Favourite Christmas Carols

~ Release by The Westminster Abbey Choir and Harry Secombe (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	O Come All Ye Faithful choir vocals: Westminster Abbey Choir vocals: Sir Harry Secombe conductor: Martin Neary (organist and choral conductor) recording of: O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”) lyricist and composer: John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743) translator: Frederick Oakeley (in 1841) translated version of: Adeste fideles (original latin version)		3:10
2	Masters in This Hall choir vocals: Westminster Abbey Choir conductor: Martin Neary (organist and choral conductor) recording of: Masters in This Hall lyricist: William Morris (English poet / Arts and Crafts Movement) composer: Gustav Holst (composer)		4:08
3	Good King Wenceslas choir vocals: Westminster Abbey Choir conductor: Martin Neary (organist and choral conductor) recording of: Good King Wenceslas lyricist: John Mason Neale (in 1853) composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) (from 1201 until 1301) arranger: Thomas Helmore (in 1853) is based on: Tempus adest floridum		2:31
4	Away in a Manger choir vocals: Westminster Abbey Choir vocals: Sir Harry Secombe conductor: Martin Neary (organist and choral conductor) recording of: Away in a Manger (aka “Cradle Song” composed by William J. Kirkpatrick) additional lyricist: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1892) lyricist: [anonymous] (Special Purpose Artist) composer: William James Kirkpatrick (in 1895) is based on: Sweet Afton		3:08
5	It Came Upon the Midnight Clear choir vocals: Westminster Abbey Choir conductor: Martin Neary (organist and choral conductor) recording of: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version) lyricist: Edmund Sears composer: Richard Storrs Willis part of: The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 29) is based on: CAROL (hymn tune) is based on: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)		3:10
6	Personent Hodie choir vocals: Westminster Abbey Choir conductor: Martin Neary (organist and choral conductor) recording of: Personent Hodie (arr. Holst; aka “On This Day”; “Christmas Song”) lyricist and composer: [anonymous] (Special Purpose Artist) arranger: Gustav Holst (composer) (in 1916) version of: Personent hodie (1582 version) part of: Three Carols		3:07
7	Once in Royal David's City choir vocals: Westminster Abbey Choir vocals: Sir Harry Secombe conductor: Martin Neary (organist and choral conductor) recording of: Once in Royal David’s City lyricist: Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848) composer: Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849) part of: The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 34) music quoted on: Song for the King		3:19
8	Noël Suisse choir vocals: Westminster Abbey Choir conductor: Martin Neary (organist and choral conductor) recording of: Nouveau livre de Noëls: Nº. 12. Noël suisse "O dieu de clémence" composer: Louis‐Claude Daquin part of: Nouveau livre de Noëls		4:13
9	Silent Night choir vocals: Westminster Abbey Choir vocals: Sir Harry Secombe conductor: Martin Neary (organist and choral conductor) recording of: Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation) lyricist: Josef Mohr (in 1816) composer: Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818) translator: John Freeman Young (in 1859) translated version of: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht		3:34
10	We Three Kings choir vocals: Westminster Abbey Choir conductor: Martin Neary (organist and choral conductor) recording of: We Three Kings lyricist and composer: John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)		3:11
11	Rocking choir vocals: Westminster Abbey Choir conductor: Martin Neary (organist and choral conductor) recording of: Rocking (arr. Willcocks) lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) arranger: Sir David Willcocks arrangement of: Rocking (carol)		1:35
12	Hark the Herald Angels Sing choir vocals: Westminster Abbey Choir vocals: Sir Harry Secombe conductor: Martin Neary (organist and choral conductor) recording of: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol) additional lyricist: George Whitefield (in 1753) lyricist: Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739) additional composer: William H. Cummings (in 1855) composer: Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840) part of: The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26) part of: Psalty's Family Christmas Sing-A-Long		3:04
13	The Coventry Carol choir vocals: Westminster Abbey Choir conductor: Martin Neary (organist and choral conductor) recording of: Coventry Carol lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist)		3:19
14	O Little Town of Bethlehem choir vocals: Westminster Abbey Choir conductor: Martin Neary (organist and choral conductor) recording of: O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.) lyricist: Phillips Brooks (in 1868) composer: Lewis Henry Redner (in 1868) is based on: St. Louis (hymn tune)		3:16
15	The First Nowell choir vocals: Westminster Abbey Choir vocals: Sir Harry Secombe conductor: Martin Neary (organist and choral conductor) recording of: The First Nowell lyricist, writer and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist)		3:23
16	Noël in G Major choir vocals: Westminster Abbey Choir conductor: Martin Neary (organist and choral conductor) recording of: Nouveau livre de Noëls: Nº. 10. Bon Joseph. écoutez-moi composer: Louis‐Claude Daquin part of: Nouveau livre de Noëls		5:13

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purchase for download:	https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/id310406645 [info]
ASIN:	UK: B00009PBVG [info]