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25 Carols for Christmas

Stephen Cleobury · David Briggs · David Willcocks · Simon Preston · Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Decca Classics202529m9 tracks

25 Carols for Christmas (2025), CD, on Decca Classics. Music by Benjamin Britten, Charles Wood, Franz Xaver Gruber, Harold Darke, performed by Stephen Cleobury, David Briggs, David Willcocks, Simon Preston; 9 tracks.

Composers

Benjamin Britten1 Charles Wood1 Franz Xaver Gruber1 Harold Darke1 Henry Gauntlett1 John Francis Wade1 Peter Cornelius1 William Hayman Cummings1 William J. Kirkpatrick1

Tracklist

01

Hark the Herald Angels Sing

William Hayman Cummings - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

David Briggs, Stephen Cleobury

3:04

03

Ding Dong! Merrily on High

Charles Wood - Ding Dong! Merrily on High

Stephen Cleobury, Choir of King's College, Cambridge

2:01

04

O Come, All Ye Faithful

John Francis Wade - O Come, All Ye Faithful

David Willcocks, Simon Preston

4:13

08

Once in Royal David's City

Henry Gauntlett - Once in Royal David’s City

David Briggs, Stephen Cleobury

4:26

11

Darke: In the Bleak Midwinter

Harold Darke - In the Bleak Midwinter

David Briggs, Stephen Cleobury, Choir of King's College, Cambridge

4:17

12

Away in a Manger

William J. Kirkpatrick - Away in a Manger

David Willcocks, Choir of King's College, Cambridge

2:28

14

Franz Xaver Gruber - Silent Night

Stephen Cleobury

2:36

16

Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin

Benjamin Britten - A Hymn to the Virgin

Stephen Cleobury, Choir of King's College, Cambridge

3:57

22

Cornelius: The Three Kings

Peter Cornelius - The Three Kings

David Willcocks

2:46