| Description |
2 audio discs (117 min.) : 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 |
| Performer |
King's College Choir, Cambridge ; Sir David Willcocks, director ; with Hervey Alan, bass baritone, and the London Symphony Orchestra (Vaughan Williams). |
| Event |
Recorded 1958-1964. |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Hark! the herald angels sing -- The first Nowell -- While shepherds watched -- I saw three ships -- Ding, dong! merrily on high -- King Jesus hath a garden -- In dulci jubilo -- Unto us is born a son -- O come, all ye faithful -- Away in a manger -- O little town of Bethlehem -- The holly and the ivy -- God rest ye merry, gentlemen -- See amid the winter's snow -- Past three o'clock -- -- |
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Disc 2. Once in royal David's city -- The Sussex carol -- Rocking -- Rejoice and be merry -- Joseph was an old man -- The three kings -- As with gladness men of old -- A great and mighty wonder -- The infant King -- Balulalow -- The crown of roses -- Christ was born on Christmas day -- Blessed be that maid Mary -- Lute-book lullaby -- Myn lyking -- Personent hodie -- In the bleak mid-winter -- Coventry carol -- Shepherds, in the field abiding -- Torches -- Fantasia on Christmas carols / Vaughan Williams. |
| Language |
Sung principally in English. |
| Genre/Form |
Carols.
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Carols.
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Christmas music.
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Christmas music.
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| Subject |
Choruses, Sacred, Unaccompanied.
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Choruses, Sacred, Unaccompanied. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Willcocks, David, 1919-2015.
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Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958.
Fantasia on Christmas carols.
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| Note |
Subtitle on insert: Christmas at King's : 35 favourite carols |
| ISBN |
$12.79 |
| Music No. |
444 848-2 London |
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444 849-2--444 850-2 London |
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