Essential Carols

01	Traditional: The First Nowell (Arr. Mackerras)	Choir of King's College, Cambridge	Essential Carols	04:56
	Composers: Traditional
02	Kirkpatrick: Away in a Manger	Choir of King's College, Cambridge	Essential Carols	02:10
	Composers: William James Kirkpatrick
03	Ratcliffe Woodward: Up! Good Christen folk and listen: "Ding-dong, ding, ding-a-dong-a-ding" (from "Piae Cantiones", 1582)	Choir of King's College, Cambridge	Essential Carols	01:18
	Composers: Anonymous
04	Traditional: O Little Town of Bethlehem (Arr. Philip Ledger)	Choir of King's College, Cambridge	Essential Carols	03:31
	Writer: Phillips Brooks / Composers: Traditional
05	Hadley: I Sing of a Maiden	Choir of King's College, Cambridge	Essential Carols	02:31
	Composers: Patrick Hadley
06	Howells: 3 Carol-Anthems: II. A Spotless Rose	Gareth Morrell	Essential Carols	03:10
	Composers: Herbert Howells
07	Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City (from "Hymns and Carols of Christmas")	Choir of King's College, Cambridge	Essential Carols	05:12
	Composers: Henry John Gauntlett
08	Neale / Traditional: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Christian Hymn for Advent)	Choir of King's College, Cambridge	Essential Carols	03:33
	Writer: Traditional / Composers: Traditional
09	Traditional: The Holly and the Ivy (British Christmas Carol)	Choir of King's College, Cambridge	Essential Carols	03:10
	Composers: Traditional
10	Gruber: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Arr. Willcocks, "Silent Night")	Stephen Varcoe	Essential Carols	03:06
	Composers: Franz Xaver Gruber
11	Traditional: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (Christmas Carol, arr. David Willcocks)	Choir of King's College, Cambridge	Essential Carols	02:53
	Writer: Nahum Tate / Composers: Anonymous
12	Storrs Willis: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (arr. David Willcocks)	Choir of King's College, Cambridge	Essential Carols	03:32
	Writer: E. H. Sears / Composers: Traditional
13	Cummings & Mendelssohn: Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (After Mendelssohn's Gutenberg Cantata, WoO 9, MWV D4)	Choir of King's College, Cambridge	Essential Carols	03:17
	Composers: Felix Mendelssohn
14	Traditional / Arr. Willcocks: The Lord at first Did Adam Make (Arr. David Willcocks)	Choir of King's College, Cambridge	Essential Carols	03:14
	Writer: Anonymous / Composers: Anonymous
15	The Little Drummer Boy	The King's Singers	Essential Carols	02:41
	Writer: Harry Simeone - Henry Onorati - Katherine Kennicott Davis / Composers: Harry Simeone - Henry Onorati - Katherine Kennicott Davis
16	Traditional: El nino querido	The King's Singers	Essential Carols	02:47
	Composers: Traditional
17	Traditional: The Gift	The King's Singers	Essential Carols	02:09
	Composers: Traditional
18	Reger / Orch. Ekdahl: Schlichte Weisen, Op. 76: No. 52, Mariä Wiegenlied	Barbara Hendricks	Essential Carols	02:26
	Composers: Max Reger
19	Traditional / Arr. Ekdahl: Go Tell It on the Mountain	Barbara Hendricks	Essential Carols	03:32
	Composers: Traditional
20	Mason : Joy to the World (Based on Themes by G. F. Handel)	Barbara Hendricks	Essential Carols	01:56
	Composers: Anonymous
21	Rutter: Shepherd's Pipe Carol	Clare College Singers	Essential Carols	02:54
	Writer: John Rutter / Composers: John Rutter
22	Traditional: Infant Holy, Infant Lowly	Clare College Singers	Essential Carols	03:15
	Composers: Traditional
23	Rutter: 8 Christmas Carols, Set II: No. 1, I Saw Three Ships	Clare College Singers	Essential Carols	02:05
	Composers: John Rutter
24	Rutter: Nativity Carol	Clare College Singers	Essential Carols	04:10
	Composers: John Rutter
25	Rutter: The Coming of our King (After a Polish Carol)	Clare College Singers	Essential Carols	02:40
	Writer: John Rutter / Composers: Traditional
01	God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen	Huddersfield Choral Society	Essential Carols	02:14
	Composers: John Stainer
02	Traditional: Good King Wenceslas (Tune based on a 13th-Century Spring Carol)	Huddersfield Choral Society	Essential Carols	02:28
	Writer: J. M. Neale / Composers: Traditional
03	Hopkins Jr., John Henry: We Three Kings, "We Three Kings of Orient Are" (Christmas Carol)	Huddersfield Choral Society	Essential Carols	03:07
	Composers: John Henry Hopkins Jr
04	Traditional: Angels from the Realms of Glory (arr. Charles Wood of French Carol "Les Anges dans nos campagnes")	Huddersfield Choral Society	Essential Carols	03:09
	Writer: James Montgomery / Composers: Traditional
05	Kocher: As with Gladness Men of Old (After Conrad Kocher's "Treuer Heiland", arr. William Henry Monk)	Huddersfield Choral Society	Essential Carols	02:29
	Composers: Conrad Kocher
06	Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, Act 3: Arie. "Tochter Zion"	Hermann Prey	Essential Carols	03:07
	Composers: George Frideric Handel
07	Traditional: The Yorkshire Wassail Song: "Oh, Here We Come a Wassailing"	Bach Choir	Essential Carols	02:34
	Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
08	Traditional: Zu Bethlehem geboren (German Carol from "Geistlicher Psalter, Köln, 1638")	Hermann Prey	Essential Carols	02:21
	Composers: Traditional
09	Traditional: The Coventry Carol	The King's Singers	Essential Carols	02:34
	Composers: Traditional
10	Traditional: Masters in This Hall (French Carol)	Bach Choir	Essential Carols	04:02
	Writer: William Morris / Composers: Traditional
11	Goss: See amid the Winter's Snow, "Hymn for Christmas Day"	Bach Choir	Essential Carols	03:46
	Writer: Edward Caswall / Composers: John Goss
12	Traditional: Sussex Carol: "On Christmas night all Christians sing" (Christmas Carol) [Arr. Philip Ledger]	Bach Choir	Essential Carols	01:42
	Composers: Traditional
13	Ding Dong! Merrily on High	Sir David Willcocks	Essential Carols	01:55
	Composers: Anonymous
14	Bach: O Jesulein süss, BWV 493 (Chorale Version)	Bach Choir	Essential Carols	02:52
	Composers: Traditional
15	Vaughan Williams: 5 English Folk Songs: No. 5, Wassail Song	Bach Choir	Essential Carols	02:54
	Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
16	Tate: Carol with Lullaby	Bach Choir	Essential Carols	03:21
	Composers: Phyllis Tate
17	Hairston: Mary's Little Boy Child	Wiener Sängerknaben	Essential Carols	04:39
	Composers: Jester Hairston
18	Shchedryk (Arr. James Brett)	Wiener Sängerknaben	Essential Carols	03:22
	Composers: Traditional
19	Broadhurst: Cowboy Carol: "There'll be a new world beginning' from t'night!"	Hallé Choir	Essential Carols	03:21
	Composers: Cecil Broadhurst
20	Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25, H. 130, Pt. 2: No. 8, Adieu des bergers à la Sainte-Famille, "Il s'en va loin de la terre" (	Hallé Orchestra	Essential Carols	04:44
	Composers: Hector Berlioz
21	Traditional: We Wish You a Merry Christmas (West Country)	Hallé Orchestra	Essential Carols	01:38
	Composers: Traditional
22	Sweelinck: Cantiones Sacrae: No. 13, Hodie Christus natus est, SwWV 163	King's College Choir Cambridge	Essential Carols	03:50
	Composers: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
23	Gibbons: Hosanna to the Son of David, a 6	King's College Choir Cambridge	Essential Carols	03:14
	Composers: Orlando Gibbons
24	Philip the Chancellor: Angelus ad virginem, "Gabriel, From Heven King" (Carol from the 13th Century)	Choir of King's College, Cambridge	Essential Carols	02:38
	Writer: Philip the Chancellor / Composers: Philip the Chancellor
25	Sandys / Traditional: Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (English Carol)	Choir of King's College, Cambridge	Essential Carols	02:04
	Composers: Traditional
26	Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)	Choir of King's College, Cambridge	Essential Carols	04:47
	Composers: Anonymous

01

Traditional: The First Nowell (Arr. Mackerras)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Essential Carols

04:56

02

Kirkpatrick: Away in a Manger

Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Essential Carols

02:10

03

Ratcliffe Woodward: Up! Good Christen folk and listen: "Ding-dong, ding, ding-a-dong-a-ding" (from "Piae Cantiones", 1582)