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Table of Contents:

• O come all ye faithful / arranged by David Willcocks
• O little town of Bethlehem / arranged by Walford Davis
• Blessed be that maid Mary / arranged by David Willcocks
• Lute-book lullaby : sweet was the song the Virgin sang / arranged by Geoffrey Shaw
• Ding dong! Merrily on high / arranged by Charles Wood
• Myn lyking / arranged by Richard R. Terry
• Personent hodie / Gustav Holst
• See amid the winter's snow / John Goss, arranged by David Willcocks
• In the bleak midwinter / Harold Darke
• Coventry carol / arranged by Martin Shaw
• Shepherds in the field abiding / arranged by Charles Wood
• Torches
• Fantasia on Christmas carols / Ralph Vaughan Williams
• The infant king / arranged by Edgar Pettman
• Balulalow / Peter Warlock
• Legenda : the crown of roses, op. 54 no. 5 / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• King Jesus hath a garden
• Christ was born on Christmas day.

Contributors:

Pettman, Edgar, 1886-1943 , arranger of music

Terry, Richard Runciman, 1865-1938 , arranger of music

Wood, Charles, 1866-1926 , arranger of music

Shaw, Geoffrey, 1879-1943 , arranger of music

Wade, John Francis, 1711 or 1712-1786

Redner, Lewis H., 1831-1908

Woodward, George Ratcliffe, 1848-1934

Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934

Goss, John, 1800-1880

Darke, Harold, 1888-1976

Joubert, John, 1927-2019

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958

Warlock, Peter, 1894-1930

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893

Peeters, Flor, 1903-1986

Willcocks, David, 1919-2015 , arranger of music, conductor

Preston, Simon , instrumentalist

Alan, Hervey , singer

London Symphony Orchestra , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

King's College (University of Cambridge) > Choir , singer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/sng

Languages:

English
Latin

Language Notes:

Sung chiefly in English, 7th work sung in Latin.

Included Works:

Adeste fideles [by Wade, J.F.] (arranged)

O little town of Bethlehem [by Redner, L.H.] (arranged)

Blessed be that maid Mary [by Woodward, G.R.] (arranged)

Christmas carols [by Terry, R.R.] > Myn lyking

Carols, unison voices, orchestra [by Holst, G.] > Christmas song

See amid the winter's snow [by Goss, J.] (arranged)

In the bleak mid-winter [by Darke, H.]

Torches [by Joubert, J.]

Fantasia on Christmas carols [by Vaughan Williams, R.]

Carols, mixed chorus, orchestra [by Warlock, P.] > Balulalow

Pesni dli︠a︡ deteĭ [by Tchaikovsky, P.I.] > Legenda (English)

Chorales, organ [by Peeters, F.] > Op. 39 > Herr Jesus hat ein Gärtchen (arranged)

Related Works:

Sweet was the song the Virgin sung

Bransle de l'official

Coventry carol

Shepherds in the field abiding

Infant King

Christ was born on Christmas day

Related Series:

Complete Argo recordings (Choir of King's College Cambridge); [volume] 10

Subjects:

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with organ

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra

Christmas music

Carols

Genres:

Christmas music

Carols

Performers:

Choir of King's College Cambridge ; Simon Preston, organ ; David Willcocks, conductor ; with Hervey Alan, bass baritone (track 17) ; London Symphony Orchestra (track 13).

Production Credits:

Reissue producer: Raymond McGill.

Performance Medium:

Mixed chorus; organ
Solo baritone voice; mixed chorus; orchestra
1 performer and 5 ensembles: solo baritone voice; mixed chorus [SATB]; orchestra
1 performer and 1 ensemble: mixed chorus [SATB]; organ

General Notes:

Title from disc label.
Program and biographical notes in English on container insert.
(1st-13th works) recorded 1962 August King's College, University of Cambridge, England.
(14th-18th works) recorded 1962 King's College, University of Cambridge, England.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (1:01:57) ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 153,588 v.10

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 028947889182
Publisher Number, Decca: 478 8918 (set)
Publisher Number, Decca: 478 8937 (disc 10)

OCLC Numbers:

935548224