Sir Christèmas: Carols Old and New

~ Release by Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Sir Christèmas
choir vocals:
Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir
conductor:
Jeffrey Skidmore (Ex Cathedra conductor)
recording of:
Ave Rex, op. 45: IV. Sir Christèmas
composer:
William Mathias (Welsh composer)
part of:
Ave Rex, op. 45
1:29
2How Shall I Fitly Meet Thee?
choir vocals:
Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir
conductor:
Jeffrey Skidmore (Ex Cathedra conductor)
recording of:
How Shall I Fitly Meet Thee?
lyricist:
Paul Gerhardt (17th century hymn writer)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
translator:
John Troutbeck (clergyman and translator)
1:51
3No Small Wonder
choir vocals:
Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir
conductor:
Jeffrey Skidmore (Ex Cathedra conductor)
2:51
4Sweet Was the Song
choir vocals:
Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir
conductor:
Jeffrey Skidmore (Ex Cathedra conductor)
recording of:
Sweet was the Song (The New Oxford Book of Carols #44 II)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
1:40
5Il est né, le divin enfant
choir vocals:
Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir
conductor:
Jeffrey Skidmore (Ex Cathedra conductor)
recording of:
Il est né le divin enfant
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
1:36
6Pastorcito santo
choir vocals:
Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir
conductor:
Jeffrey Skidmore (Ex Cathedra conductor)
recording of:
Retablo de Navidad: Villancicos, nº 1: Pastorcito santo
lyricist:
Félix Lope de Vega (Spanish playwright/poet)
composer:
Joaquín Rodrigo (Spanish composer and virtuoso pianist) (in 1952)
part of:
Retablo de Navidad: Villancicos
2:48
7See Amid the Winter’s Snow
choir vocals:
Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir
conductor:
Jeffrey Skidmore (Ex Cathedra conductor)
recording of:
See Amid the Winter’s Snow (carol)
lyricist:
Edward Caswall (Anglican clergyman and hymn writer)
composer:
Sir John Goss (English organist and composer)
4:30
8In tua memoria
choir vocals:
Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir
conductor:
Jeffrey Skidmore (Ex Cathedra conductor)
2:04
9Teče voda, teče
choir vocals:
Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir
conductor:
Jeffrey Skidmore (Ex Cathedra conductor)
2:57
10Hark! Hark the Herald Angels Sing
choir vocals:
Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir
conductor:
Jeffrey Skidmore (Ex Cathedra conductor)
2:53
11Ave Maria
choir vocals:
Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir
conductor:
Jeffrey Skidmore (Ex Cathedra conductor)
3:10
12Still, Still
choir vocals:
Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir
conductor:
Jeffrey Skidmore (Ex Cathedra conductor)
recording of:
Still, Still, Still
lyricist:
Georg Götsch
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
1:45
13Ríu, ríu chíu
choir vocals:
Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir
conductor:
Jeffrey Skidmore (Ex Cathedra conductor)
recording of:
Ríu, ríu, chíu
writer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist) (from 1500 until 1600)
composer:
Mateu Fletxa ("El Vell" or "El Viejo", Catalan renaissance composer)
part of:
Cancionero de Uppsala (number: 40)
1:58
14Baïlèro
choir vocals:
Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir
conductor:
Jeffrey Skidmore (Ex Cathedra conductor)
recording of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Première Série: No. 2. Baïlèro
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Joseph Canteloube
part of:
Chants d'Auvergne: Première Série
3:41
15E la don, don Verges Maria
choir vocals:
Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir
conductor:
Jeffrey Skidmore (Ex Cathedra conductor)
recording of:
E la don, don Verges Maria
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Cancionero de Uppsala (number: 39)
1:53
16In the Bleak Mid‐Winter
choir vocals:
Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir
conductor:
Jeffrey Skidmore (Ex Cathedra conductor)
recording of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (Harold Edwin Darke version)
lyricist:
Christina Rossetti
composer:
Harold Edwin Darke (in 1909)
publisher:
Oxford University Press
version of:
In the Bleak Midwinter (poem)
5:06
17When Jesus Christ
choir vocals:
Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir
conductor:
Jeffrey Skidmore (Ex Cathedra conductor)
2:35
18The Lamb
choir vocals:
Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir
conductor:
Jeffrey Skidmore (Ex Cathedra conductor)
recording of:
The Lamb
lyricist:
William Blake (English poet, painter, and printmaker) (in 1789)
composer:
John Tavener (20th century composer) (in 1982)
publisher:
Chester Music Ltd., Edition Wilhelm Hansen London Ltd. and J. & W. Chester, Ltd.
3:59
19A Gaelic Blessing
choir vocals:
Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir
conductor:
Jeffrey Skidmore (Ex Cathedra conductor)
recording of:
A Gaelic Blessing: Meditation
lyricist:
William Sharp (Scottish poet)
composer:
John Rutter (English choral music composer, conductor, arranger and producer, born 1945)
1:49
20Away in a Manger
choir vocals:
Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir
conductor:
Jeffrey Skidmore (Ex Cathedra conductor)
recording of:
Away in a Manger (arr. Willcocks)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
William James Kirkpatrick (hymn-writer) (in 1895)
arranger:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
arrangement of:
Away in a Manger (aka “Cradle Song” composed by William J. Kirkpatrick)
3:21
21Stille Nacht
choir vocals:
Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir
conductor:
Jeffrey Skidmore (Ex Cathedra conductor)
recording of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (composer/author) (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (composer/author) (in 1818)
part of:
Oh, What a Lovely War! (stage musical)
3:16
22A Merry Christmas
choir vocals:
Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir
conductor:
Jeffrey Skidmore (Ex Cathedra conductor)
recording of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (arr. Warrell)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Arthur Warrell
arrangement of:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
1:36

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manufactured in:England, United Kingdom
printed in:England, United Kingdom
copyrighted (©) by:Academy Sound and Vision Ltd (not for release label use; known as ASV Ltd. since 1995-02-03) (in 1994)
ASIN:UK: B0000030V8 [info]