1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in 4 3/4 in digital optical 1.4 m/s stereo digital recording
Other Title:
Bransle de l'official; arranged In dulci jubilo; arranged Quelle est cette odeur agréable?; arranged Gabriel's message; arranged Deck the hall with boughs of holly (Song); arranged Mendelssohn (Hymn tune)
Notes:
Program notes by Rutter with lyrics (14 p. : port.) inserted in container Recording produced by Chris Hazell The Bach Choir ; David Hill, director ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Clio Gould, leader ; John Birch, organ ; guest artists, Over the Bridge ; John Rutter, conductor Recorded in Henry Wood Hall, London, Jan. 2011; organ recorded in the Royal Albert Hall, London, Apr. 2011 Compact disc Sung in English, Spanish or Latin
Contents:
Ding dong! merrily on high / French trad. melody ; arr. by Stuart Nicholson (2:44) Colours of Christmas / John Rutter (2:51) In dulci jubilo / German trad. carol ; arr. R. L. Pearsall (3:06) What is this lovely fragrance? / French trad. carol ; arr. Healey Willan (3:17) Away in a manger / W. J. Kirkpatrick ; arr. John Rutter (1:59) Hodie Christus natus est / J. P. Sweelinck ; ed. by David Hill (2:58) Riu, riu, chiu / 16th-century Spanish villancico ; ed. and arr. by the King's Singers (1:21) I wonder as I wander / Appalachian carol ; arr. Bob Chilcott (3:32) Star carol / John Rutter (2:50) Once in royal David's city / H. J. Gauntlett ; arr. by A. H. Mann, James O'Donnell (4:01) Silent night / Josef Mohr ; arr. John Rutter (3:34) In the bleak mid-winter / Harold Darke ; orchestrated by John Rutter (4:08) Gabriel's message / Basque trad. carol ; arr. Edgar Pettman (2:26) O come, all ye faithful / ascribed to J. F. Wade ; arr. David Willcocks, John Rutter (4:10) O holy night / Adolphe Adam ; arr. John Rutter (5:57) A New Year carol / Benjamin Britten (2:05) Joy to the world / Lowell Mason ; arr. John Rutter (2:30) Sleigh ride / Leroy Anderson (3:06) Deck the hall / Welsh trad. carol ; arr. John Rutter (1:38) The Christmas song / Mel Tormé ; arr. John Rutter (3:22) The twelve days of Christmas / English trad. carol ; arr. John Rutter (3:19) Have yourself a merry little Christmas / Hugh Martin ; Ralph Blane ; arr. Peter Knight (2:56) Hark! The herald angels sing / Felix Mendelssohn ; arr. David Willcocks, John Rutter (4:07)