Sing, Choirs of Angels!

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              Well known and much loved Christmas carols old and new.

This CD was once again played extensively on Classic FM before and during Christmas 2007

 

"Sing Choirs of Angels" is currently withdrawn from sale but you can still hear

short extracts of some tracks by clicking on the symbol beside those tracks.
 

    1

Once in  Royal David's City

      Soprano - Fiona Clifton

H.H. Gauntlett (harm. A.H. Mann) 5'13"
  2

Ding Dong! Merrily on high

16th C. French (harm. Charles Wood) 1’54"

3

Away in a Manger

.J. Kirkpatrick (arr. David Willcocks) 2’43"
  4 God rest you Merry Gentlemen English trad. arr. David Willcocks) 2’51"
  5 Up good Christen folk and listen from Piae Cantiones (arr. David Willcocks) 1’11"
  6 Adam Lay Ybounden Boris Ord 1’16"
 

7

Little town of Bethlehem

Sopranos__

Fiona Clifton,  Rebecca Shellard,

Eileen Roberts.

 

Walford Davies 4’55"
8

Unto us is born a Son

from Piae Cantiones (arr. David Willcocks) 1’57"
  9 I saw a Maiden Basque Carol (arr. E. Pettman) 3’23"
  10 Nativity Carol John Rutter 4’20"
  11 O Come all ye Faithful 18c. Anon. (arr. David Willcocks) 4’28"
12 Jesus Christ the Apple Tree Elizabeth Poston 4’02"
  13 Torches John Joubert 1’28"

In the Bleak mid-winter, last verse.

14

In the Bleak Mid Winter

      Baritone - Paul Mocroft

Harold Darke 4’47"
  15 O Little town of Bethlehem

English trad. (arr. R. Vaughan Williiams

Descant Thomas Armstrong)

3’11"
  16

Three Kings from Persian Lands afar

      Baritone - Stephen Grice

Peter Cornelius (arr. Ivor Atkins) 2’32"
  17 Personent Hodie German 1360 (arr.Gustav Holst) 2’13"
  18 Myn Lyking R.R. Terry 2’51"
  19 Hark the Herald Angels Sing adapted from Mendelssohn 2’47"

20 We wish you a merry Christmas West Country Air (arr. Arthur Worrell) 1’41"