The Christmas Collection
Compilation by The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Released 1997
Tracklist
- CD 1: A Traditional Christmas Carol Collection Traditional
- 1The First NowellThe Sixteen5:40
- 2Once in Royal David's CityHenry John Gauntlett4:12
- 3The Sussex CarolThe Sixteen1:55
- 4While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by NightChristopher Tye2:36
- 5I Saw Three ShipsThe Sixteen1:34
- 6Angels From the Realms of GloryJames Montgomery3:59
- 7O Little Town of BethlehemSir Henry Walford Davies3:45
- 8Silent NightFranz Xaver Gruber2:53
- 9Away in a MangerWilliam James Kirkpatrick2:21
- 10RockingThe Sixteen1:58
- 11In dulci jubiloThe Sixteen3:51
- 12Ding Dong Merrily on HighThoinot Arbeau1:55
- 13In the Bleak MidwinterHarold Edwin Darke4:27
- 14Good King WenceslasJohn Mason Neale3:15
- 15Deck the Hall With Boughs of HollyThe Sixteen1:13
- 16The Holly and the IvyThe Sixteen3:28
- 17God Rest You Merry GentlemenThe Sixteen3:33
- 18See Amid the Winter's SnowEdward Caswall4:54
- 19Coventry CarolThe Sixteen3:46
- 20O Come All Ye FaithfulJohn Francis Wade6:20
- 21Hark! The Herald Angels SingFelix Mendelssohn3:14
- CD 2: An Early English Christmas Collection
- 1Verbum caro (chant)The Sixteen3:58
- 2Salutation CarolThe Sixteen2:12
- 3Nowell sing we, both all and someThe Sixteen2:34
- 4GaudeteThe Sixteen1:26
- 5Hail Mary full of graceThe Sixteen5:22
- 6Gloria in excelsisJohn Sheppard3:55
- 7There is no roseThe Sixteen4:04
- 8Nowell, nowell: Out of your sleepThe Sixteen2:06
- 9Remember O thou manThomas Ravenscroft3:27
- 10Quid petis, o fili?Richard Pygott8:29
- 11Sweet was the songThe Sixteen2:09
- 12Lullaby my sweet little babyWilliam Byrd6:30
- 13Ave rex angelorumThe Sixteen2:09
- 14Drive the cold winter awayThe Sixteen2:05
- 15Nowell, nowell: The boares headThe Sixteen3:34
- 16The old year year now has passed awayThe Sixteen1:45
- 17Angelus ad virginemThe Sixteen2:40
- 18Nowell, nowell: Dieu vous gardeRichard Smert3:52
- 19Make we joyThe Sixteen2:37
- 20Verbum caroJohn Sheppard6:57
- CD 3: A Twentieth Century Christmas Collection
- 1Make We Joy Now in This FestSir William Walton3:25
- 2Coventry CarolKenneth Leighton3:12
- 3A Babe Is BornPeter Racine Fricker1:52
- 4The Virgin's Cradle SongEdmund Rubbra1:44
- 5A Hymn to the VirginBenjamin Britten3:40
- 6The LambJohn Tavener3:42
- 7O Magnum Mysterium: Carol: O magnum mysteriumPeter Maxwell Davies1:28
- 8O Magnum Mysterium: Carol: Haylle, comly and clenePeter Maxwell Davies1:19
- 9O Magnum Mysterium: Sonata I: Puer NatusPeter Maxwell Davies5:44
- 10O Magnum Mysterium: Carol: O magnum mysteriumPeter Maxwell Davies1:35
- 11O Magnum Mysterium: Carol: Alleluia, pro Virgine MariaPeter Maxwell Davies2:21
- 12O Magnum Mysterium: Sonata II: Lux fulgebitPeter Maxwell Davies6:39
- 13O Magnum Mysterium: Carol: The Fader of HeavenPeter Maxwell Davies1:48
- 14O Magnum Mysterium: Carol: O magnum mysteriumPeter Maxwell Davies1:44
- 15O Magnum Mysterium: Organ Fantasia on 'O magnum mysterium'Peter Maxwell Davies12:04
- 16Sing LullabyHerbert Howells3:50
- 17Lute Book LullabyPeter Hayward2:31
- 18A Spotless RoseHerbert Howells3:26
- 19Corpus ChristiPeter Warlock4:35
- 20BalulalowPeter Warlock2:06
- 21Benedicamus DominoPeter Warlock1:17
- 22Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing DayJohn Gardner2:10
More by The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Release credits
- tenor vocals [11, 16]
- tambourine [21]
- alto vocals [13, 13-14], solo [13]
- solo [5]
- tenor vocals [5, 13]
- alto vocals [11, 16]
- soprano vocals [11]
- harp [1-20]
- bass vocals [11]
- rebec [1-20], violin [1-20]
- conductor [1.1-21, 2.1-20, 3.1-8, 3.10-11, 3.13-14, 3.16-22]
- bass vocals [11, 18-19]
- organ [3.15, 3.20-21, 1.1-21]
- producer [1-6, 16-22]
- engineer [6]
- solo [5, 19], tenor vocals [3.19, 1.11, 1.19]
- solo [2], soprano vocals [1.7, 1.11, 1.16, 3.2]
- solo [5, 13, 17, 20], soprano vocals [13, 13-14, 17, 20]
- producer [1.1-21, 3.1-6, 3.16-22]
- alto vocals [11]
- classical guitar [2.1-20, 1.1-21], lute [1.1-21, 2.1-20, 3.17]
- solo [19], soprano vocals [3.19, 1.5, 1.19]
- soprano vocals [18]
- baritone vocals [18], solo [5, 18]
- producer [1-20]
- choir vocals [3.1-8, 3.10-11, 3.13-14, 3.16-22, 1.1-21, 2.1-10, 2.12, 2.17-20], performer [6]
- bass vocals [16]
- membranophone [21]
Issues
T3x CD (CD 3 "20th Century" has PMD "O Magnum Mysterium" in place of Britten "A Ceremony of Carols")1997- T2007




