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Wexford Carol

First line:
Good people all, this Christmas time
composer
Anonymous - traditional
traditional Irish carol
arranger
John Rutter (b1945)
author of text
Anonymous - traditional

 
This lovely Irish carol first became widely known when Vaughan Williams included it in The Oxford Book of Carols in 1928; it had been noted down and sent to him by Dr W H Gratton Flood, who heard it sung in Wexford. The present arrangement was made in 1978, for inclusion in Carols for Choirs 3.

from notes by Collegium Records © 2002

Recordings

Rutter: The John Rutter Christmas Album
The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter (conductor)
CSCD510Download only

Details

Stephen Varcoe (baritone), The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter (conductor)
Track 1 on CSCD510 [3'58] Download only

Track-specific metadata for CSCD510 track 1

Artists
Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
The Cambridge Singers
City of London Sinfonia
John Rutter (conductor)
ISRC
GB-AKR-93-12108
Duration
3'58
Recording date
0 April 1993
Recording venue
Great Hall, University College School, London, United Kingdom
Recording producer
Jillian White
Recording engineer
Campbell Hughes
Hyperion usage
  1. Rutter: The John Rutter Christmas Album (CSCD510)
    Disc 1 Track 1
    Release date: November 2002
    Download only

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