| Description |
2 audio discs : digital, stereo ; 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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stereo |
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digital recording |
| Note |
EMI Classics: 7243 5 73693 2 9 (7243 5 73694 2 8, 7243 5 73695 2 7); additional no. on container: CDFB 7243 5 73693 2 9. |
| Performer |
Choir of King's College, Cambridge ; Stephen Cleobury, conductor ; in part with Benjamin Bayl, organ. |
| Event |
Recorded in the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, Dec. 12-14, 1998 (with congregration), and July 12, 1999. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Program notes by Stephen Cleobury, in English with German and French translations, and texts with English translations ([24] p. : ill.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Once in royal David's city / H.J. Gauntlett ; harm. A.H. Mann ; descant, Stephen Cleobury (with Edward Moore, treble) (4:44) -- Bidding prayer (3:25) -- Up! good Christen folk, and listen / G. R. Woodward (1:18) -- The truth from above / arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (2:30) -- First lesson : Genesis 3 (2:19) -- Adam lay ybounden / Boris Ord (1:10) -- Second lesson : Genesis 2:2 (:59) -- Sussex carol / trad. English ; arr. Ledger (1:46) -- In the bleak mid-winter / Darke (4:26) -- Third lesson : Isaiah 9 (1:01) -- In dulci jublio / 13th century ; arr. R. L. Pearsall (3:15) -- God rest you merry, gentlemen / trad. Eng. ; arr. David Willcocks (3:36) -- Fourth lesson : Isaiah 11 (1:22) -- A tender shoot / Otto Goldschmidt (1:47) -- The lamb / John Tavener (3:32) -- Fifth lesson : St. Luke 1 (2:13) -- Gabriel's message / trad. Basque ; harm. Edgar Pettman (2:32) -- Joys seven / trad. English ; arr. Stephen Cleobury (2:57) -- Sixth lesson : St. Luke 2 (1:19) -- Dormi, Jesu / John Rutter (4:29) -- Riu, riu chiu / Mateo Flecha the Elder? (2:09) -- Seventh lesson : St. Luke 2 (1:57) -- The Fayrfax carol / Thomas Adès (4:28) -- While shepherds watched / East's Psalter ; descant Stephen Cleobury (2:53) -- Eighth lesson : St. Matthew 2 (2:31) -- I saw three ships / trad. English ; arr. David Willcocks (1:35) -- Illuminare, Jerusalem / Judith Weir (2:11) -- Ninth lesson : St. John 1 (2;15) -- O come, all ye faithful / anon. 18th century ; harm. David Willcocks ; descant and last verse Stephen Cleobury (4:23) -- Prayer and blessing (1:07) -- Hark! the herald angels sing / Felix Mendelssohn ; descant Stephen Cleobury (3:27) -- In dulci jubilo / J. S. Bach (3:09). |
| Language |
Sung in English (principally), Latin and Spanish. |
| Subject |
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied. |
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with organ.
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with organ. |
| Genre/Form |
Carols.
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Carols.
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Christmas music.
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Christmas music.
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Chorale preludes.
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Chorale preludes.
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| Subject |
Chœurs sacrés (Voix mixtes) acc. d'orgue. |
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Noël, Musique de. |
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Carols. |
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Chorale preludes. |
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Christmas music. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Cleobury, Stephen, conductor.
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Bayl, Benjamin, performer.
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| Added Title |
Festival of nine lessons and carols |
| Standard No. |
724357369329 |
| Music No. |
7243 5 73693 2 9 EMI Classics |
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7243 5 73694 2 8 EMI Classics |
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7243 5 73695 2 7 EMI Classics |
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CDFB 7243 5 73693 2 9 EMI Classics |
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73693 EMI Classics |
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73694 EMI Classics |
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73695 EMI Classics |
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