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The Choir of Trinity College
Carols from Trinity - The Choir of Trinity College (2 CDs) (Conifer)
Genres: Special Interest, Classical

Track Listings (27) - Disc #1
1. Sleepers, Awake
2. Advent Responsory
3. Wachet auf (Organ Solo)
4. Of The Father's Heart
5. Angelus ad virginem
6. The Holly And The Ivy
7. I Sing Of A Maiden
8. Ding! Dong! Merrily On High
9. O Come All Ye Faithful
10. There Is No Rose
11. Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
12. Silent Night
13. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
14. I Saw Three Ships
15. Sweet Was The Song
16. Personent hodie
17. Away In A Manger
18. Resonet in laidibus
19. Up! Good Christian Folk
20. The First Nowell
21. The Shepherds' Farewell
22. The Three Kings
23. Unto Us Is Born A Son
24. The Coventry Carol
25. What Cheer?
26. Hark! The herald Angels Sing
27. In dulci jubilo
Track Listings (29) - Disc #2
1. Wake, O wake
2. The Angel Gabriel
3. Noel: Chantons
4. Edi beo thu, hevene quene
5. A Hymn To The Virgin
6. Noel
7. This Is The Record Of John
8. A Child Is Born In Bethlehem
9. Once In Royal David's City
10. Rejoice, Rejoice In Christ
11. Hodie Christus natus est
12. A Great And Mighty Wonder
13. O Little One Sweet
14. In ducli jubilo
15. Noel: mais on San es alle nau
16. The Blessed Son Of God
17. O Ye Little Flock
18. While Shepherds Watched
19. Shepherd's Cradle Song
20. The Lamb
21. As With Gladness
22. Here Is The Little Door
23. In The Bleak Mid-Winter
24. Rhapsodie sur des Noels
25. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
26. Illuminare, Jerusalem
27. Noel: Le Roy des cieux
28. The Coventry Carol
29. Benedicamus Domino

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CD Details

All Artists: The Choir of Trinity College
Title: Carols from Trinity - The Choir of Trinity College (2 CDs) (Conifer)
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Conifer
Release Date: 7/16/1996
Album Type: Import
Genres: Special Interest, Classical
Styles: Holiday & Wedding, Opera & Classical Vocal
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPCs: 756055175421, 765055175423

Synopsis

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This absolutely essential Christmas collection is actually a combination of two Trinity College Choir recordings originally released separately under the titles "Carols from Trinity" and "A Child Is Born," the latter of which is still offered as a single CD. This two-disc set is a great value, both financially and musically. Here are 53 of the finest, most popular, best-loved, and best-sung Christmas carols, anthems, and motets from medieval times to the present, performed and recorded in the wonderful acoustic space of the Trinity College Chapel. Unlike the choirs of Trinity's famous Cambridge neighbors, King's and St. John's colleges--which consist entirely of men and boys, Trinity is a mixed ensemble with female sopranos and altos. The tone, blend, and balance are exquisite and the combination of the three stands as an ideal, and the choir's ensemble technique and musicianship are unsurpassed. --David Vernier

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CD Reviews

One of the very best recordings of its type

Josiah Fisk | New Salem, Massachusetts | 03/25/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This recording looks back to the English choral tradition as it was in its heyday during the 1950's and 1960's, when The Choir of Kings College issued so many wonderful recordings under Boris Ord and Donald Willcocks.Kings is still in business, of course, but today Richard Marlowe and the Choir of Trinity College are better exponents of this tradition than Kings College itself, at least on the evidence of this recording. The choice of music on these two CDs is widely varied and the price is certainly right.Best of all, this recording can work for many different audiences, from those who know the English tradition, to those who know only the pop-inflected John Rutter version of it, to those who have never heard an English choir but can appreciate musical "comfort food," especially at Christmas time."

Exquisite descants and flawless performance

K. J. Ross | Bermuda | 11/02/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have had the Carols from Trinity CD for years and,without doubt, it is the most delicious selection of Christmas music from the English tradition executed in the most exquisite manner. I also have A Child is Born, which, although splendid, is not as captivating as the first collection.

Particularly breathtaking are Richard Marlowe's gorgeous descants. They soar! Listen to "O Little Town of Bethlehem", it makes the back of your neck tingle! Similarly, "While Shepherds Watched" comes to new life in Marlowe's arrangement.

I have yet to find a finer set of Carols performed so flawlessly."

Energized performance of a wide variety of repertoire

news4fan | 12/31/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge has youthful energy and also mature musicality in this delightful, but still very serious recording of sacred choral Christmas music. Perfect diction, dynamics, and tone, led by Richard Marlow, director. The second disc is better than the first--it contains less traditional music and more unaccompanied British choral music, what the choir does best. A great gift for choral enthusiasts and traditional carol lovers alike.

Best tracks: "What Cheer?" by William Walton, "The Three Kings" by Peter Cornelius, "Coventry Carol" by Kenneth Leighton, "Hymn to the Virgin" by Benjamin Britten, "Tomorrow shall be my dancing day" arr. by David Willcocks, "A Great and Mighty Wonder" arr. by Richard Marlow."