| Description |
1 audio disc (77:31) ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
011731 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. stamping |
| Description |
digital optical stereo |
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audio file CD audio |
| Medium of Performance |
mixed chorus boys' and men's voices 1 1 |
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mixed chorus boys' and men's voices 1 organ 1 1 |
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boy soprano voice 1 children's chorus boys' voices 1 organ 1 1 1 |
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tambourine 1 snare drum 1 mixed chorus boys' and men's voices 1 organ 1 1 |
| Note |
Title from disc label. |
| Performer |
The Choir of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle ; Roger Judd, organ ; Jonathan Rees-Williams, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded 1999 March 23, 25-26, St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. |
| Note |
For mixed chorus (boys' and men's voices) or soprano solo with boys' choir (14th work); with organ accompaniment (3rd, 5th, 7th, 11th, 14th-17th, 20th, and 25th works), or tambourine, side drum, and organ (24th work); remaining works unaccompanied. |
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Program notes and performer biographies in English, and sung texts with English translations (17 unnumbered pages) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Joseph lieber, Joseph mein / Hieronymus Praetorius (1:28) -- Up! good Christen folk, and listen / Piae cantiones ; harmonized by George Ratcliffe Woodward (2:07) -- This is the truth sent from above / arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (3:19) -- Adam lay ybounden / Boris Ord (1:29) -- In the bleak mid-winter / Harold Darke (5:20) -- Ding dong! merrily on high / French trad. ; arranged by Charles Wood (2:07) -- Balulalow / arr. David Lumsden (4:36) -- Four letters / harmonized by Charles Wood ; arr. John McIntosh (3:08) -- I sing of a maiden / Herbert Sumsion (2:15) -- Lulajze gezunin : a Polish lullaby / George Thalben-Ball (2:22) -- Rosamundi / Malcolm Hawkins (4:33) -- I saw three ships come sailing in / arr. David Willcocks (1:32) -- Dormi Jesu / Clive Watkiss (2:04) -- The Blessed Virgin Mary's cradle song / Edward Bairstow (3:04) -- The maker of the sun and moon / Denys Darlow (4:01) -- Christians awake! salute the happy morn / John Wainwright (3:00) -- Quelle est cette odeur agréable / arr. David Willcocks (4:24) -- Lute-book lullaby / William Ballet ; arranged by Geoffrey Shaw (2:10) -- The holly and the ivy / Henry Walford Davies (3:36) -- O little town of Bethlehem / English traditional ; arr. Ralph Vaughan-Williams (3:57) -- Bethlehem Down / Peter Warlock (4:13) -- Rocking : Little Jesus, sweetly sleep / Czech carol ; harmonized by David Willcocks (2:04) -- Coventry carol / Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors (3:11) -- Tomorrow shall be my dancing day / John Gardner (2:04) -- Of the Father's heart begotten / arr. David Willcocks (3:11). |
| Language |
Sung in English except for the 1st work (German), 13th work (Latin), and 17th work (French). |
| Subject |
Christmas music.
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Christmas music. |
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with organ.
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with organ. |
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied. |
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble.
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble. |
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Carols, English.
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Carols, English. |
| Genre/Form |
Carols, English.
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| Subject |
Carols, German.
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Carols, German. |
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Carols, French.
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Carols, French. |
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Carols, Latin.
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Carols, Latin. |
| Genre/Form |
Carols.
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Carols.
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Christmas music.
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Christmas music.
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Sacred music.
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Sacred music.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Rees-Williams, Jonathan, choral conductor.
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Judd, Roger, 1944- instrumentalist.
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Container of (work): Praetorius, Hieronymus, 1560-1629.
Joseph, lieber Joseph mein.
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Container of (work): Woodward, George Ratcliffe, 1848-1934.
Up! good Christen folk and listen.
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Container of (work): Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958.
Traditional English carols. Truth sent from above.
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Container of (work): Ord, Boris.
Adam lay ybounden.
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Container of (work): Darke, Harold, 1888-1976.
In the bleak mid-winter.
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Container of (work): Wood, Charles, 1866-1926.
Ding dong! merrily on high.
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Container of (work): Lumsden, David.
Balulalow.
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Container of (work): McIntosh, John Charles.
Of these four letters sing will I.
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Container of (work): Sumsion, Herbert.
I sing of a maiden.
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Container of (work): Thalben-Ball, George Thomas, 1896-1987.
Lullay Lord Jesus.
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Container of (work): Hawkins, Malcolm.
Rosamundi.
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Container of (work): Willcocks, David, 1919-2015.
I saw three ships come sailing in.
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Container of (work): Watkiss, Clive.
Dormi Jesu.
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Container of (work): Bairstow, Edward C. (Edward Cuthbert), 1874-1946.
Blessed Virgin's cradle song.
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Container of (work): Darlow, Denys.
Maker of the sun and moon.
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Container of (work): Wainwright, John, approximately 1723-1768.
Christians, awake.
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Container of (work): Willcocks, David, 1919-2015.
Quelle est cette odeur agréable.
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Container of (work): Shaw, Geoffrey, 1879-1943.
Lute-book lullaby.
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Container of (work): Davies, Walford, 1869-1941.
Holly and the ivy.
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Container of (work): Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958.
O little town of Bethlehem.
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Container of (work): Warlock, Peter, 1894-1930.
Bethlehem Down.
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Container of (work): Willcocks, David, 1919-2015.
Rocking.
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Container of (work): Gardner, John, 1917-2011.
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day.
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Container of (work): Willcocks, David, 1919-2015.
Of the Father's heart begotten.
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St. George's Chapel (Windsor Castle). Choir, singer.
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| Note |
Title on container: Christmas joy. Vol. four |
| Other Title |
Christmas joy. 4 |
| Added Title |
Container of (work): Coventry carol.
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| Standard No. |
5028612206714 |
| Music No. |
PRCD 671 Priory Records |
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