Christmas songs - The Holly and Ivy

The Holly and the Ivy
Deller Consort
Vanguard (Omega) Classics OVC 8023 [CD, NA]
Vanguard (Arcade) Classics 08 8023 71 [CD, Europe]
Vanguard Classics WMD152 802 [CD, France]
Vanguard Classics (Arcade) 08 5065 71 [CD, Europe]

Contents:

    The Holly and the Ivy Anon., 17th c.
  1. Patapan

  2. J.H. Hopkins
  3. Hymn: We Three Kings of Orient are

  4. Anon., trad., England
  5. I Saw Three Ship come sailing

  6. Anon., trad., England
  7. The Coventry Carol

  8. Edmund H. Sears & Richard S. Willis
  9. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear

  10. Anon., 16th (spring carol) / J.M. Neale, 19th c. (text)
  11. Good King Wenceslas

  12. C.J. Alexander & H.J. Gauntlett
  13. Once in Royal David's City

  14. Anon., Czech Caro:
  15. Rocking (Hajej, nynjej)

  16. Anon., trad., England
  17. The First Nowell

  18. Anon., England
  19. Christmas carol: God Rest on You Merry Gentlemen

  20. George Wither (lyric) & Ralph Vaughan Williams (arr.)
  21. Wither's Rocking Hymn

  22. Joseph Möhr & Hans Grüber
  23. Silent Night

  24. Anon.
  25. Dormi Jesu !

  26. Anon., trad., England
  27. Wassail Song

  28. Anon., ca 15th c.
  29. Boar's Head Carol

  30. Anon., London Wait
  31. Past Three A Clock

  32. Anon., medieval & Gustav Holst (arr.)
  33. Lullay My Liking

  34. Anon., 15th c. & Peter Warlock (arr.)
  35. Adam Lay Ybouden

  36. Anon., Germany & Robert Herrick (word), 1647
  37. Christmas-play carol: Herrick's Carol

  38. Anon., 14th c.
  39. Angelus ad Virginem

  40. Anon., medieval & Cecil Sharp (arr.):
  41. Carol: The Holly and the Ivy

  42. Anon., Germany ?, Scheidt & J.S. Bach (harmonization):
  43. O Little One Sweet

  44. Anon., medieval, Chester Ms (ca 1425):
  45. Processional song: Song of the Nuns of Chester

  46. Anon., 16th c.
  47. Winter-Rose

  48. Anon., 14th c. / J.S. Bach (harmonization)
  49. Carol: In Dulci Jubilo

Playing time: 59' 23"

Performers:
Deller Consort [Alfred Deller (countertenor), April Cantelo (soprano), Gerald English (tenor), Maurice Bevan (baritone), Stanley Taylor (recorder), Desmond Dupré (lute)] - Alfred Deller, dir.

Recording site and date:
Crickle Wood Church, London UK [06/1956]

Compilation:
Vanguard (Omega) OVC 8050/3 [CDx4] A Celebration of Christmas - Carols through the Ages.
Musical Concepts MC 192 [CDx4 + CD-ROM] Alfred Deller – The Complete Vanguard Recordings, Volume THREE: Christmas Carols and Motets

Excerpts (ore:
[1]-[3], [5]-[13], [15]-[25] Vanguard VRS 499 The Holly and the Ivy.

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 384-157 (july/august 1992, as Vanguard Classics 08 8023 71 or WMD 152 802); 409-188 (november 1994 (as Vanguard Classics 08 5065 71))

Comments:
Information from owned CD. The number WMD is distributor number for Vanguard Classics 08 8023 71.

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