Of Glad Tidings: A Celebration of Christmas Music Across the Years

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Annotation

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Annotation last modified on 2020-05-30 21:27 UTC.

Tracklist

▶ 12" Vinyl 1: Medieval Carols
▶ 12" Vinyl 2: Baroque Christmas Music
▼ 12" Vinyl 3: Carols Newly Composed And Arranged
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E1I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
solo vocals:
Barbara Elsy (soprano) and Ian Partridge (tenor)
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
I Saw Three Ships (arr. S. Preston)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
publisher:
Novello & Co. Ltd.
arrangement of:
I Saw Three Ships
The Elizabethan Singers1:47
E2The First Christmas
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
The First Christmas
lyricist:
Elizabeth Fleming
composer:
Peter Racine Fricker (composer)
part of:
Two Carols
The Elizabethan Singers3:05
E3Deck the Hall
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
Deck the Hall (arr. Hugo Cole)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Hugo Cole
The Elizabethan Singers2:08
E4Dormi Jesu
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
Dormi Jesu
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (English composer)
The Elizabethan Singers1:22
E5Here We Come A-Wassailing
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
arranger:
John Joubert
recording of:
Here We Come A-wassailing
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (in 1850)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 209)
The Elizabethan Singers1:25
E6Our Lady's Song
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
Our Lady's song
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Nicholas Maw (in 1961)
The Elizabethan Singers1:20
E7Unto Us Is Born a Son
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
arranger:
Thomas Eastwood
recording of:
Unto Us is born a Son (carol)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
George Ratcliffe Woodward
The Elizabethan Singers1:56
E8There Is No Rose of Such Virtue
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
There is no Rose of Such Virtue
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
John Joubert
The Elizabethan Singers2:18
E9We Wish You a Merry Christmas
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (arr. John Gardner)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
John Gardner (British composer)
The Elizabethan Singers1:18
F1Silent Night
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
Silent Night
lyricist:
W G Rothery
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber
arranger:
Alan Ridout
The Elizabethan Singers3:01
F2The Boar's Head Carol
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
arranger:
Malcolm Williamson (composer)
recording of:
The Boar's Head Carol
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
The Elizabethan Singers2:52
F3Balulalow
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
Balulalow
lyricist:
James Wedderburn, John Wedderburn and Robert Wedderburn
composer:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
The Elizabethan Singers1:14
F4Out of Your Sleep Arise
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
Out of Your Sleep Arise
lyricist:
14th century (special purpose artist)
composer:
Anthony Milner
The Elizabethan Singers1:59
F5Ecce puer
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
solo vocals:
Susan Longfield and Ian Partridge (tenor)
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
Ecce puer
lyricist:
James Joyce (Irish writer)
composer:
Bernard Naylor
The Elizabethan Singers2:42
F6What Cheer?
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
What cheer?
lyricist:
Richard Hill (16th century london grocer)
composer:
William Walton (composer and conductor) (in 1961)
The Elizabethan Singers2:41
F7From Heaven Winging
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
From Heaven Winging
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Basil Ramsey (organist)
translator:
Laurence Swinyard
The Elizabethan Singers1:57
F8Welcome Yule!
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
Welcome Yule!
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
John Joubert
The Elizabethan Singers2:19
F9Ave Maria-Hail, Blessed Flower
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
Ave Maria-Hail, Blessed Flower
lyricist:
medieval English (special purpose artist)
composer:
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (English composer and conductor)
part of:
Works of Peter Maxwell Davies by opus number (number: op. 17)
The Elizabethan Singers1:47
F10The First Nowell
organ:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
piano:
Wilfrid Parry
choir vocals:
The Elizabethan Singers
conductor:
Louis Halsey (lecturer, conductor, adjudicator, composer and arranger)
recording of:
The First Nowell
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
John Gardner (British composer)
The Elizabethan Singers4:09

Credits

Release

liner notes:F. Ll. Harrison
Derek McCulloch (countertenor & liner notes)

Release Group

includes:A Baroque Christmas by Heinrich Schütz Choir, Roger Norrington (conductor)