100 Best Carols

Gareth Morrell King's College Choir Cambridge Sir Philip Ledger

2:31

3 Carol-Anthems: II. A Spotless Rose

3:10

Once in Royal David's City (from "Hymns and Carols of Christmas")

King's College Choir Cambridge Ian Hare Sir David Willcocks

5:12

Personent Hodie

King's College Choir Cambridge Ian Hare Sir David Willcocks

2:41

12 Christmas Carols: No. 8, Myn Lyking, "I saw a fair mayden" (Allegro moderato)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge Ian Hare Sir David Willcocks

3:20

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Christian Hymn for Advent)

King's College Choir Cambridge Ian Hare Sir David Willcocks

3:33

The Holly and the Ivy (British Christmas Carol)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge Sir David Willcocks

3:11

Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Arr. Willcocks, "Silent Night")

Stephen Varcoe King's College Choir Cambridge Sir David Willcocks

3:06

While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (Christmas Carol, arr. David Willcocks)

King's College Choir Cambridge Sir David Willcocks John Wells

2:53

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (arr. David Willcocks)

King's College Choir Cambridge Sir David Willcocks John Wells

3:32

The Lord at first Did Adam Make (Arr. by David Willcocks)

King's College Choir Cambridge Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Ian Hare Sir David Willcocks

4:11

Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (After Mendelssohn's Gutenberg Cantata, WoO 9, MWV D4)

3:17

Shepherd's Pipe Carol

Clare College Singers Clare College Orchestra

2:54

Infant Holy, Infant Lowly

3:15

Angel Tidings

Clare College Singers Clare College Orchestra Jeremy Blandford John Rutter

1:44

Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (French Christmas Carol from the 17th Century)

3:25

I Saw Three Ships: "I saw three ships come sailing in" (English Christmas Carol)

2:05

Nativity Carol

Clare College Singers Clare College Orchestra Jeremy Blandford John Rutter

4:10

Quem pastores laudavere (from "Hohenfurth Manuscript, 1410")

2:24

Hajej, nynjej, "Rocking Carol": "Hajej, nynej, Jezisku, Jezisku" (Czech Carol)

Roger Garland Clare College Singers Clare College Orchestra Jeremy Blandford John Rutter

3:52

Here We Come A-wassailing, "Wassail Song" (English Christmas Carol)

Clare College Singers Clare College Orchestra Jeremy Blandford John Rutter

4:09

The Coming of our King (After a Polish Carol)

2:40

The Infant King (Old Basque Noël)

Clare College Singers Clare College Orchestra Jeremy Blandford John Rutter

3:09

Shepherds' Noël (Catalan Carol)

Simon Vaughan Clare College Singers Clare College Orchestra Jeremy Blandford John Rutter

3:07

Noël Nouvelet

Clare College Singers Clare College Orchestra Jeremy Blandford John Rutter

3:32

Gabriel's Message (Basque Carol)

Simon Vaughan Clare College Singers Clare College Orchestra Jeremy Blandford John Rutter

3:51

Sans Day Carol, "St. Day Carol": "Now the holly bears a berry" (Cornish Christmas Carol)

Clare College Singers Clare College Orchestra Jeremy Blandford John Rutter

3:20

Past Three O'Clock, "Past Three A Clock" (English Carol)

2:29

The Suffolk Harmony, 1784: No. 1, Shiloh, "Methinks I see a heavenly host"

Taverner Consort Taverner Players Andrew Parrott

2:58

Los que fueron de buen gusto, Xácara in D Minor

4:16

The Singing Master's Assistant, 1778: No. 6, Judea, "A virgin unspotted"

3:19

The Babe of Bethlehem: "Ye Nations All, On You I Call"

2:40

Thys Endris Nygth: "The other night I saw a sight" (English Carol from the 15th Century)

4:45

Ríu Ríu Chíu - Spanish Villancico, No. 46, from "Cancionero de Uppsala": "Riu, riu, chiu, la guarda ribera"

3:28

Christum wir sollen loben schon

3:02

Gaudete, Christus est natus (from "Jistebnice Cantional, 1420")

1:44

In hoc anni circulo (Christmas Carol)

Andrew Parrott Leigh Nixon Nicolas Robertson Taverner Choir Taverner Consort

2:21

Traditional: Alleluya! A Nywe Werk Is Come on Honde! (Christmas Carol)

5:50

The Old Year Now Away Is Fled (Carol for New Year's Day)

Taverner Consort

1:51

Hodie nobis coelorum rex, a 4, P. 92

Taverner Consort Taverner Choir Andrew Parrott

3:24

Audite principes a 16, C. 123

Taverner Consort Taverner Choir Taverner Players Andrew Parrott

6:17

Musae Sioniae, Theil 2: No. 5, In dulci jubilo, a 16 (Pt. 2)

Taverner Choir Taverner Consort Taverner Players Andrew Parrott

3:42

The Little Drummer Boy

2:41

El nino querido

2:47

The Gift

2:09

Schlichte Weisen, Op. 76: No. 52, Mariä Wiegenlied, "Maria sitzt am Rosenhag" (Allegretto)

Barbara Hendricks Eric Ericsons Kammarkör

2:26

Go Tell It on the Mountain (Arr. Ekdahl)

3:32

Joy to the World (Based on Themes by G. F. Handel)

Hermann Prey Tölzer Knabenchor Symphonie Orchester Graunke Munchen Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden

1:56

Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, Act III: No. 32e, "Tochter Zion"

3:08

Zu Bethlehem geboren (German Carol from "Geistlicher Psalter, Köln, 1638")

Hermann Prey Tölzer Knabenchor Symphonie Orchester Graunke Munchen Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden

2:21

Mary's Little Boy Child

4:39

Shchedryk (Arr. James Brett)

3:22

Il est né, le divin Enfant (Arr. Jonathan Tunick)

Jonathan Tunick

2:39

Cantique de Noël, "Minuit, chrétiens"

Roberto Alagna

3:41

Marche des Rois: "De-matin, ai rescountra lou trin" (French Carol)

2:48

Noël des îles

4:44

Chanson joyeuse de Noël, a 4: "Le petit Jésus, Sauveur adorable"

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Ambrosian Singers Philharmonia Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras

5:53

Weihnachtslieder: No. 1, Weihnachten, "Leise weht's durch alle Lande" (Arr. Mackerras)

3:11

Von Himmel hoch (Arr. Mackerras)

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Ambrosian Singers Philharmonia Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras

3:15

In the Bleak Midwinter (Arr. Jonathan Tunick)

Kiri Te Kanawa Roberto Alagna Abbey Road Ensemble Jonathan Tunick

3:49

O Tannenbaum (Arr. Glenn Osser)

Jonathan Tunick Roberto Alagna Thomas Hampson

2:28

The Twelve Days of Christmas (Arr. Jonathan Tunick)

Kiri Te Kanawa Roberto Alagna Thomas Hampson London Voices Abbey Road Ensemble Jonathan Tunick

4:19

God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

Huddersfield Choral Society Brian Kay David Bell Owain Arwel Hughes

2:14

Good King Wenceslas (Tune based on a 13th-Century Spring Carol)

2:28

We Three Kings, "We Three Kings of Orient Are" (Christmas Carol)

Huddersfield Choral Society Brian Kay David Bell Owain Arwel Hughes

3:07

Angels from the Realms of Glory (arr. Charles Wood of French Carol "Les Anges dans nos campagnes")

Huddersfield Choral Society Brian Kay David Bell Owain Arwel Hughes

3:09

As with Gladness Men of Old (After Conrad Kocher's "Treuer Heiland", arr. William Henry Monk)

2:29

The Coventry Carol

2:34

The Yorkshire Wassail Song: "Oh, Here We Come a Wassailing"

2:34

Masters in This Hall (French Carol)

4:02

See amid the Winter's Snow, "Hymn for Christmas Day"

3:46

Sussex Carol: "On Christmas night all Christians sing" (Christmas Carol) [Arr. Philip Ledger]

1:42

Ding Dong! Merrily on High

Sir David Willcocks

1:55

O Jesulein süss, BWV 493 (Chorale Version)

2:52

5 English Folk Songs: No. 5, Wassail Song

2:54

Carol with Lullaby

Hallé Choir Ronald Frost Maurice Handford

3:21

Cowboy Carol: "There'll be a new world beginning' from t'night!"

3:21

L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25, H. 130, Pt. 2: No. 8, Adieu des bergers à la Sainte-Famille, "Il s'en va loin de la terre" (Les Bergers)

Halle Orchestra Maurice Handford Hallé Choir Ronald Frost

4:44

We Wish You a Merry Christmas (West Country)

Halle Orchestra Maurice Handford Hallé Choir Ronald Frost

1:38

Nowell Sing We Now All and Some

Choir of King's College, Cambridge Sir David Willcocks

1:49

And All in the Morning

Choir of King's College, Cambridge Sir David Willcocks

2:16

I Saw a Maiden (After a Basque Noel, arr. Edgar Pettman)

3:05

"Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem" (Arr. by Willcocks)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge Sir Andrew Davis Sir David Willcocks

2:28

Where Riches is Everlastingly: "Into this world this day did come"

2:48

How Far is It to Bethlehem? (Arr. by Willcocks)

2:13

"Of the father's heart begotten" (Arr. by Willcocks)

King's College Choir Cambridge Ian Hare Sir David Willcocks

5:05

Resonet in laudibus (14th-Century Carol from the "Moosburg Gradual of 1360")

1:55

The Shepherds' Cradle Song

3:40

Quittez, pasteurs: "Quittez, pasteurs, vos brebis, vos houlettes" (Arr. by Rutter)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge Timothy Byram-Wigfield Sir Philip Ledger

3:40

Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child, Op. 25b, "Coventry Carol"

2:53

Melismata: No. 23, "Remember, O Thou Man"

3:19

Cantiones Sacrae: No. 13, Hodie Christus natus est, SwWV 163

3:50

Hosanna to the Son of David, a 6

Choir of King's College, Cambridge Sir David Willcocks Sir Andrew Davis Douglas Whittaker

3:14

Angelus ad virginem, "Gabriel, From Heven King" (Carol from the 13th Century)

2:38

Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (English Carol)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge Sir Andrew Davis Douglas Whittaker Christopher van Kampen Sir David Willcocks

2:04

100

O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)

King's College Choir Cambridge Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Ian Hare Sir David Willcocks

4:47

The First Nowell (Arr. Mackerras)

King's College Choir Cambridge Francis Grier Sir Philip Ledger

4:56

Away in a Manger

Choir of King's College, Cambridge Sir Philip Ledger

2:10

Up! Good Christen folk and listen: "Ding-dong, ding, ding-a-dong-a-ding" (from "Piae Cantiones", 1582)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge Sir Philip Ledger

1:18

O Little Town of Bethlehem (Arr. Philip Ledger)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge Sir Philip Ledger

3:31

"I sing of a maiden"

Gareth Morrell King's College Choir Cambridge Sir Philip Ledger

2:31

3 Carol-Anthems: II. A Spotless Rose

3:10

Once in Royal David's City (from "Hymns and Carols of Christmas")

King's College Choir Cambridge Ian Hare Sir David Willcocks

5:12

Personent Hodie

King's College Choir Cambridge Ian Hare Sir David Willcocks

2:41

12 Christmas Carols: No. 8, Myn Lyking, "I saw a fair mayden" (Allegro moderato)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge Ian Hare Sir David Willcocks

3:20

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Christian Hymn for Advent)

King's College Choir Cambridge Ian Hare Sir David Willcocks

3:33

The Holly and the Ivy (British Christmas Carol)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge Sir David Willcocks

3:11

Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Arr. Willcocks, "Silent Night")

Stephen Varcoe King's College Choir Cambridge Sir David Willcocks

3:06

While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (Christmas Carol, arr. David Willcocks)

King's College Choir Cambridge Sir David Willcocks John Wells

2:53

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (arr. David Willcocks)

King's College Choir Cambridge Sir David Willcocks John Wells

3:32

The Lord at first Did Adam Make (Arr. by David Willcocks)

King's College Choir Cambridge Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Ian Hare Sir David Willcocks

4:11

Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (After Mendelssohn's Gutenberg Cantata, WoO 9, MWV D4)

3:17

Shepherd's Pipe Carol

Clare College Singers Clare College Orchestra

2:54

Infant Holy, Infant Lowly

3:15

Angel Tidings

Clare College Singers Clare College Orchestra Jeremy Blandford John Rutter

1:44

Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (French Christmas Carol from the 17th Century)

3:25

I Saw Three Ships: "I saw three ships come sailing in" (English Christmas Carol)

2:05

Nativity Carol

Clare College Singers Clare College Orchestra Jeremy Blandford John Rutter

4:10

Quem pastores laudavere (from "Hohenfurth Manuscript, 1410")

2:24

Hajej, nynjej, "Rocking Carol": "Hajej, nynej, Jezisku, Jezisku" (Czech Carol)

Roger Garland Clare College Singers Clare College Orchestra Jeremy Blandford John Rutter

3:52

Here We Come A-wassailing, "Wassail Song" (English Christmas Carol)

Clare College Singers Clare College Orchestra Jeremy Blandford John Rutter

4:09

The Coming of our King (After a Polish Carol)

2:40

The Infant King (Old Basque Noël)

Clare College Singers Clare College Orchestra Jeremy Blandford John Rutter

3:09

Shepherds' Noël (Catalan Carol)

Simon Vaughan Clare College Singers Clare College Orchestra Jeremy Blandford John Rutter

3:07

Noël Nouvelet

Clare College Singers Clare College Orchestra Jeremy Blandford John Rutter

3:32

Gabriel's Message (Basque Carol)

Simon Vaughan Clare College Singers Clare College Orchestra Jeremy Blandford John Rutter

3:51

Sans Day Carol, "St. Day Carol": "Now the holly bears a berry" (Cornish Christmas Carol)

Clare College Singers Clare College Orchestra Jeremy Blandford John Rutter

3:20

Past Three O'Clock, "Past Three A Clock" (English Carol)

2:29

The Suffolk Harmony, 1784: No. 1, Shiloh, "Methinks I see a heavenly host"

Taverner Consort Taverner Players Andrew Parrott

2:58

Los que fueron de buen gusto, Xácara in D Minor

4:16

The Singing Master's Assistant, 1778: No. 6, Judea, "A virgin unspotted"

3:19

The Babe of Bethlehem: "Ye Nations All, On You I Call"

2:40

Thys Endris Nygth: "The other night I saw a sight" (English Carol from the 15th Century)

4:45

Ríu Ríu Chíu - Spanish Villancico, No. 46, from "Cancionero de Uppsala": "Riu, riu, chiu, la guarda ribera"

3:28

Christum wir sollen loben schon

3:02

Gaudete, Christus est natus (from "Jistebnice Cantional, 1420")

1:44

In hoc anni circulo (Christmas Carol)

Andrew Parrott Leigh Nixon Nicolas Robertson Taverner Choir Taverner Consort

2:21

Traditional: Alleluya! A Nywe Werk Is Come on Honde! (Christmas Carol)

5:50

The Old Year Now Away Is Fled (Carol for New Year's Day)

Taverner Consort

1:51

Hodie nobis coelorum rex, a 4, P. 92

Taverner Consort Taverner Choir Andrew Parrott

3:24

Audite principes a 16, C. 123

Taverner Consort Taverner Choir Taverner Players Andrew Parrott

6:17

Musae Sioniae, Theil 2: No. 5, In dulci jubilo, a 16 (Pt. 2)

Taverner Choir Taverner Consort Taverner Players Andrew Parrott

3:42

The Little Drummer Boy

2:41

El nino querido

2:47

The Gift

2:09

Schlichte Weisen, Op. 76: No. 52, Mariä Wiegenlied, "Maria sitzt am Rosenhag" (Allegretto)

Barbara Hendricks Eric Ericsons Kammarkör

2:26

Go Tell It on the Mountain (Arr. Ekdahl)

3:32

Joy to the World (Based on Themes by G. F. Handel)

Hermann Prey Tölzer Knabenchor Symphonie Orchester Graunke Munchen Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden

1:56

Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, Act III: No. 32e, "Tochter Zion"

3:08

Zu Bethlehem geboren (German Carol from "Geistlicher Psalter, Köln, 1638")

Hermann Prey Tölzer Knabenchor Symphonie Orchester Graunke Munchen Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden

2:21

Mary's Little Boy Child

4:39

Shchedryk (Arr. James Brett)

3:22

Il est né, le divin Enfant (Arr. Jonathan Tunick)

Jonathan Tunick

2:39

Cantique de Noël, "Minuit, chrétiens"

Roberto Alagna

3:41

Marche des Rois: "De-matin, ai rescountra lou trin" (French Carol)

2:48

Noël des îles

4:44

Chanson joyeuse de Noël, a 4: "Le petit Jésus, Sauveur adorable"

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Ambrosian Singers Philharmonia Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras

5:53

Weihnachtslieder: No. 1, Weihnachten, "Leise weht's durch alle Lande" (Arr. Mackerras)

3:11

Von Himmel hoch (Arr. Mackerras)

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Ambrosian Singers Philharmonia Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras

3:15

In the Bleak Midwinter (Arr. Jonathan Tunick)

Kiri Te Kanawa Roberto Alagna Abbey Road Ensemble Jonathan Tunick

3:49

O Tannenbaum (Arr. Glenn Osser)

Jonathan Tunick Roberto Alagna Thomas Hampson

2:28

The Twelve Days of Christmas (Arr. Jonathan Tunick)

Kiri Te Kanawa Roberto Alagna Thomas Hampson London Voices Abbey Road Ensemble Jonathan Tunick

4:19

God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen

Huddersfield Choral Society Brian Kay David Bell Owain Arwel Hughes

2:14

Good King Wenceslas (Tune based on a 13th-Century Spring Carol)

2:28

We Three Kings, "We Three Kings of Orient Are" (Christmas Carol)

Huddersfield Choral Society Brian Kay David Bell Owain Arwel Hughes

3:07

Angels from the Realms of Glory (arr. Charles Wood of French Carol "Les Anges dans nos campagnes")

Huddersfield Choral Society Brian Kay David Bell Owain Arwel Hughes

3:09

As with Gladness Men of Old (After Conrad Kocher's "Treuer Heiland", arr. William Henry Monk)

2:29

The Coventry Carol

2:34

The Yorkshire Wassail Song: "Oh, Here We Come a Wassailing"

2:34

Masters in This Hall (French Carol)

4:02

See amid the Winter's Snow, "Hymn for Christmas Day"

3:46

Sussex Carol: "On Christmas night all Christians sing" (Christmas Carol) [Arr. Philip Ledger]

1:42

Ding Dong! Merrily on High

Sir David Willcocks

1:55

O Jesulein süss, BWV 493 (Chorale Version)

2:52

5 English Folk Songs: No. 5, Wassail Song

2:54

Carol with Lullaby

Hallé Choir Ronald Frost Maurice Handford

3:21

Cowboy Carol: "There'll be a new world beginning' from t'night!"

3:21

L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25, H. 130, Pt. 2: No. 8, Adieu des bergers à la Sainte-Famille, "Il s'en va loin de la terre" (Les Bergers)

Halle Orchestra Maurice Handford Hallé Choir Ronald Frost

4:44

We Wish You a Merry Christmas (West Country)

Halle Orchestra Maurice Handford Hallé Choir Ronald Frost

1:38

Nowell Sing We Now All and Some

Choir of King's College, Cambridge Sir David Willcocks

1:49

And All in the Morning

Choir of King's College, Cambridge Sir David Willcocks

2:16

I Saw a Maiden (After a Basque Noel, arr. Edgar Pettman)

3:05

"Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem" (Arr. by Willcocks)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge Sir Andrew Davis Sir David Willcocks

2:28

Where Riches is Everlastingly: "Into this world this day did come"

2:48

How Far is It to Bethlehem? (Arr. by Willcocks)

2:13

"Of the father's heart begotten" (Arr. by Willcocks)

King's College Choir Cambridge Ian Hare Sir David Willcocks

5:05

Resonet in laudibus (14th-Century Carol from the "Moosburg Gradual of 1360")

1:55

The Shepherds' Cradle Song

3:40

Quittez, pasteurs: "Quittez, pasteurs, vos brebis, vos houlettes" (Arr. by Rutter)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge Timothy Byram-Wigfield Sir Philip Ledger

3:40

Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child, Op. 25b, "Coventry Carol"

2:53

Melismata: No. 23, "Remember, O Thou Man"

3:19

Cantiones Sacrae: No. 13, Hodie Christus natus est, SwWV 163

3:50

Hosanna to the Son of David, a 6