What Sweeter Christmas

Track Listings
1. Track 1-Gesu Bambino    
2. Track 2-O Tannenbaum    
3. O Holy Night    
4. Carol of the Bells    
5. Silent Night    
6. Lullaby Medley    
7. Christmas Medley    
8. Bless This House    
9. Ave Maria    
10. Panis Angelicus    
11. What Sweeter Music    

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
This is a must have classical Christmas recording sung by Michele Patzakis, an internationally acclaimed soprano, who combines her gorgeous voice with fully orchestrated, new and unique arrangements.

She has been lauded not only for her natural beauty, but also for her beautiful, striking voice and electric stage presence. The music featured in this recording is a mixture of classical, devotional, and popular Christmas Songs.

What Sweeter Christmas, Music, Michele Patzakis, Shelly Berg, A must have collection of fully orchestrated original arrangements of classical and traditional Christmas music sung by an internationally acclaimed opera star.
The John Rutter Christmas Album
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Rutter Christmas Album
  • Unique and Beautiful!
  • Johh Rutter Chirstmas Album
  • Liked it enough to go through a lot of trouble to give it a review.
  • John Rutter and Cambridge Singers
 The John Rutter Christmas Album
Cambridge Singers , Rutter , and City of London Sinfon
Manufacturer: Collegium
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006JJ4T
Release Date: 2002-09-24

Tracks:

  1. Wexford Carol
  2. Jesus Child
  3. There Is a Flower
  4. Donkey Carol
  5. Wild Wood Carol
  6. Angels' Carol
  7. Nativity Carol
  8. Mary's Lullaby
  9. Star Carol
  10. Candlelight Carol
  11. Shepherd's Pipe Carol
  12. Christmas Lullaby
  13. Dormi, Jesu
  14. Love Came Down at Christmas
  15. Sans Day Carol
  16. I Wonder as I Wander
  17. What Sweeter Music
  18. Joy to the World
  19. I Saw Three Ships
  20. Deck the Hall
  21. Very Best Time of Year
  22. We Wish You a Merry Christmas
  23. Silent Night

Album Description

Top of the British Classical Charts for 10 Weeks! Billboard Top Ten Classical Recording - December 2002! This album gathers together most of the carols I have composed over the years, plus a sprinkling of my arrangements of traditional carols, grouped to form a program which narrates, reflects upon, and celebrates the Christmas story. I have always enjoyed carols ever since I first sang them as a member of my school choir, and it was not long before I began to write carols of my own-in fact my first two published compositions were the Nativity Carol and the Shepherd's Pipe Carol. For any musician involved in choral music, Christmas is an especially joyous time, and I am indeed happy that it has played a part in my musical life for so many years- JOHN RUTTER

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Rutter Christmas Album.......2007-05-14

Great selection of music, and well presented. This is however older recordings that do not match the quality of Rutter's latest recordings such as the Te Deum or the Gloria.

5 out of 5 stars Unique and Beautiful!.......2007-03-09

John Rutter, and his beautiful music, is such a gift to the world. This unique Christmas CD is magnificent! Especially touching are two of Rutter's original carols, "Christmas Lullaby" and the joyful "Angels' Carol." The musical selections speak to the soul, helping the listener connect to emotions of joy, peace, faith, hope, and love. This is a worthy addition to your collection of Christmas CDs.

5 out of 5 stars Johh Rutter Chirstmas Album.......2007-02-19

If I were to choose only one Christmas album to ever own, this would be the one. John Rutter is an exceptional composer of religious music, with unusual harmonies. The music is difficult to sing, and because this is his own choir and he is directing it, the performance is flawless. Gives you goosebumps.

5 out of 5 stars Liked it enough to go through a lot of trouble to give it a review........2007-02-07

Great music by John Rutter: Great performance!

5 out of 5 stars John Rutter and Cambridge Singers.......2007-01-18

This is quintessential English cathedral music; beautifully sung. Reminds one of the English Christmas -- warm and serene -- that we've only experienced in our dreams!
Sing, Choirs of Angels!
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Incredible
  • Brand-new Christmas music from the Tabernacle Choir!
 Sing, Choirs of Angels!
Mormon Tabernacle Choir , and Orchestra at Temple Square
Manufacturer: Mormon Tabernacle
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002ABTGC
Release Date: 2004-09-14

Tracks:

  1. I Saw Three Ships
  2. Away in a Manger
  3. Shepherd's Pipe Carol
  4. Still, Still, Still
  5. Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
  6. Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
  7. O, Green and Shimmering Tree, Good Day!
  8. What Sweeter Music
  9. Angels' Carol
  10. Fum, Fum, Fum!
  11. Candlelight Carol
  12. Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine
  13. Silent Night
  14. Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Incredible.......2006-09-22

I have about 40 Christmas CDs, and this one is in my top 2 or 3 favorites. The orchestra compliments the choir so beautifully and the offerings here are varied and interesting. 5 stars!

5 out of 5 stars Brand-new Christmas music from the Tabernacle Choir!.......2004-09-20

This brand-new recording of Christmas music from the Tabernacle Choir is marvellous. Recorded on their own "Mormon Tabernacle Choir" label, this is the choir's first recording of seasonal music, and it surpasses any previous holiday release that the choir has made.

Using the music of both John Rutter and the arrangements of Mack Wilberg, "Sing Choirs of Angels" enjoys a wonderful flow from track to track: from the propulsive "Fum, Fum, Fum" to the sublimely meditative "What Sweeter Music"; from the majestic "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" to a brand new music and lyric setting of the gentle "Still, Still, Still" there is something here for everyone. Listening to this recording brings a warm holiday spirit into my heart and home.

Recorded in the Tabernacle at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, and using the versatile Orchestra at Temple Square, the choir and orchestra sound luminous and warm; these new recordings truly are miles above anything the Choir has done before - the polish and feeling that they bring to these new recordings are stunning.

The booklet that accompanies the CD is beautiful as well, with full color photographs of traditional Christmas symbols, full lyrics, track by track commentary, and a glossary of what each Christmas symbol means. This is a quality gift to give to friends and neighbors to help usher in the Christmas season. Unreservedly recommended.
John Rutter: Music for Christmas
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • John Rutter: Music for Christmas
  • "Mr. Choral Christmas's Finest"
  • At the Top of My Christmas Playing List!
 John Rutter: Music for Christmas
Polyphony , Stephen Layton , and City of London Sinfonia
Manufacturer: Hyperion
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005QIT4
Release Date: 2001-11-13

Tracks:

  1. Shephrd's Pipe Carol
  2. Nativity Carol
  3. There Is a Flower
  4. Sans Day Carol
  5. What Sweeter Music
  6. I Wonder as I Wander [Appalachian Carol]
  7. Jesus Child
  8. Wild Wood Carol
  9. Very Best Time of Year
  10. Away in a Manger
  11. Angel Tidings
  12. Christmas Lullaby
  13. Dormi Jesu
  14. Love Came Down at Christmas
  15. Star Carol
  16. Carol of the Children
  17. Mary's Lullaby
  18. Silent Night
  19. Angels' Carol
  20. Candlelight Carol
  21. Amen
  22. Donkey Carol

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars John Rutter: Music for Christmas.......2007-01-16

Excellent Christmas CD. I especially liked the "Angles Carol" track!
Would recommend this CD to one and all.

5 out of 5 stars "Mr. Choral Christmas's Finest".......2002-11-21

Anyone who truly loves the choral and carol traditions of Christmas cannot miss Mr. Rutter's work. He is truly possessed of extraordinary talent and this fine recording puts it on proper display. The collection here houses the best of Mr. Rutter's original/edited works for the Christmas season, and one can sense the composer's affinity for the spirit of the holidays of which he has written so prolifically and well.

5 out of 5 stars At the Top of My Christmas Playing List!.......2001-12-07

This is just an outstanding collection of choral, Christian selections. The majority are composed by Rutter, who it turns out was led into this field for which he is so well known and loved when in school, he was motivated by a fellow student who was composing a Christimas carol to do the same. Thanks be to God for that motivation!

Rutter's work simply in this humble reviewer has no other contemporary peer. He is reverent, fresh and excellent theology to boot! This collection has his best, including my favorites: "Shepherd's Pipe Carol, What Sweeter Music, The very best time of year, Angels' Carol."

To his compositions, added is Kirkpatrick's "Away In a Manger" and of course, Gruber's "Silent Night", both skillfully arranged and performed. Bonus selections of traditional pieces such as "I Wonder as I wonder."

The City of London Sinfonia conducted by Stephen Layton provides the orchestra background marvelously for Polyphany, the outstanding choir on this work.

You will be delighted to add this CD to your collection, and it will rise in most collections to near the top.
Well worth
Gabriel's Message: One Thousand Years of Carols
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Best Christmas CD available
  • best christmas music-on one cd!
  • Beautiful angel voices
 Gabriel's Message: One Thousand Years of Carols

Manufacturer: Naxos
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ASIN: B00002EPSM
Release Date: 1999-10-26

Tracks:

  1. Once In Royal David'S City
  2. In The Bleak Midwinter
  3. In Dulci Jubilo
  4. Away In A Manger
  5. Coventry Carol
  6. Good King Wenceslas
  7. The Truth Sent From Above
  8. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
  9. Gabriel'S Message
  10. The Holly & The Ivy
  11. O Come All Ye Faithful
  12. King Jesus Hath A Garden
  13. Silent Night
  14. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
  15. Jesus Christ The Apple Tree
  16. What Sweeter Music
  17. Ding-Dong Merrily On High
  18. A Hymn To The Virgin
  19. God Is With Us
  20. Hark The Herald Angels Sing

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Best Christmas CD available.......2003-12-29

This enthralling CD is the best one out there. The arrangements and performances are top-notch. I only wonder why Naxos has chosen to make all the performances anonymous with its lack of liner notes. Only by going to the Naxos website can you find who is performing what. Among the choirs you will hear on this beautiful CD are the Worcester Cathedral Choir (4 numbers), the Elora Festival Singers (10 numbers) and the Tewkesbury Abbey Choir (6 numbers). If you only have one Christmas CD, this is the one to have.

5 out of 5 stars best christmas music-on one cd!.......2003-07-27

I am a christmas music fanatic. On this cd there are all, plus more, of the songs that I love. It starts with "once in royal david's city",thats sung by a choir and a treble. All the solos on this cd are absolutely amazing. Whether it is by a treble or a man chorister. All the emotions for the songs are right on. Most are sung by the cathedral or abbey choirs. Thats the only thing that bothers me, they don't give you any information on the performers. But I recognize a lot of them. I think Trinity is also on it. but really-its just beautifull. I have no words for it. The price isn't much, if you love christmas music buy it!

5 out of 5 stars Beautiful angel voices.......2002-12-11

I played this at work and EVERY person that passed my desk wanted to know what, who and where. By far one of the most moving collections of Christmas music I have ever heard and I have a collection of over a hundred Christmas Albums and CDs.
The Mystery of Christmas
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Best Christmas album ever
  • LOVELY!!!!
  • A very lovely Christmas disc
 The Mystery of Christmas

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ASIN: B0000014GZ
Release Date: 1998-09-08

Tracks:

  1. The Huron Carol
  2. Ring-a The News
  3. O Come All Ye Faithful
  4. Harold Drake: In the Bleak Mild Winter
  5. Healey Willan: The Three Kings
  6. King Jesus Hath A Garden
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  8. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
  9. Arthur Honneger: Laudate Dominum
  10. O Magnum Mysterium
  11. Poulenc: Quatre motets pour le temps de Noel - Wuem Vidistis pastoredictie
  12. Poulenc: Quatre motets pour le temps de Noel - Videntes stellam
  13. Hodie Christus Natus Est
  14. Ding Dong Merrily On High
  15. Elizabeth Poston: Jesus Christ the Appple Tree
  16. John Rutter: What Sweeter Music
  17. The Linden Tree Carol
  18. A Hymn To The Virgin
  19. Star In The South
  20. Hark The Herald Angels Sing
  21. God Is With Us - A Christmas Proclamation

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Best Christmas album ever.......2006-12-27

I found this album quite by accident in a college bookstore in a small town outside of Toronto. We played it (June!) on our way to Northern Ontario, gasped at its beauty, read the liner notes, and discovered that we were actually passing by Elora! On our return trip, we stopped in at Elora and learned more about the singers and the festival. This album is so remarkable in its clarity, sensitivity, and variety, that it ranks as my all-time favorite Christmas album. The family members and friends to whom I have since given this CD share my enthusiasm for this magical Christmas tour.

5 out of 5 stars LOVELY!!!!.......2006-02-25

Maybe I'm a LITTLE bit prejudiced in favor of this fine album because it contains some of my favorite Christmas songs, or because it also has some of the beautiful songs my choral group sang last Christmas -- whatever -- The Elora Festival Singers, with Noel Edison and Michael Bloss and everyone else involved in creating this CD, do a wonderful job of transmitting the holy, joyful, festive AND secular air of that special season.

I especially loved "Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day" and will probably wear out that track long before I wear out the rest of this fine CD.

It is almost March, and I'm still playing this CD. I may end up getting a second copy.

5 out of 5 stars A very lovely Christmas disc.......2000-08-29

According to the notes, the Elora Festival Singers is a professional chamber choir founded in 1980 by their director, Noel Edison. The name comes from a musical festival given every summer in Elora, Ontario. They have performed on the Canadian Broadcasting System, and given concerts in Eastern Canada and the United States. They are now the professional core group of the famous Toronto Mendelssohn Choir.

They are a very competent choir, singing everything on this disc with ease and beauty. Most of the carols are pretty well known, and include some from Canada, England, France, Holland and Poland. There are the 'Huron Carol,' 'O Come All Ye Faithful,' 'Harold Darke's 'In the Bleak Mid Winter," "Ding Dong Merrily on High,' 'Hark the Herald Angels Sing,' and some less common ones. The less usual items include Honegger's 'Laudate Dominum' and Poulenc's 'Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël,' which are performed very simply and effectively.

The Elora Festival Singers is not apparently a very large group, but the reverberant recording makes them sound larger. Their excellent diction is not obscured, and the sound is very smooth.

The organ accompaniment by Michael Bloss are very effective, and include some room filling bass, although it is not super low.

The music ranges from the more peaceful and meditative to the more dramatic, and the choir conveys the varying moods of the music. The recording is quite lovely.
Glorious Splendor: Christmas With the Washington Chorus
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    		Glorious Splendor: Christmas With the Washington Chorus

    Manufacturer: Gothic Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00016W7YU
    Release Date: 2004-11-02

    Tracks:

    1. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
    2. Lo! How a Rose E'er Blooming
    3. Welcome All Wonders
    4. Magnificat
    5. Torches
    6. Of the Father's Love Begotten
    7. Der Tag, Der Ist So Freudenreich [Organ Solo]
    8. Ubi Caritas
    9. Jesu, As Thou Art Our Saviour
    10. Prelude: Whence Is That Goodly Fragrance? [Organ Solo]
    11. What Sweeter Music
    12. Magnificat
    13. Ave Maria [Soprano Solo]
    14. Pastoral Dance on "On Christmas Night" [Organ Solo]
    15. Joy to the World

    Album Description

    Christmas carols and tunes of the season by composers from Bach to Britten, including works for voices, brass, percussion, and organ. Booklet includes complete texts of the carols.

    The Grammy award-winning Washington Chorus is a large, nationally acclaimed ensemble with big choir sound.
    Magic of Christmas
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      		Magic of Christmas

      Manufacturer: Cbc
      ProductGroup: Music
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      ASIN: B00000DCR2
      Release Date: 2001-07-01

      Tracks:

      1. O Come, All Ye Faithful
      2. Adam Lay Ybounden
      3. Es Ist Ein 'Ros' Entspurngen
      4. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
      5. Gabriel's Message
      6. Magnificat
      7. I Sing Of A Maiden
      8. Still, Still, Still
      9. I Saw A Maiden
      10. Silent Night
      11. Huron Carol
      12. What Is This Lovely Fragrance
      13. Rise Up, Sheperd, And Follow
      14. In The Bleak Mid-Winter
      15. The Three Kings
      16. Carol Of The Children
      17. What Sweeter Music
      18. Hodie Christus Natus Est
      19. The Twelve Days Of Christmas
      20. Personent Hodie
      21. God Is With Us
      22. In Dulci Jubilo
      23. A New Year Carol
      24. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
      Carols Around the World
      Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
      • Horrible
      • Truly Beautiful
      		 Carols Around the World

      Manufacturer: Telarc
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B00000C3HR
      Release Date: 1989-11-08

      Tracks:

      1. What Sweeter Music
      2. A Christmas Carol
      3. Adam Lay Ybounden
      4. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
      5. The Cherry-Tree Carol
      6. Sing A Song Of Christmas
      7. Deck The Hall
      8. In The Bleak Midwinter
      9. A Boy Was Born
      10. What Cheer?
      11. Coventry Carol
      12. Lute-Book Lullaby
      13. Guillaume, Prends Ton Tambourin
      14. Quelle Est Cette Odeur Agreable?
      15. Berceuse (Polish Traditional)
      16. Rocking (Czech Traditonal)
      17. Cancion De Navidad
      18. Fum, Fum, Fum (Catalan traditonal)
      19. I Saw A Maiden (Old Basque Noel)
      20. Komt Verwondert U Hier, Menschen
      21. Herders, Hij Is Geboren
      22. Des Hirten Wiegenlied
      23. O Jesulein Suss, O Jesulein Mild
      24. Ich Steh' An Deiner Krippe Hier
      25. Es Ist Ein Ros' Entsprungen
      26. Uns Ist Ein Kind Geboren

      Customer Reviews:

      1 out of 5 stars Horrible.......2003-12-24

      The CD was a true disappointment. The songs/carols are almost unrecognizable. I wish I had never ordered it. My expectations were so much higher. It didn't meet my tatse at all even though I don'yt go for the regular Holiday ho-ho-ho music either. But stay away from this CD, after 10 minutes you are sick of it.

      5 out of 5 stars Truly Beautiful.......2000-11-25

      This fabulous cd is now the standard mood-setter in my house at Christmas time. It's not your typical Rudolf or Little Drummer Boy fare, but a collection of carols you'll KNOW you've heard before even though you don't know the names, and everything, even the unfamiliar, eminate a serene, peaceful holiday feeling. Quink's voices are pristine and soaring, the arrangements are beautiful, and the melodies (especially "What Sweeter Music") haunt me all year long. Put it in your changer and hit "REPEAT".
      On Christmas Day: New Carols from King's Choir of King's College, Cambridge
      Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
      • Latest from the King's College Choir
      • This may not be appropriate easy listening for trimming the tree, but it is definitely a fine recording.
      • Flawless performance of unusual (though not always good) music
      		 On Christmas Day: New Carols from King's Choir of King's College, Cambridge
      Edward Grint , Thomas Ades , Richard Rodney Bennett , Sir Lennox Berkeley , Judith Bingham , Sir Harrison Birtwistle , Diana Burrell , John Casken , Robert Chilcott , Sir Peter Maxwell Davies , Jonathan Dove , Alexander Goehr , Jonathan Harvey , Robin Greville Holloway , James MacMillan , Nicholas Maw , Arvo Part , Stephen Harrison Paulus , John Rutter , Peter Sculthorpe , Giles Swayne , Judith Weir , John Woolrich , Stephen Cleobury , Philippa Davies , and Cambridge King's College
      Manufacturer: EMI Classics
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      1. One Star, At Last: A Selection of Carols of Our Time
      2. O Come All Ye Faithful: Christmas Carols at King's College, Cambridge
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      5. A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

      ASIN: B000B66PO8
      Release Date: 2005-10-04

      Tracks:

      1. The Sheperd's Carol
      2. On Christmas Day To My Heart
      3. God Would Be Born In Thee
      4. Bogoroditse Dyevo
      5. The Angels
      6. In Wintertime
      7. Christmas Carol
      8. The Three Kings
      9. What Sweeter Music
      10. A Gathering
      11. Illuminare, Jerusalem
      12. One Star, At Last
      13. Carol For St. Steven
      14. The Birthday Of Thy King
      15. Winter Solstice Carol

      Tracks:

      1. Seinte Mari Moder Milde
      2. The Gleam
      3. Christo Paremus Cantica
      4. Spring In Winter
      5. Fayrfax Carol
      6. Swete Jesu
      7. Pilgrim Jesus

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Latest from the King's College Choir.......2006-12-21

      I am immensely fond of the various Christmas albums put out by the Choir of King's College at the University of Cambridge. They represent the English tradition at its finest. I especially like the variants of the 9 Lessons and Carols in which biblical lessons are interspersed with the choral renditions. This tradition relates back to 1918 and has been broadcast(and telecast) worldwide since 1928, so I am not alone in my appreciation. This album presents an entirely new body of music in that it contains newer and unfamiliar compositions, some of which have been commissioned in past years for this program. There are 15 selections on the first disk and 7 on the second disk. Like any selection, some of the cuts are better than others, but all are quite beautiful. Whether any will become classics of the caliber of the more established material remains to be seen. But with Stephen Cleobury in charge, as he has been since 1982, long-time fans of the Choir know that a solid and quite enjoyable musical package awaits--especially at this holiday time of year.

      4 out of 5 stars This may not be appropriate easy listening for trimming the tree, but it is definitely a fine recording. .......2005-12-29

      This is definitely not a CD of traditional Christmas Carols, but I feel it's a little harsh to claim that only two pieces on the entire recording are "melodic". Frankly, I don't even know what that means. To my ears all of the compositions here have what can be called a melody. Personally, I adore the "Fayrfax Carol" by Thomas Ades and cannot see how it would fail to fall under even the most close-minded definition of the word "melodic".

      I agree with the previous reviewer that many of the pieces are harmonically abstract but, honestly, what do you expect from a CD of music written by contemporary composers for one of the finest choirs in the world? I would hope there would be no arrangements of "I Saw Three Ships".

      If you're looking for a CD of traditional carols, there is no shortage of recordings. However, if you're looking for well-crafted, forward-thinking, modern compositions performed by a group on the cutting edge of choral music, look no further.

      4 out of 5 stars Flawless performance of unusual (though not always good) music.......2005-12-04

      The Choir of Kings College is one of the best in the world--so of course the recording will sound excellent. In fact, I own several recordings by Kings College and they perform their best on this one. The purity of the sound and superb diction are just unsurpassed. But the music is just not that good. It's often too harmonically strange, overdramatic, and, frankly, too modern.

      That's not to say there is not good music--actually, some of the best pieces of music are on this recording. Highlights include: Chilcott's haunting "The Shepherd's Carol" (which is one of the only two melodic pieces on the entire recording), Part's energetic "Bogoroditse Dyevo", Dove's dramatic "The Three Kings", Rutter's typical, but comparatively good "What sweeter music" (the other melodic piece), Weir's majestic "Illumniare Jerusalem" and Woolrich's sublime "Spring in Winter". There are a few honorable mentions--Berkeley's "In Wintertime" & Goehr's "Carol for St. Stephen"--but the other half of the recording is pretty much awful. The choir & Stephen Cleobury sound good trying--but the composers haven't given them much of value to work with.

      An interesting addition to a music lover's collection, but I can't imagine it being enjoyable to someone looking for Christmas carols.
      Sing We Merrily: Choral Music
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        		Sing We Merrily: Choral Music

        Manufacturer: Delos Records
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B0000006YA
        Release Date: 1992-12-11

        Tracks:

        1. Sing We Merrily unto God Our Strength
        2. For the Beauty of the Earth - Tom Blomster
        3. Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
        4. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day - Tom Blomster
        5. There is a Green Hill Far Away
        6. O Hear Us, Lord
        7. Greater Love Hath No Man - Cynthia Templin/Nathan Jones
        8. Loch Lomond
        9. Jubilate Deo
        10. A Song to the Lamb
        11. The Lord is My Light
        12. Warm-up - Tome Blomster/Susan Brown
        13. What Sweeter Music - Alex Komodore/Tom Blomster
        14. Agnus Dei - Jean Cioffi
        15. Advent Procession - Tom Blomster/Susan Brown/Gregg Fanselau/Jean Cioffi
        16. Easter Anthem - Tom Blomster
        17. And All in the Morning
        18. Epiphany Alleluias - Tom Blomster

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        10. Brahms: Variations in D Op21/1; Rhapsody in Gm Op79/2

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