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Nine Lessons & Carols
ANON
1.
Hymn: Once in Royal David's City
4:40
2.
Bidding Prayer, Lord's Prayer and Blessing
3:26
TRADITIONAL
3.
Herefordshire Carol
2:35
ANON
4.
First Lesson
3:04
BORIS ORD
5.
Adam lay ybounden
1:04
TRADITIONAL
6.
A Virgin most pure
2:54
ANON
7.
Second Lesson
1:04
GERMAN TRADITIONAL
arr. Robert Lucas de Pearsall
8.
In dulci jubilo
3:04
PETER TRANCHELL
9.
If ye would hear the angels sing
2:25
ANON
10.
Third Lesson
1:09
ENGLISH TRADITIONAL
arr. Philip Ledger
11.
Sussex Carol
1:58
ANON
12.
Hymn: God rest you merry, gentlemen
3:33
13.
Fourth Lesson
1:41
OTTO GOLDSCHMIDT
14.
A Tender Shoot
1:41
MICHAEL PRAETORIUS
arr. Jan Sandström
15.
Det är en ros utsprungen
4:00
ANON
16.
Fifth Lesson
2:45
PIERRE VILLETTE
17.
Hymne à la Vierge
3:20
PETER HURFORD
18.
Sunny Bank
1:42
ANON
19.
Sixth Lesson
1:16
MAX REGER
20.
Mariä Wiegenlied
1:59
FRENCH TRADITIONAL
arr. June Nixon
21.
The Holly and The Ivy
3:09
ANON
22.
Seventh Lesson
1:45
23.
Hymn: While Shepherds Watched
2:59
JUDITH WEIR
24.
Illuminare, Jerusalem
2:20
(Commissioned Carol, 1985)
ANON
25.
Eighth Lesson
3:04
EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
26.
Christmas Carol
4:54
(Commissioned Carol, 2010)
FRENCH 16TH CENTURY
arr. Mack Wilberg
27.
Ding! Dong! Merrily On High
2:45
ANON
28.
Ninth Lesson
2:28
29.
Hymn: O Come, All Ye Faithful
4:27
30.
Collect and Blessing
1:16
31.
Hymn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
3:20
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
32.
Organ Voluntary: In dulci jubilo (BWV 729)
2:51
Commissioned Carols
GABRIEL JACKSON
33.
The Christ Child (2009)
4:40
BRETT DEAN
34.
Now Comes The Dawn (2007)
3:35
MARK ANTHONY TURNAGE
35.
Misere' nobis (2006)
2:45
DOMINIC MULDOWNEY
36.
Mary (2008)
4:28
TANSY DAVIES
37.
Christmas Eve (2011)
6:00
Bonus Track (Commissioned for this recording)
JOHN RUTTER
38.
All Bells In Paradise
4:45
110:51
Choral: Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Conductor:Stephen Cleobury
About
With a TV and radio audience of millions, the annual broadcast of A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King’s College, Cambridge is an essential Christmas tradition for families all over the world.
This double album faithfully recreates the magic of the service, opening with a lone treble singing ‘Once in royal David’s city’ and closing with a rousing chorus of ‘Hark! the herald angels sing’.
Each year the Director of Music at King’s, Stephen Cleobury, commissions a new carol. Several of these are included on the album, including carols by Einojuhani Rautavaara, Gabriel Jackson, Brett Dean, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Dominic Muldowney and Tansy Davies. In addition, John Rutter has written the new carol ‘All Bells in Paradise’ especially for this album.
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Reviews
"The recording is full and warm, unmistakably that of King’s College Chapel. If anything is to melt my inner-Scrooge and promote a festive atmosphere, this two-disc release is probably it."
Mark Pullinger - International Record Review - December 2012
Performance **** Recording **** "For many, the King’s College Choir defines Christmas musically, and this recording of their 2010 carol service is a natural choice to launch the choir’s own label the level of achievement reached in these live performances is enviable."
Terry Blain - BBC Music magazine - Christmas 2012
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