Home/ Music/ Hodie • Fantasia On Christmas Carols

Hodie • Fantasia On Christmas Carols

Artist(s)

Vaughan Williams* / Dame Janet Baker* • Richard Lewis (3) • John Shirley-Quirk • Bach Choir* • London Symphony Orchestra* • Sir David Willcocks* • John Barrow (2) • Choir Of Guildford Cathedral* • Barry Rose

Download Full Music

Format

CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered

Genre(s)

Classical

Style

Classical

Share to

Track List

Fantasia On Christmas Carols (12:13)

1 Fantasia On Christmas Carols: This Is The Truth Sent From Above- 4:46

2 Fantasia On Christmas Carols: Come All You Worthy Gentlemen- 2:16

3 Fantasia On Christmas Carols: On Christmas Night All Christians Sing- 1:38

4 Fantasia On Christmas Carols: God Bless The Ruler Of This House 3:32

Hodie - A Christmas Cantata (59:13)

5 Hodie - A Christmas Cantata - I. Prologue: Nowell! Nowell! 3:45

6 Hodie - A Christmas Cantata - II. Narration: Now the birth of Jesus Christ- 4:31

7 Hodie - A Christmas Cantata - III. Song: It Was Winter Wild 4:42

8 Hodie - A Christmas Cantata - IV. Narration: And It Came To Pass In Those Days 2:10

9 Hodie - A Christmas Cantata - V. Choral: The Blessed Son Of God 2:34

10 Hodie - A Christmas Cantata - VI. Narration: And There Were In The Same Country 6:39

11 Hodie - A Christmas Cantata - VII. Song: The Oxen (Christmas Eve, And Twelve Of The Clock) 3:11

12 Hodie - A Christmas Cantata - VII. Narration: And The Shepherds Returned 1:09

13 Hodie - A Christmas Cantata - IX. Pastoral: The Shepherds Sing 3:10

14 Hodie - A Christmas Cantata - X. Narration: But Mary Kept All These Things 0:36

15 Hodie - A Christmas Cantata - XI. Lullaby: Sweet Was The Song The Virgin Sang 2:48

16 Hodie - A Christmas Cantata - XII. Hymn: Bright Portals Of The Sky 3:41

17 Hodie - A Christmas Cantata - XIII. Narration: Now When Jesus Was Born 3:10

18 Hodie - A Christmas Cantata - XIV. The March Of The Three Kings: From Kingdoms Of Wisdom- 7:46

19 Hodie - A Christmas Cantata - XV. Choral: No Sad Thought His Soul Affright 2:59

20 Hodie - A Christmas Cantata - XVI. Epilogue: In The Beginning Was The Word 6:17

Companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) - Warner Classics
Phonographic Copyright (p) - Warner Music UK Ltd.
Copyright (c) - Warner Classics
Copyright (c) - Warner Music UK Ltd.

Credits

Baritone Vocals-John Barrow (2) (tracks: 1-4), John Shirley-Quirk (tracks: 5-20)
Choir-Choristers of Westminster Abbey (tracks: 5-20), The Bach Choir (tracks: 5-20)
Chorus Master-Douglas Guest (tracks: 5-20)
Composed By-Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductor-Barry Rose (tracks: 1-4), David Willcocks (tracks: 5-20)
Engineer [Balance]-Christopher Parker, Neville Boyling
Mezzo-soprano Vocals-Janet Baker (tracks: 5-20)
Orchestra-Choir of Guildford Cathedral String Orchestra (tracks: 1-4), The London Symphony Orchestra (tracks: 5-20)
Organ-Gavin Williams (2) (tracks: 1-4), Philip Ledger (tracks: 5-20)
Producer-Brian B. Culverhouse*, Ronald Kinloch Anderson
Remastered By [Digital]-Simon Gibson
Tenor Vocals-Richard Lewis (3) (tracks: 5-20)

Notes

Warner reissue, released 2013 or later because Warner acquired EMI 2013℗ 1966 & 1965 The Copyright in these sound recordings is owned by Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd.This Compilation ℗ 1988 by Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd.Digital remastering ℗ 2000 by Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd.© 2000 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd.Made in the EU.Recorded in Guildford Cathedral, 7 June 1966, and Kingsway Hall, London, 22 & 23 January and 3 February 1965.Digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios.British Composers series editor: Richard Abram.Front cover: The Adoration of the Magi: a panel from the Linaivoli Triptych (1433) by Fra Angelico (c1387-1455) (Museo di San Marco dell'Angelico, Florence; photo Bridgeman Art Library).Recorded under the auspices of the Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust.