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Disc No: AV 2122
Price: Sek. 155 The Gloucester Cathedral Choir follow their imaginative and acclaimed first release on AVIE, In The Beginning ( AV 2072) with a spirited holiday album of traditional and contemporary carols, including famous arrangements by Sir David Willcocks and Sir Philip Ledger, as well as the newly commissioned title track from Richard Rodney Bennett. As the successor to the boys and monks of the Benedictine Abbey, The Gloucester Cathedral Choir boasts a tradition tracing back over 900 years. Henry VIII established their current incarnation, along with the Church of England, in 1539.
Name: I Saw Three Ships
 

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ComposerOpusMusicKey Performer
Moutin, Jean (c.1459 - 1522)   Nesciens Mater   Gloucester Cathedral Choir - Andrew Nethsingha
Robert Houssart, organ
Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873 – 1943)   Ave Maria  
Manz, Paul (b. 1919)   E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come  
Howels, Herbert (1892 – 1983)   A Spotless Rose  
Maconchy, Elizabeth (1907- 1994)   There is no rose  
Bruckner, Anton (1824 – 1896)   Virga Jesse  
Gardner, John (b. 1917)   Tomorrow shall be my dancing day  
Howels, Herbert   Tryste Noel  
Taverner, John (b. 1944)   The Lamb  
  Trad arr. Philip Ledger (b. 1937)   On Christmas night  
  Trad arr. David Willcocks (b. 1919)   Away in a manger  
Bennett, Richard Rodney (b. 1936)   I saw three ships  
Mathias, William (1934 – 1992)   A babe is born  
  Trad arr. Mark Blatchly (b. 1960)   Silent Night  
  Trad arr. Roxanna Panufnik (b. 1968)   Sleep, Little Jesus, Sleep  
  Trad arr. Stephen Jackson (b. 1951)   Noel Nouvelet  
Joubert, John (b. 1927)   Torches  
Warlock, Peter (1894 – 1930)   Bethlehem Down  
  Trad arr. Charles Wood (1866 – 1926)   Ding dong merrily on high  
Vaughan-Williams, Ralph (1872 – 1958)   The Blessed Son of God  
  Trad arr. Arthur Warrell (1900 – 1970)   We wish you a merry Christmas  
Darke, Harold (1888 – 1976)   In the bleak midwinter  
  Trad arr. Willcocks   O come all ye faithful  
  Trad arr. Willcocks   Deck the hall  
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