This brand new Christmas album from The King’s Singers features 25 tracks covering everything from contemporary choral gems and folk songs through to well-loved carols. Dotted throughout the album are several of the most famous English church carols, which take The King’s Singers right back to their earliest singing days, and which also reflect the group’s heritage at King’s College, Cambridge. In Christmas Carols with The King’s Singers, the group bottle that frosty, moonlit, fireside Christmas wonder and pour it into their sound.
Track Listing
- Balulalow James Burton
- Gaudete! (Rejoice!) Traditional, arr. Brian Kay
- O little town of Bethlehem Traditional, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, Patrick Dunachie
- Tomorrow shall be my dancing day David Willcocks
- The Shepherd’s Carol Bob Chilcott
- La filadora (The spinner) Traditional Catalan, arr. Goff Richards
- The quiet heart June Collin
- Hodie Christus natus est (Christ is born today) Plainchant
- Ding! Dong! Merrily on high Thoinot Arbeau, arr. Charles Wood
- O, do not move John Tavener
- O magnum mysterium (O great mystery) Tomas Luis da Victoria
- Once in royal David’s City Henry John Gauntlett and Arthur Henry Mann, ad. Nick Ashby
- Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht Johann Sebastian Bach
- Julebudet til dem, der bygge Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, arr. Bo Holten
- Gabriel’s Message Traditional, arr. Edgar Pettman
- Hymne à la Vièrge (Hymn to the Virgin) Pierre Villette
- The little road to Bethlehem Michael Head, arr. Grayston Ives
- Dormi, dormi (Sleep, sleep) Traditional, arr. Guy Turner
- Nit de vetlla (A night of watching) Traditional Catalan, arr. Goff Richards
- Wither’s Rocking Hymn Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. Christopher Bruerton
- Jul, jul, strålande jul (Christmas, Christmas, brilliant Christmas) Gustaf Nordqvist
- The Lute-Book Lullaby Anonymous, arr. Geoffrey Shaw
- Qui creavit caelum (He by whom the heavens were made) (Song of the Nuns of Chester) Plainchant
- L’Adieu des Bergers (The Shepherd’s Farewell) Hector Berlioz, arr. Christopher Bruerton
- Fröhliche Weihnacht überall (Merry Christmas all around) Traditional, arr. Matthias Bucher
