Mindful Mix: Christmas Carols
Ring in the festive season with this soothing mix of Christmas carols, from old classics to new recordings.
Ring in the festive season with this soothing mix of timeless Christmas carols. Featuring old favourites including Silent Night, Hark! the Herald, and O Come all Ye Faithful, and other classics from John Rutter and Bob Chilcott, as well as gorgeous newer recordings from Ola Gjeilo, Philip Stopford and Kerensa Briggs.
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Produced by James C Taylor
An Overcoat Media production for 大象传媒 Radio 3 Unwind, MM
Music Played
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God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- Christmas Carols - The Collection - (The Best of The Oxford Trinity Choir).
- Burgess Entertainment Inc.
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John Rutter
Candlelight Carol
Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Lyricist: John Rutter. Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.- The John Rutter Christmas Album.
- Collegium.
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Philip Stopford
Lully, Lulla, Lullay
Conductor: David Bannister. Ensemble: The Choir of St John's College, Oxford.- Lully, Lulla, Lullay.
- Resonus Classics.
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Kerensa Briggs
A Tender Shoot
Ensemble: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.- A Pembroke Christmas.
- Signum Records.
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O Little Town Of Bethlehem
Composer: Phillips Brooks.- Carols with St Paul's Cathedral.
- Decca.
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Bob Chilcott
The Shepherd's Carol
Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- In Winter's House.
- Signum Records.
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Once in Royal David's City
Composer: Henry John Gauntlett. Composer: Arthur Henry Mann. Ensemble: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.- Traditional Christmas Carols & Songs - The Essential Collection.
- Classical Expressions.
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Gabriel's Message (Arr. David Willcocks)
Composer: Sabine Baring鈥怗ould. Music Arranger: Sir David Willcocks.- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
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Anon.
The First Nowell (Arr. Ola Gjeilo)
Choir: Royal Holloway Choir. Lyricist: Anon.. Music Arranger: Ola Gjeilo.- Winter Songs.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)
- Christmas at Trinity.
- Naxos.
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Trad.
Good King Wenceslas
Music Arranger: James Morgan. Conductor: James Morgan. Music Arranger: Juliette Pochin.- Carols Revisited - Christmas with the 大象传媒 Singers.
- Warner Classics.
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John Rutter
Shepherd's Pipe Carol
Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Lyricist: John Rutter. Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.- The John Rutter Christmas Album.
- Collegium.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Lyricist: Charles Wesley. Lyricist: George Whitefield. Music Arranger: Sir David Willcocks.- Nine Lessons & Carols.
- Kings College Cambridge.
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Bob Chilcott
O Emmanuel
Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Carol of the Bells.
- CORO.
- 27.
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John Rutter
All Bells in Paradise
- Favourite Carols from King's.
- Kings College Cambridge.
- 23.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
The Evening Star
Ensemble: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.- A Pembroke Christmas.
- Signum Records.
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Michael Praetorius
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
Composer: Jan Sandstr枚m. Choir: Elora Festival Singers. Conductor: Noel Edison. Lyricist: Theodore Baker.- The Wonder of Christmas.
- Naxos.
- 17.
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Trad.
Away In A Manger
- The Christmas Angels.
- Red Cab Records.
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Imogen Holst
Nowell and Nowell
Ensemble: The Choir of St John's College, Oxford. Conductor: David Bannister.- News of Great Joy: Christmas from St John's College, Oxford.
- Resonus Classics.
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Gustav Holst
In the Bleak Midwinter
Choir: Worcester Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Donald Hunt.- Celestial Christmas 4: A Special Collection of Seasonal Choral Music.
- Celestial Harmonies.
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John Rutter
Nativity Carol
- What Sweeter Music: Songs and Carols for Christmas.
- Signum Records.
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Anon.
Wintertide Arr. Ola Gjeilo
Choir: Royal Holloway Choir. Lyricist: Charles Anthony Silvestri. Music Arranger: Ola Gjeilo.- Winter Songs.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Trad.
The Saviour's Love
Music Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams.- Albion Records.
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The Holly and The Ivy
Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Conductor: Simon Preston. Lyricist: Trad.. Music Arranger: Henry Walford Davies.- Choir of Westminster Abbey - Christmas Carols.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Joanna Marsh
In Winter's House
Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- In Winter's House.
- Signum Records.
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William Chatterton Dix
What Child is This Arr. Becky McGlade
Composer: Becky McGlade.- Oxford University Press Music.
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Trad.
I Saw Three Ships (Arr. Simon Preston)
Music Arranger: Simon Preston.- Favourite Carols from King's.
- Kings College Cambridge.
- 17.
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Lucy Walker
My Heart, O God
Ensemble: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.- A Pembroke Christmas.
- Signum Records.
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Adolphe Adam
O Holy Night Arr. John Rutter
Composer: Luca Genta. Music Arranger: John Rutter.- Kings College Cambridge.
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Edmund Sears
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Composer: Richard Storrs Willis.- Oxford University Press Music.
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John Tavener
The Lamb
- Allegri Miserere.
- Signum Records.
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Anon.
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
Conductor: John Rutter. Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Lyricist: Anon.. Orchestra: Orchestra of Clare College, Cambridge. Music Arranger: John Rutter.- Carols From Cambridge: The Very Best Sacred Christmas Carols.
- Decca (UMO).
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Bob Chilcott
The Sleeping Child
Ensemble: VOCES8. Lyricist: Charles Bennett.- A Choral Christmas.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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The Huron Carol
- CBC.
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O Come, All Ye Faithful
Music Arranger: Sir David Willcocks.- A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols: The Centenary Service.
- Kings College Cambridge.
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George Frideric Handel
Messiah: Part 1, For unto us a child is born
Composer: Charles Jennens.- Handel: Messiah.
- Coro.
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Errollyn Wallen
Peace on Earth
- Errollyn Wallen: Peace on Earth.
- Kings College Cambridge.
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Bob Geldof
Do They Know It's Christmas
Composer: Midge Ure. Music Arranger: James Morgan. Conductor: James Morgan. Music Arranger: Juliette Pochin.- Carols Revisited - Christmas with the 大象传媒 Singers.
- Warner Classics.
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John Henry Hopkins, Jr.
We Three Kings of Orient Are
- The Christmas Box Set.
- Future Noise Music Ltd..
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Taylor Scott Davis
Magnificat: II. Shall I Rejoice
Ensemble: VOCES8. Conductor: Barnaby Smith. Lyricist: Terry York. Orchestra: VOCES8 Foundation Orchestra. Choir: VOCES8 Foundation Choir.- A Choral Christmas.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Joanna Forbes
A Present for the Future
- Oxford University Press Music.
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O, Christmas Tree
- 100 Christmas Carols & Festive Xmas Hymns - the Very Best Traditional Carols & H.
- 4:Squared Entertainment.
- 24.
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This is the Truth Sent From Above
Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.- Traditional & Modern Carols.
- Regis Records.
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While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Lyricist: Nahum Tate. Music Arranger: Stephen Cleobury.- Favourite Carols from King's.
- Kings College Cambridge.
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Franz Xaver Gruber
Silent Night (Arr. J. Rutter)
Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Lyricist: Josef Mohr. Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Music Arranger: John Rutter.- The John Rutter Christmas Album.
- Collegium.
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James Burton
Balulalow
- Signum Records Ltd.
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Ulrika Emanuelsson
Veni, Emmanuel
Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin. -
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Wassail Song
Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Carol of the Bells.
- CORO.
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Angels From The Realms Of Glory
Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- A Traditional Christmas Carol Collection from The Sixteen.
- Coro.
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Conrad Kocher
As with Gladness Men of Old
Composer: Sir David Willcocks.- The Complete Traditional Christmas Carols Collection.
- CORO.
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Herbert Howells
A Spotless Rose
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Philip Ledger.- Xmas from King's - Christmas Classics.
- Warner Classics.
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George Frideric Handel
Joy to the World
Composer: Trad.. Ensemble: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.- Traditional Christmas Carols & Songs - The Essential Collection.
- Classical Expressions.
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