Christmas Carols From Tewkesbury Abbey / Andrew Sackett

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
November 10, 1994
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Tewkesbury Abbey Choir
    • PERFORMER
      Andrew, Anonymous, Sackett
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 10, 1994
    • UPC
      730099407724
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8553077
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Christmas / Chanukkah
    Works ⌄

    1. The First Nowell (arr. D. Willcocks for choir and organ)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Tewkesbury Abbey Choir

      Performer: Anonymous

      Conductor: Andrew Sackett

    2. Gabriel's Message (arr. David Willcocks)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Tewkesbury Abbey Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Sackett

    3. A maiden most gentle (arr. Andrew Carter)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Tewkesbury Abbey Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Sackett

    4. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (arr. David Willcocks)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Tewkesbury Abbey Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Sackett

    5. Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (arr. David Willcocks)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Tewkesbury Abbey Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Sackett

    6. Sans Day Carol (arr. John Rutter)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Tewkesbury Abbey Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Sackett

    7. The Shepherds' Cradle-Song (arr. Charles Macpherson)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Tewkesbury Abbey Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Sackett

    8. Karl Leuner: Come, O Come Emmanuel (arr. David Willcocks)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Tewkesbury Abbey Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Sackett

    9. The Holly and the Ivy (arr. H. Walford Davies)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Tewkesbury Abbey Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Sackett

    10. The Shepherds' Farewell

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: Tewkesbury Abbey Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Sackett

    11. Christians Awake

      Composer: John Wainwright

      Ensemble: Tewkesbury Abbey Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Sackett

    12. The Truth From Above (arr. R.V. Williams)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Tewkesbury Abbey Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Sackett

    13. Angels from the realms of glory (arr. David Wilcocks)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Tewkesbury Abbey Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Sackett

    14. Quelle est cette odeur agreable (arr. David Wilcocks)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Tewkesbury Abbey Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Sackett

    15. Adam lay y-bounden

      Composer: Boris Ord

      Ensemble: Tewkesbury Abbey Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Sackett

    16. As with gladness men of Old (abridged by W.H. Monk)

      Composer: Conrad Kocher

      Ensemble: Tewkesbury Abbey Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Sackett

    17. I saw a maiden (arr. E. Pettman)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Tewkesbury Abbey Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Sackett

    18. Good King Wenceslas (arr. Reginald Jaques)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Tewkesbury Abbey Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Sackett

    19. The Little Road To Bethlehem

      Composer: Michael Head

      Ensemble: Tewkesbury Abbey Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Sackett

    20. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arr. David Willcocks)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Tewkesbury Abbey Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Sackett


Traditionally carols were not necessarily confined to the Christmas season, but were dance-songs. The dancers of K�lbigk, indeed, found themselves in difficulties with the Church, condemned by an angry priest to dance for a whole year, as a punishment for their neglect of religious duties, carolling at an inappropriate time in the churchyard. Nevertheless, even in the Middle Ages, there were carols specifically for Christmas, the season with which nowadays these songs are most closely associated. It has become the fashion to use very considerable technical and musical skill in the arrangement of essentially simple and popular music for the kind of sophisticated performance to be found in the major English choral foundations, and on these arrangements composers annually use much ingenuity and artifice. The Tewkesbury Abbey carols open with The first Nowell, in an arrangement by Sir David Willcocks, a musician well known for his long association with King's College, Cambridge, and it's choir, and with the London Bach Choir. The series continues with another David Willcocks arrangement, this time of an old Basque carol, with well known words by S. Baring-Gould, Gabriel's Message. Other fine arrangements by David Willcocks include a version of the popular While shepherds watched their flocks, from Thomas East's 1592 publication, The Whole Booke of Psalmes with their Wonted Tunes, as they are sung in Churches. The Polish carol Infant holy, infant lowly is included, with the fifteenth century French Franciscan processional Come, o come Emmanuel. Two other French carols arranged by David Willcocks are Angels from the realms of glory and Quelle est cette odeur agr�able? (Whence is that goodly fragrance flowings?), the latter sung here in French. A final arrangement by David Willcocks in the present collection is of the traditional English watchman's song God rest ye merry, gentlemen.