Favourite Carols from King's

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The choir's glory remains its boy trebles, whose gleaming descants, vibrato-free production and tonal freshness are invariably the icing on the cake in these typically polished, debonair performances. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 27th Oct 2014
Catalogue No: KGS0007
Label: Kings College
Length: 78 minutes

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Gauntlett: Once In Royal David's City (Desc. by Philip Ledger)

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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, Adam Banwell, Douglas Tang

XVI Century French: Ding! Dong! Merrily on High (Arr. Charles Wood)

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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury

trad.: Herefordshire Carol (Arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams)

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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury

Ord: Adam lay ybounden

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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury

trad.: Sussex Carol (Arr. Philip Ledger)

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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, Tom Etheridge

anon.: In dulci jubilo

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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury

Holford: Joy to the World (Arr. Hugh Keyte & Andrew Parrott)

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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury

trad.: Gabriel's Message (Arr. Edgar Pettman)

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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury

trad.: The Holly and the Ivy

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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, Joel Williams, Sam Landman, Barnaby May, Rupert Peacock, Robert Busiakiewicz

trad.: O Little Town of Bethlehem (Arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, Desc. Thomas Armstrong)

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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, Tom Etheridge

Howells: A Spotless Rose

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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, Joel Williams

Chilcott: A Shepherd's Carol

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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury

trad.: Angels from the Realms of Glory (Arr. Reginald Jacques)

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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury

Gruber, F: Silent Night

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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, Douglas Tang

Arthur Sullivan, English traditional: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (Arr. Arthur Sullivan, Desc. Stephen Cleobury)

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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, Tom Etheridge

Darke: In the Bleak Midwinter

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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, Hugo Herman-Wilson, Douglas Tang

trad.: I Saw Three Ships (Arr. Simon Preston)

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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, Adam Banwell, Joel Williams, Douglas Tang

Este's Psalter, 1592: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (Desc. by Stephen Cleobury)

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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, Douglas Tang

Cornelius: The Three Kings (Arr. Ivor Atkins): Die Könige (Arr. Atkins)

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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, Henry Hawkesworth

XV Century, anonymous: Coventry Carol

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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury

trad.: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (Arr. David Willcocks)

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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, Tom Etheridge

Kirkpatrick: Away In a Manger (Arr. David Willcocks)

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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury

Rutter: All bells in paradise

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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, Parker Ramsay

Mendelssohn: Hark! the herald angels sing

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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, Douglas Tang

Wade, J F: O come, all ye faithful

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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, Douglas Tang

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With their annual Christmas broadcasts, the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge has become a centrepiece of the yuletide tradition for families around the world.

For 2014, the choir is delighted to release the first collection of favourite carols on its own label, recorded in the magnificent acoustic of King’s College Chapel on CD.

'Favourite Carols from King’s' is a collection of the most popular carols featured in the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols over the years. Highlights include 'Once in Royal David’s City', with the opening verse sung by treble Adam Banwell, 'In the Bleak Midwinter', solo performed by bass Hugo Herman-Wilson and 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing'. It provides at once a survey of the King’s Christmas tradition and a snapshot of the choir as it is today.

The album is the acclaimed label’s sixth release, joining other successfully received recordings such as the debut release ‘Nine Lessons and Carols’ which reached number 2 in the UK Specialist Classical Chart, ‘Mozart Requiem Realisations’ ****/**** from BBC Music Magazine, and ‘Britten St Nicolas’ which received 5 stars in the Financial Times.

The album’s release will be accompanied by an extensive international press and marketing campaign. The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge will perform Bach’s 'Magnificat' at The Chapel, Cambridge, on the 12th November 2014, with the OAE,and again at the Barbican, London, on the 6th December 2014, conducted by Stephen Cleobury. On the 16th and 17th December the Choir and Stephen Cleobury will appear in Edinburgh's Usher Hall, performing Christmas music including Poulenc’s 'Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël'. The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge is one of the world’s foremost choirs and amongst the most widely heard. It owes its existence to King Henry VI, who envisaged the daily singing of services in his magnificent chapel. This remains the Choir’s raison d’être, and is an important part of the lives of its 16 choristers, who are educated at King’s College School, and the 14 choral scholars and two organ scholars, who study a variety of subjects in the College. The Choir has produced numerous professional singers including James Gilchrist, Christopher Purves and Gerald Finley.

Reviews

Christmas 2014

The choir's glory remains its boy trebles, whose gleaming descants, vibrato-free production and tonal freshness are invariably the icing on the cake in these typically polished, debonair performances.

December 2014

exactly what one would hope for...Throughout, the singing is immaculate and full of unexaggerated expression.

5th December 2014

If you want a disc of well-loved carols and one which offers the 'imprimatur' of the King's College Choir then this disc will serve you well. The choir is on fine form, the three Organ Scholars between them provide expert accompaniments to many of the carols and the performances have been well recorded…a generous selection of mostly traditional seasonal fare…satisfyingly performed.

21st December 2014

King’s Choir is clearly in excellent shape.

klassik.com

‘The recordings are of outstanding musical quality…[Cleobury] cultivates an extremely differentiated dynamic design with nuanced pianissimo passages, colored tutti passages and vocal phrasing.

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