Composer: Harold Darke, Henry J Gauntlett, John Goss, Franz Xaver Gruber, William James Kirkpatrick, Felix Mendelssohn, John Francis Wade
Performer: Choir of King’s College Cambridge, David Briggs, Robin Barter
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: James Morgan, Stephen Cleobury
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Decca
Catalogue: 4853429
Release: 2022
Size: 942 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Gauntlett: Once in Royal David’s City (Arr. Cleobury) [Orch. Morgan / Pochin]
02. Gruber: Silent Night (Arr. Cleobury) [Orch. Morgan / Pochin]
03. Darke: In the Bleak Midwinter (Version for Choir and Strings)
04. anon.: Coventry Carol (Arr. Shaw) [Orch. Morgan / Pochin]
05. Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) [Arr. Willcocks]
06. trad.: The First Nowell (Arr. Willcocks)
07. Kirkpatrick: Away in a Manger (Arr. Cleobury) [Orch. Morgan / Pochin]
08. trad.: In dulci jubilo (Arr. Pearsall) [Orch. Morgan / Pochin]
09. anon.: Rocking Carol (Arr. Willcocks)
10. anon.: O Little Town of Bethlehem (Arr. Vaughan Williams) [Orch. Morgan / Pochin]
11. anon.: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Arr. Willcocks)
12. anon.: While Shepherds Watched their Flocks (Arr. Willcocks) [Orch. Morgan / Pochin]
13. trad.: The Holly and the Ivy (Arr. Walford Davies) [Orch. Morgan / Pochin]
14. anon.: Ding Dong! Merrily On High (Arr. Wood) [Orch. Morgan / Pochin]
15. Mendelssohn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Arr. Willcocks)
16. Goss: See, Amid the Winter’s Snow (Arr. Willcocks)
17. trad.: Shepherds in the Field Abiding (Arr. Wood) [Orch. Morgan / Pochin]
The magical sound of Christmas at King’s, featuring all of your favourite carols combining iconic recordings from the legendary Choir of King’s College, Cambridge with stunning, newly-recorded instrumental settings by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.