A Choral Christmas

~ Release by VOCES8 Foundation Choir & Orchestra, VOCES8, Barnaby Smith (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

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℗ «2023 VOCES8 Foundation, under exclusive licence to Universal Music Operations»

Annotation last modified on 2023-11-08 22:12 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Joy to the World
choir vocals:
VOCES8 and VOCES8 Foundation Choir
orchestra:
VOCES8 Foundation Orchestra
conductor:
Barnaby Smith
arranger:
Taylor Scott Davis
recorded at:
VOCES8 Centre in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 2021-11-15)
recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer) (in 1719)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arranger:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
George Frideric Handel4:12
2Away in a Manger
choir vocals:
VOCES8 and VOCES8 Foundation Choir
orchestra:
VOCES8 Foundation Orchestra
conductor:
Barnaby Smith
arranger:
Taylor Scott Davis
recorded at:
VOCES8 Centre in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 2021-11-15)
recording of:
Away in a Manger (aka “Cradle Song” composed by William J. Kirkpatrick)
additional lyricist:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1892)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
William James Kirkpatrick (hymn-writer) (in 1895)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25304)
is based on:
Sweet Afton (set to music by Jonathan E. Spilman, 1837)
translated version of:
Y Preseb
William James Kirkpatrick4:00
3The Sleeping Child
choir vocals:
VOCES8
recorded at:
VOCES8 Centre in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 2021-11-15)
recording of:
The Sleeping Child
lyricist:
Charles Bennett (poet)
composer:
Bob Chilcott
Bob Chilcott3:22
4O Come, All Ye Faithful
choir vocals:
VOCES8 and VOCES8 Foundation Choir
orchestra:
VOCES8 Foundation Orchestra
conductor:
Barnaby Smith
arranger:
Taylor Scott Davis
recorded at:
VOCES8 Centre in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 2021-11-15)
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
John Francis Wade5:07
5Magnificat: I. Magnificat anima mea
choir vocals:
VOCES8 and VOCES8 Foundation Choir
orchestra:
VOCES8 Foundation Orchestra
conductor:
Barnaby Smith
recorded at:
VOCES8 Centre in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 2021-11-15)
recording of:
Magnificat: I. Magnificat anima mea
composer:
Taylor Scott Davis
part of:
Magnificat
Taylor Scott Davis5:36
6Magnificat: II. Shall I Rejoice
choir vocals:
VOCES8 and VOCES8 Foundation Choir
orchestra:
VOCES8 Foundation Orchestra
conductor:
Barnaby Smith
recorded at:
VOCES8 Centre in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 2021-11-15)
recording of:
Magnificat: II. Shall I Rejoice
lyricist:
Terry York
composer:
Taylor Scott Davis
part of:
Magnificat
Taylor Scott Davis5:45
7Magnificat: III. Et misericordia
choir vocals:
VOCES8 and VOCES8 Foundation Choir
orchestra:
VOCES8 Foundation Orchestra
conductor:
Barnaby Smith
recorded at:
VOCES8 Centre in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 2021-11-15)
recording of:
Magnificat: III. Et misericordia
composer:
Taylor Scott Davis
part of:
Magnificat
Taylor Scott Davis6:51
8Magnificat: IV. Deposuit
choir vocals:
VOCES8 and VOCES8 Foundation Choir
orchestra:
VOCES8 Foundation Orchestra
conductor:
Barnaby Smith
recorded at:
VOCES8 Centre in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 2021-11-15)
recording of:
Magnificat: IV. Deposuit
composer:
Taylor Scott Davis
part of:
Magnificat
Taylor Scott Davis3:01
9Magnificat: V. Gloria Patri
choir vocals:
VOCES8 and VOCES8 Foundation Choir
orchestra:
VOCES8 Foundation Orchestra
conductor:
Barnaby Smith
recorded at:
VOCES8 Centre in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 2021-11-15)
recording of:
Magnificat: V. Gloria Patri
composer:
Taylor Scott Davis
part of:
Magnificat
Taylor Scott Davis6:26
10O Come, O Come Emmanuel
choir vocals:
VOCES8 and VOCES8 Foundation Choir
orchestra:
VOCES8 Foundation Orchestra
conductor:
Barnaby Smith
arranger:
Taylor Scott Davis
recorded at:
VOCES8 Centre in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 2021-11-15)
recording of:
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Neale lyrics)
lyricist and translator:
John Mason Neale
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861 edition (first edition)) (number: 36)
arrangement of:
Veni, veni, Emmanuel
translated version of:
Veni, veni, Emmanuel
Traditional4:47
11Silent Night
choir vocals:
VOCES8 and VOCES8 Foundation Choir
orchestra:
VOCES8 Foundation Orchestra
conductor:
Barnaby Smith
arranger:
Taylor Scott Davis
recorded at:
VOCES8 Centre in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 2021-11-15)
recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (composer/author) (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (composer/author) (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
Franz Xaver Gruber6:45
12In dulci jubilo
choir vocals:
VOCES8
recorded at:
VOCES8 Centre in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 2021-11-15)
recording of:
In dulci jubilo (macaronic of English and Latin)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger and translator:
Robert Lucas Pearsall (composer)
translated version of:
In dulci iubilo (original traditional version in macaronic alteration of medieval German and Latin, use also for unspecified versions)
Traditional3:14
13Gabriel’s Message
choir vocals:
VOCES8 and VOCES8 Foundation Choir
orchestra:
VOCES8 Foundation Orchestra
conductor:
Barnaby Smith
recorded at:
VOCES8 Centre in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 2021-11-15)
recording of:
Gabriel's Message (Clements arr.)
arranger:
Jim Clements (choral composer, arranger, orchestrator, and tenor)
was commissioned by:
VOCES8
arrangement of:
The Angel Gabriel
Traditional4:07
14A Christmas Cracker
orchestra:
VOCES8 Foundation Orchestra
conductor:
Barnaby Smith
recorded at:
VOCES8 Centre in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 2021-11-15)
recording of:
A Christmas Cracker
composer:
Thomas Hewitt Jones
Thomas Hewitt Jones3:36
15Sleigh Ride
orchestra:
VOCES8 Foundation Orchestra
conductor:
Barnaby Smith
recorded at:
VOCES8 Centre in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 2021-11-15)
recording of:
Sleigh Ride
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1950)
composer:
Leroy Anderson (until 1948-02-10)
publisher:
EMI Harmonies Limited, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!) and Woodbury Music (aka Woodbury Music Company)
version of:
Sleigh Ride (original instrumental version)
Leroy Anderson3:04

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