Christmas Carols from the Liverpool Phil

~ Release by Richard Baker, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Ian Tracey (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1In the Bleak Midwinter
choir vocals:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
conductor:
Ian Tracey (organist and choir master)
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)
Harold Edwin Darke1:16
2"There were shepherds abiding in the field.."
spoken vocals:
Richard Baker (English broadcaster)
Richard Baker0:37
3Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
choir vocals:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
conductor:
Ian Tracey (organist and choir master)
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (arr. Willcocks)
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)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
arrangement of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
Felix Mendelssohn / Willcocks3:52
4Angels' Carol
choir vocals:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
conductor:
Ian Tracey (organist and choir master)
recording of:
Angels’ Carol
lyricist:
James Montgomery (hymnwriter, poet)
composer:
Henry Smart (English composer, 1813-1879)
arranger:
John Rutter (English choral music composer, conductor, arranger and producer, born 1945) (in 1980)
John Rutter3:18
5Christmas Time Is Carol Time
choir vocals:
Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir
conductor:
Ian Tracey (organist and choir master)
arranger:
Peak (choral arranger, more details unknown)
recording of:
Christmas Time Is Carol Time
composer:
Gerald E. Brown (British choral composer and conductor)
Gerald E. Brown / Peak2:02
6Alleluya, a New Work Is Come on Hand
choir vocals:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
conductor:
Ian Tracey (organist and choir master)
recording of:
Alleluya, a new Work is come on Hand, op. 17 no. 3
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Peter Wishart (English composer)
part of:
Three Carols, op. 17
Peter Wishart2:15
7"Just Doing My Job"
spoken vocals:
Richard Baker (English broadcaster)
Clare Bevan1:23
8O Little Town of Bethlehem
choir vocals:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
conductor:
Ian Tracey (organist and choir master)
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.)
Trad. / Vaughan Williams2:24
9A Babe Is Born
choir vocals:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
conductor:
Ian Tracey (organist and choir master)
recording of:
A Babe is Born, op. 55
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
William Mathias (Welsh composer) (in 1971)
was commissioned by:
Cardiff Polyphonic Choir
publisher:
Oxford University Press
William Mathias3:04
10While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
choir vocals:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
conductor:
Ian Tracey (organist and choir master)
recording of:
While Shepherds Watched (desc. Willcocks)
lyricist:
Nahum Tate
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night (Winchester old version)
Este's Psalter / Willcocks2:26
11Angelus ad Virginem
choir vocals:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
conductor:
Ian Tracey (organist and choir master)
recording of:
Angelus ad virginem
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
Angelus ad virginem
Trad. Irish / Willcocks2:42
12A Child Is Born
choir vocals:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
conductor:
Simon Emery (chorus master of Philharmonic Youth Choir)
recording of:
A Child Is Born (Magnified in Glory)
composer:
Nick Page (American choir composer)
Nick Page3:05
13There Is No Rose (from A Ceremony of Carols)
choir vocals:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
conductor:
Simon Emery (chorus master of Philharmonic Youth Choir)
recording of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28: III. There is no Rose
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1942)
part of:
A Ceremony of Carols, op. 28
Benjamin Britten2:58
14Jingle Bells
choir vocals:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
conductor:
Ian Tracey (organist and choir master)
arranger:
Peak (choral arranger, more details unknown)
recording of:
Jingle Bells
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
composed at and lyrics written at:
Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)
Trad. / Peak2:28
15Unto Us a Boy Is Born
choir vocals:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
conductor:
Ian Tracey (organist and choir master)
recording of:
Unto Us is born a Son (arr. Willcocks)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
translator:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
arrangement of:
Unto Us is born a Son (carol)
Piae Cantiones / Willcocks2:00
16Messenger Carol
choir vocals:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
conductor:
Ian Tracey (organist and choir master)
recording of:
Messenger Carol
composer:
Kenneth Hesketh (British composer) (in 2001)
Kenneth Hesketh3:13
17Riding on a Donkey
choir vocals:
Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir
conductor:
Ian Tracey (organist and choir master)
arranger:
Peak (choral arranger, more details unknown)
recording of:
Riding on a Donkey
composer:
Michael Marriott
Michael Marriott / Peak3:14
18"The Christ Child"
spoken vocals:
Richard Baker (English broadcaster)
G. K. Chesterton0:48
19Mary Rocks the Christ-Child
choir vocals:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
conductor:
Ian Tracey (organist and choir master)
recording of:
Mary Rocks the Christ-Child
composer:
Ian Parrott
Ian Parrott2:38
20Good King Wenceslas
choir vocals:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
conductor:
Ian Tracey (organist and choir master)
recording of:
Good King Wenceslas (Reginald Jaques arrangement)
lyricist:
John Mason Neale
arranger:
Reginald Jacques (choral and orchestral conductor)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
arrangement of:
Good King Wenceslas
Piae Cantiones / Jacques2:35
21The Boar's Head Carol
choir vocals:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
conductor:
Ian Tracey (organist and choir master)
arranger:
Ian Tracey (organist and choir master)
recording of:
The Boar's Head Carol
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Trad. / Tracey1:42
22"A Christmas Cake Recipe"
spoken vocals:
Richard Baker (English broadcaster)
Richard Baker2:47
23The Holly and the Ivy
choir vocals:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
conductor:
Ian Tracey (organist and choir master)
recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy, op. 58 no. 2
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
John Gardner (British composer)
John Gardner2:17
24Candlelight Carol
choir vocals:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
conductor:
Ian Tracey (organist and choir master)
recording of:
Candlelight Carol
lyricist and composer:
John Rutter (English choral music composer, conductor, arranger and producer, born 1945)
John Rutter4:24
25"A Christmas Landscape"
spoken vocals:
Richard Baker (English broadcaster)
Laurie Lee1:11
26Stille Nacht
choir vocals:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
conductor:
Ian Tracey (organist and choir master)
recording of:
Stille Nacht (arr. Carter)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber
arranger:
Andrew Carter (composer)
arrangement of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
Franz Gruber / Carter2:51
27O Come All Ye Faithful
choir vocals:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
conductor:
Ian Tracey (organist and choir master)
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (arr. Willcocks)
additional composer:
David Hill (British organist and conductor) and Christopher Robinson (British conductor & organist)
composer:
John Francis Wade
arranger:
David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley
publisher:
Oxford University Press
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 30)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
J. F. Wade / Willcocks3:58
28Merry Christmas Jazz
choir vocals:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
conductor:
Ian Tracey (organist and choir master)
recording of:
Merry Christmas Jazz
composer:
Tom Cunningham (Scottish composer)
Tom Cunningham2:44