Hyperion Records | Adeste fideles

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CDA66668

Recording details: Various dates
Various recording venues
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: October 1993
Total duration: 69 minutes 13 seconds

'A model of its kind' (The Times)

'Celestial' (The San Francisco Examiner)

'An extremely well-sung traditional carol collection. The concert makes a great appeal by the quality of the singing and the beautiful digital recording' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

Adeste fideles

Christmas Music from Westminster Cathedral

Westminster Cathedral Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor)

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1		Adeste fideles 'O come, all ye faithful' [3'50] John Francis Wade (c1711-1786) & Philip Ledger (b1937) Iain Simcock (organ)
2		Gabriel's message 'The angel Gabriel from heaven came' [2'54] Anonymous - Medieval, arr. Edgar Pettman (c1866-1943)
3		Veni Emmanuel 'O come, O come, Emmanuel' [3'25] Anonymous - Renaissance, arr. Thomas Helmore (1811-1890) & James O'Donnell (b1961) Iain Simcock (organ)
4		Irby 'Once in royal David's city' [4'28] Henry John Gauntlett (1805-1876), arr. Arthur Henry Mann (1850-1929) & James O'Donnell (b1961) Mark Kennedy (treble), Iain Simcock (organ)
5		Ding dong! merrily on high [1'52] Anonymous - Renaissance & Charles Wood (1866-1926)
6		A maiden most gentle [2'46] Anonymous - Medieval, arr. Andrew Carter (b1939) Iain Simcock (organ)
7		I wonder as I wander [3'11] Anonymous - traditional, arr. Andrew Carter (b1939)
8		Forest Green 'The ploughboy's dream 'O little town of Bethlehem' [3'27] Anonymous - traditional, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) & Iain Simcock (b?) Iain Simcock (organ)
9		In the bleak mid-winter [4'55] Harold Darke (1888-1976) Aaron Webber (treble), Matthew Vine (tenor), Iain Simcock (organ)
10		In dulci iubilo [3'52] Anonymous - Medieval, arr. Robert Lucas Pearsall (1795-1856)
		Weihnachtslieder, Op 8 Peter Cornelius (1824-1874), arr. Sir Ivor Algernon Atkins (1869-1953)
11		No 3: The three kings 'Three kings from Persian lands afar' [2'28] Stephen Alder (bass)
12		Divinum mysterium 'Of the Father's love begotten' [3'55] Anonymous - Renaissance Iain Simcock (organ)
13		Cradle song 'Away in a manger' [2'43] William James Kirkpatrick (1838-1921), arr. Philip Moore (b1943)
14		Bethlehem Down 'When he is King we will give him the King's gifts' [4'11] Peter Warlock (1894-1930)
15		The holly and the ivy [3'23] Anonymous - traditional, arr. Sir Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941)
16		I sing of a maiden [3'10] Patrick Hadley (1899-1973) Iain Simcock (organ)
17		Stille Nacht 'Silent night! Holy night!' [3'31] Franz Xaver Grüber (1787-1863), arr. Stephen Darlington (b?)
		Three Carol-Anthems Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
18		No 3: Sing lullaby [3'21]
19		The lamb 'Little lamb, who made thee?' [3'34] John Tavener (b1944)
20		Welcome, Yule! 'Welcome be thou, heavenly king' [1'12] Sir Hubert Parry (1848-1918)
21		Mendelssohn 'Hark! the herald angels sing' [3'05] Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), arr. Philip Ledger (b1937) Iain Simcock (organ)