A Meditation on Christ's Nativity

Tracklist

• 1
  I. The Annunciation of Christ: Torches

  John Joubert
  1:44
• 2
  I. The Annunciation of Christ: Bidding Prayer

  [anonymous]
  0:22
• 3
  I. The Annunciation of Christ: First Sentence and Collect

  [anonymous]
  2:32
• 4
  I. The Annunciation of Christ: Adam Lay Y-Bounden

  Peter Warlock
  1:16
• 5
  I. The Annunciation of Christ: The Linden Tree Carol

  [anonymous]
  1:29
• 6
  I. The Annunciation of Christ: The Annunciation

  John Donne
  1:07
• 7
  I. The Annunciation of Christ: There is no rose of such virtu

  John Joubert
  2:26
• 8
  I. The Annunciation of Christ: Dialogue

  George Herbert
  1:30
• 9
  I. The Annunciation of Christ: My Dancing Day

  [anonymous]
  3:11
• 10
  II. The Birth of Christ: Second Sentence and Collect

  [anonymous]
  2:04
• 11
  II. The Birth of Christ: Up! Good Christen Folk

  [anonymous]
  1:23
• 12
  II. The Birth of Christ: On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

  John Milton
  2:03
• 13
  II. The Birth of Christ: Rocking

  [anonymous]
  2:07
• 14
  II. The Birth of Christ: Hamlet: Act 1: "Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes"

  William Shakespeare
  0:28
• 15
  II. The Birth of Christ: Chanticleer

  William Austin
  1:04
• 16
  II. The Birth of Christ: Balulalow

  Peter Warlock
  2:14
• 17
  III. The Destiny of the Infant Christ: Third Sentence and Collect

  [anonymous]
  2:09
• 18
  III. The Destiny of the Infant Christ: The Seven Joys of Mary

  [anonymous]
  2:54
• 19
  III. The Destiny of the Infant Christ: The Burning Babe

  Robert Southwell
  1:32
• 20
  III. The Destiny of the Infant Christ: The Cherry Tree Carol

  [anonymous]
  2:24
• 21
  III. The Destiny of the Infant Christ: The Guest

  [anonymous]
  1:27
• 22
  IV. The Manifestation of Christ: Fourth Sentence and Collect

  [anonymous]
  3:06
• 23
  IV. The Manifestation of Christ: Ding Dong! Merrily on High

  [anonymous]
  1:53
• 24
  IV. The Manifestation of Christ: Eastern Monarchs

  Peter Naylor
  1:21
• 25
  IV. The Manifestation of Christ: The Journey of the Magi

  T. S. Eliot
  2:58
• 26
  IV. The Manifestation of Christ: King Jesus Hath a Garden

  [anonymous]
  3:26
• 27
  IV. The Manifestation of Christ: The First Letter of John: Chapter 1, Verses 1-10

  [anonymous]
  1:23
• 28
  IV. The Manifestation of Christ: Adeste fideles

  [anonymous]
  4:15

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Release credits

• Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge
  choir vocals [1, 3-5, 7, 9-11, 13, 16-18, 20, 22-24, 26, 28]
• George Guest
  conductor [1, 3-5, 7, 9-11, 13, 16-18, 20, 22-24, 26, 28]
• Jonathan Bielby
  organ [1, 4, 9, 16, 18, 20, 26, 28]
• Martin Redfearn
  solo, treble vocals
• Michael Matthes
  solo, treble vocals
• Michael Turner
  solo, treble vocals
• Peter Birts
  solo, tenor vocals
• Philip Pettifor
  other vocals
• William Squire
  spoken vocals [2, 6, 8, 12, 14-15, 19, 21, 25, 27]

Issues

• A
  A Meditation on Christ's Nativity

  Vinyl
  1968