CD 1 [CRD3443] Carols from New College
O come all ye faithful (hymn) · Ord, Adam lay y bounden, · Richard Rodney Bennett, Out of your sleep · Trad, The Angel Gabriel · Howells, A spotless rose · Trad arr Wood, Ding dong merrily on high · Darke, In the bleak midwinter · Trad arr Walford Davies, The holly and the ivy · Trad arr Carter, I wonder as I wander · A babe is born · Trad arr Willcocks, Sussex carol · Trad arr V-Williams, This is the truth · Trad arr Wood, A virgin most pure · Howells, Here is the little door · Wishart, Alleluya a new work is come on hand · Leighton, Lully lulla, thou little tiny child · Pearsall, In dulci jubilo · Joubert, There is no rose of such virtue · Trad arr Higginbottom, Rocking carol · Matthias, Wassail carol · Once in Royal David’s city (hymn)
CD 2 [CRD3462] For unto us a Child is born
Hark the herald Angels sing (hymn) · Handel (Messiah), For unto us a child is born · Gruber, Silent Night · Byrd, O magnum mysterium · Schütz, Hodie Christus natus est · Angelus ad virginem · Poulenc, O magnum mysterium; Hodie Christus natus est · Trad arr Higginbottom, This is the truth sent from above · Poulenc, Quem vidistis; Videntes stellam · Dandrieu, Noël X (organ) · Schein, Quem vidistis · Lassus, Videntes stellam · Tra arr Pettman, Sing lullaby · Puer natus · Johnston, Lute-book lullaby · Of the Father’s heart begotten (hymn)
CD 3 [CRD3490] A Ceremony of Carols
Britten, A Ceremony of Carols · Howells, Long, long ago · Richard Rodney Bennett, Out of your sleep arise and wake · Holst, Four old English carols · Leighton, Lully, lulla · Warlock, Bethlehem Down · Richard Rodney Bennett, What sweeter music · Joubert, There is no rose · H Diack Johnstone, I sing of a maiden · H K Andrews, Before Dawn · Carter, There is no rose · Joubert, Torches · Wishart, Alleluya, a new work is come on hand