Christmas from York

~ Release by Choir of York Minster (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Once in Royal David's City
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Robert Sharpe (British choral director and organist)
recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City (arr. Willcocks)
lyricist:
Cecil Frances Alexander (in 1848)
composer:
Henry John Gauntlett (in 1849)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
arrangement of:
Once in Royal David’s City
4:33
2Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Robert Sharpe (British choral director and organist)
recording of:
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day, op. 75 no. 2
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
John Gardner (British composer) (in 1965)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
2:21
3Ave Maria
organ:
John Scott Whiteley
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Robert Sharpe (British choral director and organist)
recording of:
Ave Maria (à 5)
composer:
Robert Parsons (composer)
4:44
4In the Bleak Midwinter
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Robert Sharpe (British choral director and organist)
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)
4:33
5The Holly and the Ivy
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Robert Sharpe (British choral director and organist)
recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy (arr. Davies)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir Henry Walford Davies (English organist and composer)
arrangement of:
The Holly and the Ivy
3:04
6The Promise of Peace
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Robert Sharpe (British choral director and organist)
recording of:
Promise of Peace
composer:
Richard Shephard (UK church music composer)
2:45
7The Lord at First
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Robert Sharpe (British choral director and organist)
recording of:
The Lord at First Did Adam Make (The Lord at First, The Lord at First Had Adam Made)
publisher:
Henry Ramsden Bramley, Davies Gilbert and Sir John Stainer
arranger:
Phillip Moore (Organist, Composer, Master of Music at York Minister)
3:24
8O Come All Ye Faithful
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Robert Sharpe (British choral director and organist)
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”)
6:22
9The Angel Gabriel
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Robert Sharpe (British choral director and organist)
recording of:
Gabriel's Message (arr. Pettman)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Edgar Pettman
translator:
Sabine Baring‐Gould
arrangement of:
The Angel Gabriel
2:49
10Reges Tharsis
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Robert Sharpe (British choral director and organist)
recording of:
Five Cathedral Motets: No.3 Reges Tharsis Op. 5 (Regis Tharsis)
composer:
John Scott Whiteley
2:36
11Away in a Manger
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Robert Sharpe (British choral director and organist)
recording of:
Away in a Manger (arr. Willcocks)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
William James Kirkpatrick (hymn-writer) (in 1895)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
Away in a Manger (aka “Cradle Song” composed by William J. Kirkpatrick)
2:33
12Bethlehem Down
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Robert Sharpe (British choral director and organist)
recording of:
Bethlehem Down
lyricist:
Bruce Blunt
composer:
Peter Warlock (British composer) (in 1927)
4:32
13O Little Town of Bethlehem
organ:
John Scott Whiteley
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Robert Sharpe (British choral director and organist)
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.)
3:25
14Shepherd's Pipe Carol
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Robert Sharpe (British choral director and organist)
recording of:
Shepherd’s Pipe Carol
lyricist and composer:
John Rutter (English choral music composer, conductor, arranger and producer, born 1945) (in 1963)
3:08
15Ding Dong! Merrily on High
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Robert Sharpe (British choral director and organist)
arranger:
William Llewellyn (composer, conductor, arranger)
recording of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
lyricist:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
additional composer:
Charles Wood (Irish composer)
composer:
Thoinot Arbeau (Artist name of Jehan Tabourot (“Orchesographie”))
is based on:
Branle de l’official
2:02
16It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
organ:
John Scott Whiteley
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Robert Sharpe (British choral director and organist)
recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (“Noel” version)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears (in 1849)
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer)
part of:
The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal hymnal) (number: 90)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
is based on:
NOEL (hymn tune)
3:25
17Hodie Christus Natus Est
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Robert Sharpe (British choral director and organist)
recording of:
Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël: No. 4. Hodie Christus natus est
composer:
Francis Poulenc (French composer and pianist) (in 1952, from 1959 until 1960)
part of:
Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël, FP 152
2:05
18Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Robert Sharpe (British choral director and organist)
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)
3:05
19Omnes de Saba
organ:
John Scott Whiteley
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Robert Sharpe (British choral director and organist)
recording of:
Omnes de Saba venient
composer:
Jacobus Gallus (aka Jacob(us) Handl)
2:13
20We Wish You a Merry Christmas
choir vocals:
Choir of York Minster
conductor:
Robert Sharpe (British choral director and organist)
arranger:
Arthur Warrell
recording of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (arr. Warrell)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Arthur Warrell
arrangement of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
1:49