Silent Night –
25 Carols of Peace and Tranquility:

Compilation CD

Label Decc
Code 4587922DX
Released 27 October 2003 (UK) 12 October 1999 (USA)
Number of discs 1
ASIN B00000JPC4

Track Listing

1. Silent Night
Composer  Franz Xaver Gruber (1787 – 1863)
Conductor  Stephen Cleobury
King’s College Choir, Cambridge

2. In the bleak mid-winter
Composer  Harold Edwin Darke (1888 – 1976)
Conductor  Stephen Cleobury
Performer  David Briggs (Organ)
John Bowen (Tenor)
King’s College Choir, Cambridge

3. Child in the Manger
Composer  Traditional
Conductor  John Rutter
Clare College Orchestra

4. Cradle Song
Composer  Traditional
Conductor  John Rutter
Clare College Choir

5. Born on earth the Divine Christ child
Composer  Traditional
Conductor  George Guest
Performer  Stephen Cleobury (Organ)
St. John’s College Choir, Cambridge

6. Away in a manger
Composer  William J. Kirkpatrick
Conductor  George Guest
Performer  Mark Tinkler (Treble)
Stephen Cleobury (Organ)
St. John’s College Choir, Cambridge

7. Shepherd’s Pipe Carol
Composer  John Rutter (1945 – )
Conductor  George Guest
Performer  Stephen Cleobury (Organ)
St. John’s College Choir, Cambridge

8. Suo Gan
Composer  Traditional
Conductor  George Guest
Performer  Lynton Atkinson (Treble)
Robert King (Treble)
Stephen Cleobury (Organ)
Simon Keenlyside (Treble)
St. John’s College Choir, Cambridge

9. In dulci jubilo
Composer  Traditional
Conductor  David, Sir Willcocks
King’s College Choir, Cambridge

10. The infant king
Composer  Traditional
Conductor  Stephen Cleobury
King’s College Choir, Cambridge

11. King Jesus hath a garden
Composer  Traditional
Conductor  John Rutter
Clare College Orchestra

12. Gabriel’s message
Composer  Traditional
Conductor  John Rutter
Performer  Mary Hitch (Soprano)
Clare College Orchestra

13. Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus: no 2, A spotless rose
Composer  Herbert Howells (1892 – 1982)
Conductor  David Hill
Performer  Donald Sweeney (Bass)
Winchester Cathedral Choir

14. Lullaby my Jesus
Composer  Peter Warlock (1894 – 1930)
Conductor  David Hill
Winchester Cathedral Choir

15. The blessed Son of God
Composer  Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 – 1958)
Conductor  David Hill
Winchester Cathedral Choir

16. Quelle est cette odeur agréable?
Composer  Traditional
Conductor  John Rutter
Clare College Orchestra

17. The Holly and the Ivy
Composer  Traditional
Conductor  Stephen Cleobury
Performer  Jonathan Lamb
Christopher Hughes
Simon Haynes
King’s College Choir, Cambridge

18. Rocking
Composer  Traditional
Conductor  David, Sir Willcocks
King’s College Choir, Cambridge

19. Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child “Coventry Carol”
Composer  Traditional
Conductor  David, Sir Willcocks
King’s College Choir, Cambridge

20. Myn lyking
Composer  Richard Runciman Terry (1865 – 1938)
Conductor  David, Sir Willcocks
Performer  Simon Preston (Organ)
King’s College Choir, Cambridge

21. Crown of Roses
Composer  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893)
Conductor  John Rutter
Clare College Choir

22. Mary’s Lullaby
Composer  John Rutter (1945 – )
Conductor  John Rutter
Clare College Orchestra

23. I sing of a maiden
Composer  Patrick Hadley (1899 – 1973)
Conductor  David, Sir Willcocks
Performer  Simon Preston (Organ)
King’s College Choir, Cambridge

24. Remember, O thou man
Composer  Thomas Ravenscroft (circa 1590 – circa 1633)
Conductor  David, Sir Willcocks
King’s College Choir, Cambridge

25. O little town of Bethlehem
Composer  Henry Walford Davies (1869 – 1941)
Conductor  David, Sir Willcocks
Performer  Simon Preston (Organ)
King’s College Choir, Cambridge