Adeste fideles: Christmas Carols From Her Majesty's Chapel Royal

~ Release by Choir of Her Majesty's Chapel Royal, Martyn Noble, Huw Williams (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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1Sans Day Carol
organ:
Martyn Noble (organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
choir vocals:
Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
conductor:
Huw Williams (Welsh conductor and organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recorded at:
St James's Palace: Chapel Royal in London (Greater London) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recording of:
Sans Day Carol (arr. Rutter) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
John Rutter (English choral music composer, conductor, arranger and producer, born 1945)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
arrangement of:
Sans Day Carol
English traditional / John Rutter3:13
2Mary Had a Baby
choir vocals:
Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
conductor:
Huw Williams (Welsh conductor and organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recorded at:
St James's Palace: Chapel Royal in London (Greater London) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recording of:
Mary Had a Baby (arr. Sargent) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
arrangement of:
Mary Had a Baby
American spiritual / Malcolm Sargent1:58
3Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
choir vocals:
Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
conductor:
Huw Williams (Welsh conductor and organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recorded at:
St James's Palace: Chapel Royal in London (Greater London) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recording of:
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Elizabeth Poston
Elizabeth Poston2:42
4Once in Royal David's City
organ:
Martyn Noble (organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
choir vocals:
Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
conductor:
Huw Williams (Welsh conductor and organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recorded at:
St James's Palace: Chapel Royal in London (Greater London) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recording of:
Once in Royal David’s City (arr. Willcocks) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
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
Henry John Gauntlett / Arthur Henry Mann, David Willcocks4:30
5Sussex Carol
organ:
Martyn Noble (organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
choir vocals:
Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
conductor:
Huw Williams (Welsh conductor and organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recorded at:
St James's Palace: Chapel Royal in London (Greater London) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recording of:
Sussex Carol (arr. Willcocks) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
arrangement of:
Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)
English traditional / David Willcocks1:46
6The Lamb
choir vocals:
Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
conductor:
Huw Williams (Welsh conductor and organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recorded at:
St James's Palace: Chapel Royal in London (Greater London) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recording of:
The Lamb (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
lyricist:
William Blake (English poet, painter, and printmaker) (in 1789)
composer:
John Tavener (20th century composer) (in 1982)
publisher:
Chester Music Ltd., Edition Wilhelm Hansen London Ltd. and J. & W. Chester, Ltd.
John Tavener2:50
7A Maiden Most Gentle
organ:
Martyn Noble (organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
choir vocals:
Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
conductor:
Huw Williams (Welsh conductor and organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recorded at:
St James's Palace: Chapel Royal in London (Greater London) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recording of:
A Maiden Most Gentle (arr. Carter) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Andrew Carter (composer)
French melody / Andrew Carter3:01
8Hosanna to the Son of David
choir vocals:
Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
conductor:
Huw Williams (Welsh conductor and organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recorded at:
St James's Palace: Chapel Royal in London (Greater London) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recording of:
Hosanna to the Son of David (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
composer:
Thomas Weelkes (English composer & organist, c. 1576–1623)
Thomas Weelkes1:49
9The Three Kings
choir vocals:
Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
conductor:
Huw Williams (Welsh conductor and organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recorded at:
St James's Palace: Chapel Royal in London (Greater London) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recording of:
The Three Kings (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
lyricist:
Dorothy L. Sayers (writer)
composer:
Jonathan Dove (British composer) (in 2000)
Jonathan Dove4:40
10A Spanish Carol
choir vocals:
Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
conductor:
Huw Williams (Welsh conductor and organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recorded at:
St James's Palace: Chapel Royal in London (Greater London) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recording of:
Spanish Carol (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Andrew Carter (composer)
is based on:
Esta noche nace un Niño
Spanish traditional / Andrew Carter1:59
11Suo Gân
organ:
Martyn Noble (organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
choir vocals:
Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
conductor:
Huw Williams (Welsh conductor and organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recorded at:
St James's Palace: Chapel Royal in London (Greater London) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recording of:
Suo Gân (arr. Guest) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
George Guest (organist and conductor)
arrangement of:
Suo Gân
Welsh traditional / George Guest3:08
12When Jesus Our Lord
organ:
Martyn Noble (organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
choir vocals:
Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
conductor:
Huw Williams (Welsh conductor and organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recorded at:
St James's Palace: Chapel Royal in London (Greater London) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recording of:
When Jesus Our Lord (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer)
Felix Mendelssohn6:37
13O Little Town of Bethlehem
organ:
Martyn Noble (organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
choir vocals:
Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
conductor:
Huw Williams (Welsh conductor and organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recorded at:
St James's Palace: Chapel Royal in London (Greater London) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
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.) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
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.)
Spanish traditional / Ralph Vaughan Williams, Thomas Armstrong3:22
14I Saw Three Ships
choir vocals:
Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
conductor:
Huw Williams (Welsh conductor and organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recorded at:
St James's Palace: Chapel Royal in London (Greater London) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships (arr. Willcocks) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
I Saw Three Ships
English traditional / David Willcocks1:39
15The Little Road to Bethlehem
choir vocals:
Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
conductor:
Huw Williams (Welsh conductor and organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recorded at:
St James's Palace: Chapel Royal in London (Greater London) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recording of:
The Little Road to Bethlehem (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
lyricist:
Margaret Rose (lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Michael Head (British composer) (in 1945)
Michael Head2:41
16Ding Dong! Merrily on High
choir vocals:
Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
conductor:
Huw Williams (Welsh conductor and organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recorded at:
St James's Palace: Chapel Royal in London (Greater London) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recording of:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
lyricist:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
composer:
Thoinot Arbeau (Artist name of Jehan Tabourot (“Orchesographie”))
arranger:
Charles Wood (Irish composer)
is based on:
Branle de l’official
French traditional / Charles Wood1:47
17A New Year Carol
organ:
Martyn Noble (organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
choir vocals:
Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
conductor:
Huw Williams (Welsh conductor and organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recorded at:
St James's Palace: Chapel Royal in London (Greater London) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recording of:
Friday Afternoons, op. 7: No. 5. A New Year Carol (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1934)
quotes lyrics from:
Tom Tiddler’s Ground
part of:
Friday Afternoons, op. 7
Benjamin Britten2:06
18Blessed Jesu! Here We Stand
choir vocals:
Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
conductor:
Huw Williams (Welsh conductor and organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recorded at:
St James's Palace: Chapel Royal in London (Greater London) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recording of:
Blessed Jesu! Here We Stand (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
composer:
Richard Popplewell
Richard Popplewell2:39
19Ave Maria
choir vocals:
Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
conductor:
Huw Williams (Welsh conductor and organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recorded at:
St James's Palace: Chapel Royal in London (Greater London) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recording of:
Ave Maria (1934 version, in Church Slavonic) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
composed in:
Paris (on 1934-05-18)
additional composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1949)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (on 1934-05-18)
part of:
K Catalog (number: K057)
translated version of:
Богородице Дѣво
Igor Stravinsky1:49
20Adeste fideles
organ:
Martyn Noble (organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
choir vocals:
Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
conductor:
Huw Williams (Welsh conductor and organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recorded at:
St James's Palace: Chapel Royal in London (Greater London) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recording of:
Adeste Fideles (arr. Willcocks) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
John Francis Wade
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
John Francis Wade / David Willcocks2:39
21Three Kings From Persian Lands Afar
choir vocals:
Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
conductor:
Huw Williams (Welsh conductor and organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recorded at:
St James's Palace: Chapel Royal in London (Greater London) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recording of:
The Three Kings (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
lyricist:
Peter Cornelius (German composer, lived from 1824 to 1874) and Philipp Nicolai
composer:
Peter Cornelius (German composer, lived from 1824 to 1874)
arranger:
Sir Ivor Atkins (English organist and conductor)
translator:
Herbert Newell Bate
translated version of:
Weihnachtslieder, op. 8: III. Die Könige
Peter Cornelius / Ivor Atkins2:46
22De Virgin Mary
choir vocals:
Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
conductor:
Huw Williams (Welsh conductor and organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recorded at:
St James's Palace: Chapel Royal in London (Greater London) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recording of:
De Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy (arr. Sargent) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
arrangement of:
The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
American spiritual / Malcolm Sargent2:20
23The Holly and the Ivy
organ:
Martyn Noble (organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
choir vocals:
Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
conductor:
Huw Williams (Welsh conductor and organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recorded at:
St James's Palace: Chapel Royal in London (Greater London) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recording of:
The Holly and the Ivy, op. 58 no. 2 (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
John Gardner (British composer)
John Gardner2:25
24A Spotless Rose
choir vocals:
Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
conductor:
Huw Williams (Welsh conductor and organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recorded at:
St James's Palace: Chapel Royal in London (Greater London) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recording of:
A Spotless Rose (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Herbert Howells (English composer) (in 1919)
translator:
Catherine Winkworth
publisher:
Galaxy Music Corp. and Stainer & Bell
is based on:
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (original anonymous version)
part of:
Three Carol-Anthems
Herbert Howells3:07
25Hark the Herald Angels Sing!
organ:
Martyn Noble (organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
choir vocals:
Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
conductor:
Huw Williams (Welsh conductor and organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recorded at:
St James's Palace: Chapel Royal in London (Greater London) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (arr. Willcocks) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
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 / David Willcocks3:02
26We Wish You a Merry Christmas
choir vocals:
Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
conductor:
Huw Williams (Welsh conductor and organist) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
arranger:
Andrew Gant
recorded at:
St James's Palace: Chapel Royal in London (Greater London) (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
recording of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (from 2015-04-20 until 2015-04-25)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 230)
English traditional / Andrew Gant1:39