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Track(s) taken from CDA66668

O come, all ye faithful – Adeste fideles

First line:
O come, all ye faithful
composer
John Francis Wade (c1711-1786)
probable composer
composer
Sir Philip Ledger (1937-2012)
last verse descant
author of text
John Francis Wade (c1711-1786)
possible author of Latin words
translator of text
Frederick Oakeley (1802-1880)

Westminster Cathedral Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor), Iain Simcock (organ)
Recording details: June 1993
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: October 1993
Total duration: 3 minutes 50 seconds
 

Other recordings available for download

Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks (conductor), Charles Matthews (organ)

Reviews

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

‘A model of its kind’ (The Times)

‘Celestial’ (San Francisco Examiner)
O come, all ye faithful is a hymn on the Prose for Christmas Day and should properly be sung between the Gradual and the Gospel. The original words and melody are attributed to John Francis Wade (1711–1786) who was a member of the teaching staff of the Roman Catholic English College at Douai, a French town on the river Scarpe in the Nord department. The text was first printed in the 1760 edition of Evening Offices of the Church, the tune in Samuel Webbe’s An Essay on the Church Plain Chant, published in 1782. The present descant is by Philip Ledger.

from notes by Wadham Sutton © 1993

Other albums featuring this work

On Christmas night
Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks (conductor)
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