| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Note |
Nimbus Records: NI 5310. |
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Traditional and contemporary carols. |
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Includes seasonal readings from: Robert Bridges, Shakespeare, Dylan Thomas, Thomas Hardy, Saunders Lewis, Charles Dickens, and Laurie Lee. |
| Performer |
Aled Jones, narration ; BBC Welsh Chorus, John Hugh Thomas, conductor ; Huw Tregelles Williams, organ ; Fanfare Trumpeters of the Welsh Guards. |
| Event |
Recorded at Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, February 3-4 and July 1, 1991. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Program notes in English, French and German, and vocal texts in English, and in Welsh with English translations ([22] p.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
O come, all ye faithful (4:19) -- Mary had a baby (1:53) -- Noel: Christmas Eve, 1913 / Robert Bridges (1:10) -- Jesus Christ the apple tree (4:01) --Marcello's speech from Hamlet (Act 1, Sc. 1) /Shakespeare (0:28) -- Christmas night (French melody) (3:48) -- The first Nowell (5:18) -- Memories of Christmas (extract) / Dylan Thomas (1:38) -- Bell carol (4:14) -- Fendigaid nos (2:58) -- Here is the little door (4:05) -- The oxen / Thomas Hardy (0:46) --Once in royal David's city (5:06) -- De Virgin Mary had a baby boy (2:21) -- Tua Bethlem dref (2:12) --Carol (Amlyn ac Amig) (0:40) -- Tawel nos (5:17) -- O little town of Bethlehem (3:52) -- Tomorrow shall be my dancing day (2:00) -- Sweet was the song (3:24) --A Christmas carol (extract) / Charles Dickens (3:12) --God rest ye merry gentlemen (3:12) -- Still, still, still (German melody) (2:48)-- Ar fore dydd Nadolig (traditional Welsh) (2:20) -- Christmas landscape /Laurie Lee (1:03) -- Hark! The herald angels sing (3:30). |
| Language |
Sung in English and Welsh. |
| Genre/Form |
Christmas music.
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Christmas music.
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Carols.
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Carols.
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Fanfares.
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Fanfares.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Jones, Aled, narrator.
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Williams, Huw Tregelles, performer.
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Thomas, John Hugh, conductor.
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Band of H.M. Welsh Guards. Fanfare Trumpeters, performer.
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| Music No. |
NI 5310 Nimbus Records |
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