20 Christmas Carols from St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle [Full Album]
SIDE ONE
0:00 ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID’S CITY
C F Alexander/H J Gauntlett
Descant: C Robinson
Soloist: Jeremy Collin
4:07 HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING
C Wesley, T Whitefield, M Madan etc/Mendelssohn
Descant: C Robinson
7:33 GOD REST YOU MERRY, GENTLEMEN
Trad arr Stainer
Descant: C Robinson
10:06 THE HOLLY AND THE IVY
Trad arr M Shaw
Organ Part & Descant: C Robinson
Soloists: Tristan Rice, Martin Pickering, Oliver Hinton & Martin Denny
13:46 GABRIEL’S MESSAGE
Rev S Baring Gould/Trad arr Rev S Baring Gould, E Pettman
16:30 IT CAME UPON THE MIDNIGHT CLEAR
E H Sears/Trad arr A Sullivan
Descant: C Robinson
19:39 PEOPLE LOOK EAST (CAROL OF THE ADVENT)
E Farjeon/Trad arr M Shaw
21:26 THERE IS NO ROSE OF SUCH VIRTUE
Trad/John Joubert
23:58 AWAY IN A MANGER
Anon/W J Kirkpatrick arr C Robinson
26:27 A STABLE IN BETHLEHEM
Peter Taylor
SIDE TWO
29:50 THE FIRST NOWELL
Trad/Stainer, D Willcocks
33:56 O COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL
Trad arr C Robinson
36:50 ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT (THE SUSSEX CAROL)
Trad arr R Vaughan Williams
38:39 SILENT NIGHT
J Mohr/F Gruber arr D Cashmore
41:25 JESUS CHRIST THE APPLE TREE
Elizabeth Poston
45:05 IN THE BLEAK MID-WINTER
C G Rossetti/G Holst
Soloist: Paul Rickard
47:53 WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED THEIR FLOCKS
N Tate
50:20 DING DONG! MERRILY ON HIGH
G R Woodward/Trad arr C Wood
52:29 IN DULCI JUBILO
Trad/R L Pearsall, R Jacques
56:04 O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM
Bishop Phillips Brooks/Trad arr R Vaughan Williams
Descant: T Armstrong
THE CHOIR OF SAINT GEORGE’S CHAPEL, WINDSOR CASTLE
CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON director
JOHN PORTER organ
Producer: Steve C Smith
Engineer: Mr Bear
Photography: Rory Waters
Design: Quick On The Draw
1984 ORIGINAL SOUND RECORDING MADE BY ABBEY RECORDS, 11 IFFLEY ROAD, OXFORD, ENGLAND
Abbey Records
MVPC 827