100 Years of Nine Lessons and Carols

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100 Years of Nine Lessons and Carols
Choral music
Length106 minutes 26 seconds
LabelKing's College Recordings
ProducerVarious

100 Years of Nine Lessons and Carols is a

nine lessons and carols service was held in King's College Chapel, Cambridge. One disc contains recordings of live performances from the BBC Radio broadcasts of the services from the period 1958 to 2017, while the second contains newly recorded versions of works previously performed at the service.[1][2]

The album debuted at number 1 in the UK Classical music chart on 22 November 2018, a position it retained for 9 weeks.[3]

Track listing

Disc 1
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day"
John Gardner1997 (Stephen Cleobury)2:18
15."I wonder as I wander"Carl Rütti2000 (Stephen Cleobury)1:48
16."The Shepherd’s Carol"Bob Chilcott2001 (Stephen Cleobury)2:53
17."Dormi, Jesu"John Rutter2007 (Stephen Cleobury)4:29
18."Bogoróditse Djévo"Arvo Pärt2007 (Stephen Cleobury)1:09
19."This Endernight"Michael Berkeley2016 (Stephen Cleobury)4:07
20."Carol Eliseus"Huw Watkins2017 (Stephen Cleobury)2:20
21."Once in royal David’s city"Henry Gauntlett & Arthur Henry Mann, desc. Stephen Cleobury2017 (Stephen Cleobury)4:23
Total length:58:12
Disc 2
Hark! the herald angels sing
"
Felix Mendelssohn, desc. Stephen Cleobury4:29
Total length:48:30

References

  1. ^ David Vernier. "King's Celebrates 100th Carol Service". ClassicsToday.com. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  2. ^ Geoff Brown (21 December 2018). "Alma Deutscher/Rolando Villazón/King's College Choir review". The Times. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  3. ^ Official Specialist Classical Chart Top 30, p. 11 January 2019 - 17 January 2019
  4. ^ a b "100 Years of Nine Lessons and Carols". King's College Recordings. Retrieved 13 January 2019.