfants Adolf Fredric |
| 06 | Joy To The World (Medley N°1) - Barbara Hendricks - Choeur D'Enfants Adolf Fredric |
| 07 | Tochter Zion, freue dich (1988 Digital Remaster) - Hermann Prey/Tölzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gad |
| 08 | Zu Bethlehem geboreb (1988 Digital Remaster) - Hermann Prey/Tölzer Knabenchor/Gerhard Schmidt-Gad |
| 09 | Mary's Boy Child - Wiener Sängerknaben |
| 10 | Ukraine Bell Carol - Wiener Sängerknaben |
| 11 | Il est né, le divin Enfant (arr. Tunick) - Roberto Alagna/Abbey Road Ensemble/Jonathan Tunick |
| 12 | Cantique Noël (arr. Tunick): Minuit, chrétiens - Roberto Alagna/Abbey Road Ensemble/Jonathan Tunick |
| 13 | Marche des Rois - René Delsinne |
| 14 | Noël des îles - René Delsinne |
| 15 | Chanson joyeuse de Noël - René Delsinne |
| 16 | Weihnachten (arr. Mackerras) (1990 Digital Remaster) - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Ambrosian Singers/Philharmon |
| 17 | Von Himmel hoch (arr. Mackerras) (1990 Digital Remaster) - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Ambrosian Singers/Philharmon |
| 18 | In the bleak mid-winter (arr. Tunick) - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa/Roberto Alagna/Abbey Road Ense |
| 19 | O Tannenbaum (arr. Osser) - Roberto Alagna/Thomas Hampson/Abbey Road Ensemble/ |
| 20 | The Twelve days of Christmas (arr. Tunick) - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa/Roberto Alagna/Thomas Hampson/ |
| Disc 5 | |
| 01 | God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Huddersfield Choral Society |
| 02 | Good King Wenceslas (tune from Piae Cantiones, wrds. J. M. Neale, arr. John Stainer) - Huddersfield Choral Society/Brian Kay/David Bell/O |
| 03 | We three kings of Orient are - Huddersfield Choral Society/Brian Kay/David Bell/O |
| 04 | Angels from the realms of glory (arr. Charles Wood) - Huddersfield Choral Society/Brian Kay/David Bell/O |
| 05 | As with gladness men of old (from chorale Treuer Heiland, adapted W. H. Monk) - Huddersfield Choral Society/Brian Kay/David Bell/O |
| 06 | The Coventry Carol - The King's Singers/City of London Sinfonia/Richard |
| 07 | Yorkshire Wassail Song (We've been awhile a-wandering) - Bach Choir/Jacques Orchestra/Sir David Willcocks |
| 08 | Masters In This Hall (1993 Digital Remaster) - Bach Choir/Jacques Orchestra/Sir David Willcocks |
| 09 | See amid the winter's snow - Bach Choir/Jacques Orchestra/Sir David Willcocks |
| 10 | Sussex Carol (1993 Digital Remaster) - Bach Choir/Jacques Orchestra/Sir David Willcocks |
| 11 | Ding dong! merrily on high (1993 - Remaster) - Bach Choir/Sir David Willcocks/Jacques Orchestra |
| 12 | O little one sweet BWV493 (1993 Digital Remaster) - Bach Choir/Sir David Willcocks/Jacques Orchestra |
| 13 | 5. Wassail Song: Five English Folk Songs (1993 Digital Remaster) - Bach Choir/Sir David Willcocks/Jacques Orchestra |
| 14 | Carol with Lullaby (1993 Digital Remaster) - Bach Choir/Jacques Orchestra/Sir David Willcocks |
| 15 | Cowboy Carol (2002 - Remaster) - Hallé Choir/Ronald Frost/Maurice Handford |
| 16 | The Shepherds' Farewell (from L'Enfance du Christ Op. 25) (2002 - Remaster) - Hallé Orchestra/Maurice Handford/Hallé Choir/Ronal |
| 17 | We wish you a merry Christmas (West Country) (2002 - Remaster) - Hallé Orchestra/Maurice Handford/Hallé Choir/Ronal |
| Disc 6 | |
| 01 | Nowell! Nowell! Nowell! - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir David Willc |
| 02 | And all in the morning (1991 - Remaster) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir David Willc |
| 03 | I saw a maiden (1991 Digital Remaster) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir David Willc |
| 04 | A child is born in Bethlehem [Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem] (1991 - Remaster) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir David Willc |
| 05 | Where Riches is Everlastingly (1991 Digital Remaster) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir Andrew Davi |
| 06 | How far is it to Bethlehem? (2004 - Remaster) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir David Willc |
| 07 | Of the Father's heart begotten (2004 - Remaster) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Ian Hare/Sir Da |
| 08 | Resonemus laudibus (2004 - Remaster) - King's College Choir, Cambridge/Ian Hare/Sir David |
| 09 | The Shepherds' Cradle Song (2004 - Remaster) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir David Willc |
| 10 | Quittez, pasteurs (2004 - Remaster) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Robert Chilcott |
| 11 | Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child (2004 - Remaster) - King's College Choir, Cambridge/Timothy Byram-Wigf |
| 12 | Remember, O thou man (2004 - Remaster) - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir Philip Ledg |
| 13 | Hodie Christus natus est (1991 Digital Remaster) - King's College Choir, Cambridge/Sir David Willcock |
| 14 | Hosanna to the Son of David (remaster) (1991 Digital Remaster) - King's College Choir, Cambridge/Sir David Willcock |
| 15 | Angelus ad virginem - King's College Choir, Cambridge/Sir David Willcock |
| 16 | My Dancing Day (1991 Digital Remaster) - King's College Choir, Cambridge/Sir Andrew Davis/D |
| 17 | O come, all ye faithful (harm. English Hymnal; brass fanfare & accomp., descant and last v. by Willcocks) (1985 - Re - King's College Choir, Cambridge/Philip Jones Brass |