040888051220

The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album

John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia

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Format: CD

Cat No: CSCD512

Release Date:  31 October 2003

Label:  Collegium / Collegium Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  040888051220

Genres:  Classical  

  • Description

    One of the only Christmas albums you'll ever need. John Rutter selects some of his favourite Christmas carols, old and new, from classic Cambridge Singers recordings, including several of his own arrangements and never-before-released gems, closing with Vaughan Williams' majestic Fantasia on Christmas Carols.



    "John Rutter brings conviction to this robust reading and Stephen Varcoe adds much to the emotional dimension. The programme of carols is an attractive plus." - Gramophone



    "This is the holiday disc of the year, a slice of merry old English tradition at its best" - AllMusic

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. The Holly and the Ivy (arr. Walford Davies)
      • 2. Blessed by that maid Mary (arr. Willcocks)
      • 3. Somerset Wassail (arr. Rutter)
      • 4. Shepherds, in the field abiding (arr. Willcocks)
      • 5. The Infant King (arr. Willcocks)
      • 6. What is this lovely fragrance? (arr. Willian)
      • 7. Gabriel's message (arr. Willcocks)
      • 8. Still, still, still (arr. Rutter)
      • 9. Quittez, pasteurs (arr. Rutter)
      • 10. Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle (arr. Rutter)
      • 11. Personent hodie (arr. Rutter)
      • 12. Berlioz: The shepherds' farewell
      • 13. Adolphe Adam: O holy night
      • 14. Victoria: O magnum mysterium
      • 15. Sweelinck: Hodie Christus natus est
      • 16. Handel: For unto us a child is born (The Messiah)
      • 17. Scheidt: In dulci jubilo
      • 18. Leighton: Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
      • 19. Britten: A New Year Carol
      • 20. Warlock: Balulalow
      • 21. Warlock: I saw a fair maiden
      • 22. Tavener: The Lamb
      • 23. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols