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- Original Release Date: 9 Mar 2009
- Format - Music: MP3
- Compatible with MP3 Players (including with iPod®), iTunes, Windows Media Player
- Also available in CD Format
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| Song Title | Artist | Time | Price | |||
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| Play | 1. Once in royal David's city | Choir Of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury/Benjamin Bayl/Edward Moore/Congregation | 4:44 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 2. Bidding Prayer | Revd Dr George Pattison | 3:24 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 3. Up! good Christen folk, and listen (tune from Piae Cantiones, 1582) | Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury | 1:18 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 4. The Truth from Above | Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury | 2:30 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 5. First Lesson (Genesis 3) | Timothy Boarer | 2:19 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 6. Adam lay ybounden | Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury | 1:09 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 7. Second Lesson (Genesis 22) | Maurice MacSweeney | 0:59 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 8. Sussex Carol (On Christmas night all Christians sing) | Choir Of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury/Benjamin Bayl | 1:46 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 9. In the bleak mid-winter | Thomas Bullard/Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Benjamin Bayl/Stephen Cleobury | 4:26 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 10. Third Lesson (Isaiah 9) | Alice Weeks | 1:01 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 11. In Dulci Jubilo. | Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury | 3:15 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 12. God rest you merry, gentlemen | Choir Of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury/Benjamin Bayl/Congregation | 3:35 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 13. Fourth Lesson (Isaiah 11) | David Humphries | 1:22 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 14. A Tender Shoot | Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury | 1:47 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 15. The Lamb | Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury | 3:32 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 16. Fifth Lesson (St Luke 1) | Stephen Cleobury | 2:12 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 17. Gabriel's Message | Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury | 2:31 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 18. Joys Seven | Choir Of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury/Benjamin Bayl/Edward Harries | 2:57 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 19. Sixth Lesson (St Luke 2) | Revd Dr Emma Hebblethwaite | 1:18 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 20. Dormi, Jesu | Choir Of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury/Benjamin Bayl | 4:29 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 21. Riu, riu, chiu | Choir Of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury/Julian Perkins | 2:09 | £0.89 | ||
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| Song Title | Artist | Time | Price | |||
| Play | 1. Seventh Lesson (St Luke 2) | Peter Jones | 1:57 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 2. The Fayrfax Carol | Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury | 4:28 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 3. While shepherds watched (from East's Psalter, 1592) | Choir Of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury/Benjamin Bayl/Congregation | 2:53 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 4. Eighth Lesson (St Matthew 2) | Dr John Barber | 2:31 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 5. I saw three ships | Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Edward Moore/Adrian Kelly/Stephen Cleobury | 1:35 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 6. Illuminare, Jerusalem | Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury | 2:11 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 7. Ninth Lesson (St John 1) | Prof. Patrick Bateson | 2:14 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 8. O come, all ye faithful (Adeste fideles) (descant & last verse Cleobury) | Choir Of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury/Benjamin Bayl/Congregation | 4:23 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 9. Prayer and Blessing | Revd Dr George Pattison | 1:06 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 10. Hark! the herald angels sing | Choir Of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury/Benjamin Bayl/Congregation | 3:27 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 11. In dulci jubilo BWV729 | Benjamin Bayl | 3:09 | £0.89 | ||
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I can't imagine the luxury of spending Christmas Eve seeing King's College Choir and Cleobury present their Christmas program, called "A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols". This is no ordinary show. Anyone can put on a Christmas program, but this one is so good that words can't describe it. Few choirs can rival King's ability to make Christmas carols remarkable, the Cambridge Singers and Chanticleer being the only ones I can think of. The sound of the choir is phenomenal; the boys in the choir come closer to sounding like angels than any other choir I've heard. In the carols that are so familiar that we could sing along the whole way through, they manage to say something new, which can't be said about all the Christmas CD's I've heard, at least not to the same extent. If you think that the reciting of Scripture is going to be drudgery, you're in for a surprise. There's something heartwarming about hearing the boys and men recite their texts with wonderful British accents. (Yes, I'm American.) The hall makes their voices boom.
Perhaps one of the best things about this disc is that while it features plenty of the old-time traditional carols, it sticks some wonderful new ones on, from Tavener, Rutter, and Ades. Rutter's "Dormi Jesu" knocked me over flat when I heard performed here. The purity of the boy's voices combined with yearning qualities in Rutter's music make this a must, particularly the very ending where Rutter takes us through some captivating harmonic changes. And Ades' Faryfax Carol is stunning in its own way. Much more modern in style than the Rutter, it evokes a world of mystery that is almost scary.
I should quickly comment on the recording quality. Some people pick on EMI for delivering second rate sound. There's times when this is true, but not here. In fact, the sonic thrills on this album make for one of its greatest pluses. The choir is captured wonderfully, balanced wonderfully with the organ. The organ playing by Benjamin Bayl is almost as good as the choir's singing, and I listened spell-bound to it captured in top quality sound.
In closing, this is a fantastic album that should brighten up the busy holiday season. Maybe sometime I'll be fortunate enough to attend this wonderful event live!
Perhaps one of the best things about this disc is that while it features plenty of the old-time traditional carols, it sticks some wonderful new ones on, from Tavener, Rutter, and Ades. Rutter's "Dormi Jesu" knocked me over flat when I heard performed here. The purity of the boy's voices combined with yearning qualities in Rutter's music make this a must, particularly the very ending where Rutter takes us through some captivating harmonic changes. And Ades' Faryfax Carol is stunning in its own way. Much more modern in style than the Rutter, it evokes a world of mystery that is almost scary.
I should quickly comment on the recording quality. Some people pick on EMI for delivering second rate sound. There's times when this is true, but not here. In fact, the sonic thrills on this album make for one of its greatest pluses. The choir is captured wonderfully, balanced wonderfully with the organ. The organ playing by Benjamin Bayl is almost as good as the choir's singing, and I listened spell-bound to it captured in top quality sound.
In closing, this is a fantastic album that should brighten up the busy holiday season. Maybe sometime I'll be fortunate enough to attend this wonderful event live!
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