Our Favorite Carols

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

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1A Babe is Born in Bethlehem
vocals:
Chanticleer
arranger:
Eric H. Thiman
[traditional]1:40
2God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Rejoice and Be Merry
vocals:
Chanticleer
arranger:
Reginald Jacques (choral and orchestral conductor) and Robin Wells (British composer and arranger)
[traditional]3:35
3Good King Wenceslas
vocals:
Chanticleer
arranger:
Sir John Stainer and Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
[traditional]2:25
4Gabriel's Message
vocals:
Chanticleer
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
[traditional]2:41
5Star of Wonder / We Three Kings of Orient Are / No Small Wonder
vocals:
Chanticleer
arranger:
Joseph Jennings
recording of:
No small wonder
composer:
Paul Edwards
recording of:
Star of Wonder
writer:
Terre Roche
recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
[traditional]5:25
6I Saw Three Ships
vocals:
Chanticleer
arranger:
William Llewellyn (composer, conductor, arranger) and Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 700)
[traditional]1:46
7A Virgin Unspotted
vocals:
Chanticleer
recording of:
A virgin unspotted
composer:
William Billings (18th century composer)
William Billings1:35
8Huron Carol
vocals:
Chanticleer
arranger:
Joseph Jennings
recording of:
Huron Carol (aka "Twas in the Moon of Wintertime")
lyricist:
Jean de Brébeuf (in 1642)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
Jesse Edgar Middleton (in 1926)
is based on:
Une jeune pucelle
translated version of:
Jesous Ahatonhia (The Huron Carol)
[traditional]3:43
9A Christmas Carol
vocals:
Chanticleer
arranger:
Paul C. Echols
recording of:
A Christmas Carol, S. 228
lyricist and composer:
Charles Ives (American composer) (in 1894)
part of:
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Music of Charles Ives (number: S. 228)
Charles Ives2:06
10I Wonder as I Wander
vocals:
Chanticleer
recording of:
I Wonder as I Wander
lyricist and composer:
John Jacob Niles (American folklorist and folk musician) (from 1933-07-16 until 1933-10-04)
John Jacob Niles3:17
11See, Amid the Winter's Snow
vocals:
Chanticleer
recording of:
See Amid the Winter’s Snow (carol)
lyricist:
Edward Caswall (Anglican clergyman and hymn writer)
composer:
Sir John Goss (English organist and composer)
Sir John Goss4:39
12Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
vocals:
Chanticleer
arranger:
Dale Grotenhuis (American music professor and composer)
recording of:
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (traditional English)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
[traditional]1:49
13The Town Lay Hushed
vocals:
Chanticleer
recording of:
The Town Lay Hushed
composer:
Thomas Tallis (composer)
Thomas Tallis2:59
14This Have I Done for My True Love
vocals:
Chanticleer
recording of:
This Have I Done For My True Love, op. 34 no. 1
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (in 1916)
part of:
A thematic catalogue of Gustav Holst’s music (number: H. 128)
part of:
4 Choruses, op. 34
Gustav Holst5:47
15The Holly and the Ivy
vocals:
Chanticleer
arranger:
Reginald Jacques (choral and orchestral conductor)
recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 514)
[traditional]2:28
16In the Bleak Midwinter
vocals:
Chanticleer
arranger:
Joseph Jennings and Leslie Woodgate
recording of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (Gustav Holst version)
lyricist:
Christina Rossetti
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (in 1906)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 28)
is based on:
Cranham (hymn tune)
version of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (poem)
part of:
3 Hymns for the English Hymnal
Gustav Holst5:26
17Silent Night
vocals:
Chanticleer
arranger:
Gene Puerling (American vocalist and vocal arranger)
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)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
Franz Xaver Gruber2:53