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Best Loved Christmas Carols

David Willcocks · Philip Ledger · Adrian Partington · Gareth Morrell · Philip Jones Brass Ensemble · Francis Grier

EMI2004Cat. 7243 5 86121 2 756m17 tracks

Composers

Elizabeth Poston1 Franz Xaver Gruber1 George Ratcliffe Woodward1 Harold Darke1 Herbert Howells1 Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck1 Johann Sebastian Bach1 Johannes Eccard1 John Francis Wade1 John Jacob Niles1 Orlando Gibbons1 Patrick Hadley1 Peter Cornelius1 Samuel Scheidt1 Thoinot Arbeau1 Thomas Weelkes1 William Hayman Cummings1

Tracklist

Disc 1

12

A Spotless Rose (feat. Gareth Morrell baritone, Howells)

Herbert Howells - A Spotless Rose

3:10

17

In the bleak midwinter (feat. Stephen Varcoe baritone, Darke)

Harold Darke - In the Bleak Midwinter

David Willcocks

4:35

18

Ding dong! merrily on high (feat. arr. Wilcocks)

Thoinot Arbeau - Ding Dong! Merrily on High

David Willcocks

2:21

19

Silent Night (feat. Stephen Varcoe baritone, Cornelius)

Franz Xaver Gruber - Silent Night

David Willcocks

3:05

21

The Three Kings (feat. Stephen Varcoe baritone, Cornelius)

Peter Cornelius - The Three Kings

David Willcocks

2:43

24

O come, all ye faithful (feat. arr. Wilcocks)

John Francis Wade - O Come, All Ye Faithful

David Willcocks, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

4:47

25

Hark! the herald angels sing (feat. arr. Wilcocks)

William Hayman Cummings - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

David Willcocks, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

4:08

Disc 2

02

Come, thou Redeemer of the earth (Veni, Redemptor gentium) (feat. harm. Woodward)

George Ratcliffe Woodward - Come, Thou Redeemer of the Earth

Adrian Partington, Philip Ledger

3:33

03

I wonder as I wander (feat. arr. Carter)

John Jacob Niles - I Wonder as I Wander

Adrian Partington, Philip Ledger

3:11

11

I sing of a maiden (feat. Hadley)

Patrick Hadley - I Sing of a Maiden

Philip Ledger, Francis Grier

2:32

14

A child is born in Bethlehem (Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem) (Scheidt)

Samuel Scheidt - A Child Is Born in Bethlehem

David Willcocks

2:31

15

Hodie Christus natus est (Cantiones sacrae a 5, 1619) (Sweelinck)

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck - Hodie Christus natus est

David Willcocks

3:50

16

Hosanna to the son of David (Gibbons)

Orlando Gibbons - Hosanna to the Son of David

David Willcocks

3:10

17

Gloria in excelsis Deo (Weelkes)

Thomas Weelkes - Gloria in excelsis deo

David Willcocks

4:08

18

When to the temple Mary went (Maria, das Jungfräulein, ihr liebes Jesulein)

Johannes Eccard - When to the temple Mary went

David Willcocks

3:38

22

Jesus Christ the Apple Tree (feat. Poston)

Elizabeth Poston - Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

David Willcocks

2:31

25

In dulci jubilo - choral prelude (feat. BWV729 arr. Johan Sebastian Bach)

Johann Sebastian Bach - In dulci jubilo, BWV 608

David Willcocks

2:33