Berlin / Crosby / King's Men - Twelve Days of Christmas - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Christmas with The King's Singers New music, old music, music from the Renaissance and Baroque, spirituals, folksongs, jazz and pop... The Beatles, David Bowie, swing, classical avantgarde, waltzes by Strauss, and musical theatre songs. Which genre of music are the King's Singers actually yet to interpret? Which style have they not yet captured within their unique global reach and within their transparent and intimate six-voiced sound world? One thing is for sure - when the King's Singers came together at the end of the 1960s in Cambridge, no one would have believed the success story that lay ahead of them. Some musical experts were scathing a male-only vocal sextet was most likely to be found in the pop sector. But trained voices are surely better suited to a professional career either in the opera world or in mixed professional choirs. After all, the founding members came from the famous King's College Choir - one of the oldest surviving vocal institutions with nearly 500 years of history to it's name. It is with this tradition behind them that the King's Singers display the typical British musical virtues in which seriousness and humour, self-discipline, and a dash of satire all mix together so wonderfully. This is especially evident in their Christmas repertoire. Christmas carols are a special national treasure for Brits and are therefore the focus of festivities. The six voices' festive destinations also include the continent, such as Spain and Germany. InchEs ist ein Ros' entsprungenInch by the German early Baroque master composer Michael Praetorius has become a Christmas standard. The world famous carol InchStille Nacht, heilige NachtInch (InchSilent NightInch) comes from the German-speaking world too, written for Christmas Eve in a village near Salzburg in 1818. The simple, classical melody radiates a little of the spirit of Mozart, who was born in Salzburg.

Album Tracks 1. Vom Himmel Hoch, Da Komm Ich Her 2. Stille Nacht (Silent Night) (Arr. H. Lang) 3. Kommet, Ihr Hirten 4. O Du Frohliche 5. Singt Und Klingt 6. Part II Sinfonia 7. Part I Choral Wie Soll Ich Dich Empfangen (Chorus) 8. Part VI Choral Ich Steh An Deiner Krippen Hier? (Chorus) 9. Inmitten Der Nacht 10. Es Ist Ein Ros' Entsprungen 11. Maria Durch Ein Dornwald Ging 12. Freu Dich Erd Und Sternenzelt 13. Schlaf Mein Kindlein 14. Den Geboren Hat Eine Magd 15. Es Ist Fur Uns Eine Zeit Angekommen 16. Vom Himmel Hoch, O Englein Kommt 17. Hort Der Engel Helle Lieder 18. Still, Still, Still 19. In Dulci Jubilo

One of BYU's all-time favorite offerings, and first in BYU's acclaimed Celebration Series of television specials, a Celebration of Christmas presents the combined choirs and orchestra of BYU in 19 tracks of Christmas mood and memory. Seen nationally on PBS for several years, a Celebration of Christmas combines the spiritual, traditional, and international aspects of Christmas into one joyous concert, with music as timeless as Christmas itself. Album Tracks 1. I Saw Three Ships (Combined Choirs and Orchestra) 2. Away in a Manger (Combined Choirs and Orchestra) 3. Make We Merry on This Fest (Concert Choir) 4. A Savior from on High (Concert Choir) 5. Sing We Now of Christmas (University Singers) 6. Deck the Hall (Women's Chorus) 7. Wondrous Night (Women's Chorus) 8. Carol of the Drum (Men's Chorus) 9. Betelehemu (Men's Chorus) 10. Puer Nobis (University Singers) 11. Noel (University Singers) 12. Austrian Yodel Carol (Women's Chorus) 13. The Twelve Days of Christmas (Concert Choir) 14. We Need a Little Christmas (University Singers) 15. The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy (Men's Chorus, Panoramic Steel, and Orchestra) 16. Troika, from Lieutenant Kije Suite, Op. 60 (Philharmonic Orchestra) 17. The Sycamore Tree (Men's Chorus and Philharmonic Orchestra) 18. He Is the Root and the Offspring of David (Combined Choirs and Orchestra) 19. Angels We Have Heard on High (Combined Choirs and Orchestra)