It's Christmas

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▶CD 1: Easy Christmas
▼CD 2: Christmas Carols
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Cambridge Heath Band & The Ilford Songsters2:36
2Good King Wenceslas
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
Guildford Cathedral Choir3:03
3Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer
Guildford Cathedral Choir2:17
4While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (instrumental)
Cambridge Heath Band0:59
5The Holly and the Ivy
recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy (arr. Davies)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir Henry Walford Davies
arrangement of:
The Holly and the Ivy
Guildford Cathedral Choir3:10
6Deck the Halls (instrumental)
Cambridge Heath Band1:28
7In the Bleak Mid-Winter
recording of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (Harold Edwin Darke version)
lyricist:
Christina Rossetti
composer:
Harold Edwin Darke (in 1909)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
version of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (poem)
Guildford Cathedral Choir4:19
8Silent Night
The Ilford Songsters2:00
9O Little Town of Bethlehem
recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “Forest Green”, as sung in the UK and the Episcopal Church in the U.S.)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
additional composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1906)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
publisher:
Oxford University Press (in 1906)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 32)
is based on:
The Ploughboy's Dream
version of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
Guildford Cathedral Choir3:15
10Lead Us Heavenly Father Lead Us
recording of:
Lead Us, Heavenly Father, Lead Us
writer:
James Edmeston (in 1821)
Guildford Cathedral Choir1:50
11Coventry Carol
The Ilford Songsters2:19
12Once in Royal David's City
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
Guildford Cathedral Choir2:54
13I Saw Three Ships
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships (arr. Lloyd)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Richard Hey Lloyd (British organist and composer)
arrangement of:
I Saw Three Ships
Guildford Cathedral Choir2:17
14See Amid the Winter's Snow
recording of:
See Amid the Winter’s Snow (carol)
lyricist:
Edward Caswall (Anglican clergyman and hymn writer)
composer:
Sir John Goss
Guildford Cathedral Choir3:16
15Ding Dong Merrily on High
The Ilford Songsters1:45
16We Three Kings (instrumental)
Cambridge Heath Band1:29
17Away in a Manger
The Ilford Songsters2:35
18O Come All Ye Faithful
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)
Guildford Cathedral Choir3:36
▶CD 3: Classical Christmas

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ASIN:UK: B00009WVYG [info]