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NOEL1 - Christmas through the ages
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Recording details: Various dates
Various recording venues
Produced by Various producers
Engineered by Various engineers
Release date: October 2001
Total duration: 78 minutes 20 seconds

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Christmas through the ages
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Cranbrook   While shepherds watched their flocks by night  [3'40]  Thomas Clark (1775-1859) English
Psalmody, The Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman (conductor)
Die Weihnachtshistorien 'The Christmas story' SWV435  Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
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No 7: Lasset uns nun gehen Bethlehem und die Geschichte sehen (Shepherds)  [1'25] DeutschEnglish
James Bowman (countertenor), Jonathan Kenny (countertenor), Mark Padmore (tenor), The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)
3
Procedenti puero  [1'44]  Anonymous , arr. Stevie Wishart (b?) LatinEnglish
Sinfonye, Stevie Wishart (conductor)
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Riu, riu chiu  [2'16]  Anonymous EspañolEnglish
Christopher Hodges (bass), The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (conductor), Robin Barda (tambourine)
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La luz de vuestros ojos  [2'11]  Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
A Capella Portuguesa, Owen Rees (conductor)
Festive Suite in A major  Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) English Français Deutsch
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Movement 4: Gavotte  [3'54]
Northwest Chamber Orchestra of Seattle, Alun Francis (conductor)
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In the bleak mid-winter  [4'55]  Harold Darke (1888-1976) English English
Aaron Webber (treble), Matthew Vine (tenor), Westminster Cathedral Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor), Iain Simcock (organ)
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Salvator noster  [4'17]  Giovanni Gabrieli (c1554/7-1612) LatinEnglish
The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)
A boy was born Op 3  Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
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Variation 5: In the bleak mid-winter / Lully, Lulley, lully, lulley  [4'58]
Corydon Singers, Westminster Cathedral Choristers, Matthew Best (conductor)
Three Carols Op 25  Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
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No 2: Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child  [3'13] English
Polyphony, Stephen Layton (conductor)
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Carol of the Children  [3'12]  John Rutter (b1945) English English Français Deutsch
Polyphony, City of London Sinfonia, Stephen Layton (conductor)
A Ceremony of Carols Op 28  Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) English Français Deutsch
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No 3: There is no rose  [2'29] Old English
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Sioned Williams (harp), David Hill (conductor)
Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël  Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) English
13
No 1: O magnum mysterium  [3'19] LatinEnglish
Westminster Cathedral Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor)
14
Omnes de Saba  [3'17]  Orlande de Lassus (1530/32-1594) LatinEnglish
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (conductor)
Concerto Grosso fatto per la notte di natale in G minor 'Christmas Concerto' Op 6 No 8  Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
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Movement 2: Allegro  [2'15]
The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman (conductor)
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Mendelssohn   Hark! the herald angels sing  [3'05]  Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), arr. Philip Ledger (1937-2012) English English
Westminster Cathedral Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor), Iain Simcock (organ)
L'Enfance du Christ  Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
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Part 2 No 2: L'Adieu des Bergers à la Sainte Famille (Les Bergers)   Il s'en va loin de la terre  [4'43] FrançaisEnglishDeutsch
Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best (conductor)
Weihnachtslieder Op 8  Peter Cornelius (1824-1874), arr. Stephen Layton (b?)
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No 3: Die Könige  [2'50] DeutschEnglish English Français Deutsch
Robert Rice (baritone), Polyphony, Stephen Layton (conductor)
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O come, O come, Emmanuel  [3'59]  Anonymous , arr. Andrew Carter (b1939) English English
St Paul's Cathedral Choir, John Scott (conductor), Andrew Lucas (organ)
Nouveau livre de noëls  Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772) English Français Deutsch
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No 1: Noël sur les jeux d'Anches sans tremblant  [2'34]
Christopher Herrick (organ)
21
Hodie nobis de caelo  [2'14]  Dom Pedro de Cristo (c1550-1618) LatinEnglish
Westminster Cathedral Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor)
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Quem pastores laudavere  [6'24]  Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) LatinEnglish
Westminster Cathedral Choir, The Parley of Instruments, David Hill (conductor)
23
God is with us 'A Christmas proclamation'  [5'26]  Sir John Tavener (b1944) EnglishFrançaisDeutsch English Français Deutsch
St George's Chapel Choir Windsor, Christopher Robinson (conductor), James Oxley (tenor), Roger Judd (organ)
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