Composer: Thoinot Arbeau, Johann Sebastian Bach, Hector Berlioz, James Burton, Robert Chilcott, June Collin, Henry Gauntlett, Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, Michael Dewar Head, Gustav Nordqvist, John Tavener, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Pierre Villette, David Valentine Willcocks
Performer: King’s Singers
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Signum
Catalogue: SIGCD683
Release: 2021
Size: 1.23 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Burton: Balulalow
02. trad.: Gaudete! (Rejoice!)
03. trad.: O little town of Bethlehem
04. Willcocks: Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
05. Chilcott: Shepherd’s Carol
06. trad.: La filadora
07. Collin: The quiet heart
08. trad.: Hodie Christus natus est
09. Arbeau: Ding! Dong! Merrily on High
10. Tavener: O, do not move
11. Victoria: O magnum mysterium, motet
12. Gauntlett: Once in Royal David’s city
13. Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248: Part II: XII: Choral, “Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht”
14. Hartmann: Julebudet til dem, der bygge
15. trad.: Gabriel’s Message
16. Villette: Hymne à la Vierge, Op. 24
17. Head: The Little Road to Bethlehem
18. trad.: Dormi, dormi
19. trad.: Nit de vetlla
20. Vaughan Williams: Wither’s rocking hymn
21. Nordqvist: Jul, jul, strålande jul
22. trad.: The Lute-Book Lullaby
23. trad.: Qui creavit caelum
24. Berlioz: L’Enfance du Christ, Op. 25, H 130: Part II: L’adieu des Bergers
25. trad.: Frohliche Weihnacht uberall
This brand new Christmas album from The King’s Singers features 25 tracks covering everything from contemporary choral gems and folk songs through to well-loved carols. Dotted throughout the album are several of the most famous English church carols, which take The King’s Singers right back to their earliest singing days, and which also reflect the group’s heritage at King’s College, Cambridge. In “Christmas Carols with The King’s Singers”, the group bottle that frosty, moonlit, fireside Christmas wonder and pour it into their sound. The King’s Singers have represented the gold standard in a cappella singing on the world’s greatest stages for over fifty years. They are renowned for their unrivalled technique, versatility and skill in performance, and for their consummate musicianship, drawing both on the group’s rich heritage and its pioneering spirit to create an extraordinary wealth of original works and unique collaborations.