100 Best Carols

1. 1
   The First Nowell (Arr. Mackerras)
   4:56
2. 2
   Away in a Manger
   2:10
3. 3
   Up! Good Christen folk and listen: "Ding-dong, ding, ding-a-dong-a-ding" (from "Piae Cantiones", 1582)
   1:15
4. 4
   O Little Town of Bethlehem (Arr. Philip Ledger)
   3:28
5. 5
   I Sing of a Maiden
   2:28
6. 6
   3 Carol-Anthems: II. A Spotless Rose
   3:08
7. 7
   Once in Royal David's City (from "Hymns and Carols of Christmas")
   5:11
8. 8
   Personent Hodie
   2:38
9. 9
   12 Christmas Carols: No. 8, Myn Lyking, "I saw a fair mayden" (Allegro moderato)
   3:16
10. 10
    O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Christian Hymn for Advent)
    3:30
11. 11
    The Holly and the Ivy (British Christmas Carol)
    3:09
12. 12
    Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Arr. Willcocks, "Silent Night")
    3:04
13. 13
    While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (Christmas Carol, arr. David Willcocks)
    2:51
14. 14
    It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (arr. David Willcocks)
    3:31
15. 15
    The Lord at First Did Adam Make
    4:10
16. 16
    Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (After Mendelssohn's Gutenberg Cantata, WoO 9, MWV D4)
    4:09
17. 17
    Shepherd's Pipe Carol
    2:55
18. 18
    Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
    3:15
19. 19
    Angel Tidings
    1:44
20. 20
    Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (French Christmas Carol from the 17th Century)
    3:25
21. 21
    8 Christmas Carols, Set II: No. 1, I Saw Three Ships
    2:04
22. 22
    Nativity Carol
    4:10
23. 23
    Quem pastores laudavere (from "Hohenfurth Manuscript, 1410")
    2:24
24. 24
    Hajej, nynjej, "Rocking Carol": "Hajej, nynej, Jezisku, Jezisku" (Czech Carol)
    3:52
25. 25
    Here We Come A-wassailing, "Wassail Song" (English Christmas Carol)
    4:09
26. 26
    The Coming of our King (After a Polish Carol)
    2:40
27. 27
    The Infant King (Old Basque Noël)
    3:09
28. 28
    Shepherds' Noël (Catalan Carol)
    3:07
29. 29
    Noël nouvelet (Arr. Rutter)
    3:32
30. 30
    Gabriel's Message (Basque Carol)
    3:52
31. 31
    Sans Day Carol, "St. Day Carol": "Now the holly bears a berry" (Cornish Christmas Carol)
    3:20
32. 32
    Past Three O'Clock, "Past Three A Clock" (English Carol)
    2:27
33. 33
    The Suffolk Harmony, 1784: No. 1, Shiloh, "Methinks I see a heavenly host"
    2:49
34. 34
    Los que fueron de buen gusto, Xácara in D Minor
    4:13
35. 35
    The Singing Master's Assistant: No. 6, Judea. "A Virgin Unspotted"
    3:14
36. 36
    The Babe of Bethlehem: "Ye Nations All, On You I Call"
    2:41
37. 37
    Thys Endris Nygth: "The other night I saw a sight" (English Carol from the 15th Century)
    4:44
38. 38
    Ríu Ríu Chíu - Spanish Villancico, No. 46, from "Cancionero de Uppsala": "Riu, riu, chiu, la guarda ribera"
    3:24
39. 39
    Christum wir sollen loben schon
    3:05
40. 40
    Gaudete, Christus est natus (from "Jistebnice Cantional, 1420")
    1:42
41. 41
    In hoc anni circulo (Christmas Carol)
    2:20
42. 42
    Traditional: Alleluya! A Nywe Werk Is Come on Honde! (Christmas Carol)
    5:51
43. 43
    The Old Year Now Away Is Fled (Carol for New Year's Day)
    1:51
44. 44
    Hodie nobis coelorum rex
    3:23
45. 45
    Audite principes a 16, C. 123
    6:15
46. 46
    Musae Sioniae, Theil 2: No. 5, In dulci jubilo, a 16 (Pt. 2)
    3:46
47. 47
    The Little Drummer Boy
    2:39
48. 48
    El nino querido
    2:46
49. 49
    The Gift
    2:08
50. 50
    Schlichte Weisen, Op. 76: No. 52, Mariä Wiegenlied (Orch. Ekdahl)
    2:21
51. 51
    Go Tell It on the Mountain (Arr. Ekdahl)
    3:32
52. 52
    Joy to the World (Based on Themes by G. F. Handel)
    1:53
53. 53
    Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, Act 3: Arie. "Tochter Zion"
    3:05
54. 54
    Zu Bethlehem geboren (German Carol from "Geistlicher Psalter, Köln, 1638")
    1:52
55. 55
    Mary's Little Boy Child
    4:38
56. 56
    Shchedryk
    3:22
57. 57
    Il est né, le divin Enfant (Arr. Jonathan Tunick)
    2:39
58. 58
    Cantique de Noël "Minuit, chrétiens"
    3:38
59. 59
    Marche des Rois: "De-matin, ai rescountra lou trin" (French Carol)
    2:46
60. 60
    Noël des îles
    4:41
61. 61
    Chanson joyeuse de Noël "Le petit Jésus, Sauveur adorable"
    5:49
62. 62
    Weihnachtslieder: No. 1, Weihnachten (Orch. Mackerras)
    3:09
63. 63
    Von Himmel hoch (Arr. Mackerras)
    3:12
64. 64
    In the Bleak Midwinter (Arr. Jonathan Tunick)
    3:46
65. 65
    O Tannenbaum (Arr. Glenn Osser)
    2:28
66. 66
    The Twelve Days of Christmas (Arr. Jonathan Tunick)
    4:19
67. 67
    God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
    2:17
68. 68
    Good King Wenceslas (Tune based on a 13th-Century Spring Carol)
    2:27
69. 69
    We Three Kings, "We Three Kings of Orient Are" (Christmas Carol)
    3:05
70. 70
    Angels from the Realms of Glory (arr. Charles Wood of French Carol "Les Anges dans nos campagnes")
    3:07
71. 71
    As with Gladness Men of Old (After Conrad Kocher's "Treuer Heiland", arr. William Henry Monk)
    2:29
72. 72
    The Coventry Carol
    5:20
73. 73
    The Yorkshire Wassail Song: "Oh, Here We Come a Wassailing"
    2:33
74. 74
    Masters in This Hall (French Carol)
    4:01
75. 75
    See amid the Winter's Snow, "Hymn for Christmas Day"
    3:44
76. 76
    Sussex Carol: "On Christmas night all Christians sing" (Christmas Carol) [Arr. Philip Ledger]
    1:41
77. 77
    Ding Dong! Merrily on High
    1:54
78. 78
    O Jesulein süss, BWV 493 (Chorale Version)
    2:51
79. 79
    5 English Folk Songs: No. 5, Wassail Song
    2:55
80. 80
    Carol with Lullaby
    3:22
81. 81
    Cowboy Carol: "There'll be a new world beginning' from t'night!"
    3:19
82. 82
    L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25, H. 130, Pt. 2: No. 8, Adieu des bergers à la Sainte-Famille, "Il s'en va loin de la terre" (Les Bergers)
    4:43
83. 83
    We Wish You a Merry Christmas (West Country)
    1:33
84. 84
    Nowell Sing We Now All and Some
    1:51
85. 85
    And All in the Morning
    2:17
86. 86
    I Saw a Maiden (After a Basque Noel, arr. Edgar Pettman)
    3:05
87. 87
    "Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem" (Arr. by Willcocks)
    2:31
88. 88
    Where Riches is Everlastingly: "Into this world this day did come"
    2:51
89. 89
    How Far Is It to Bethlehem?
    2:14
90. 90
    Of the Father's Heart Begotten
    5:07
91. 91
    Resonet in laudibus (14th-Century Carol from the "Moosburg Gradual of 1360")
    1:55
92. 92
    The Shepherds' Cradle Song
    3:40
93. 93
    Quittez, pasteurs, vos brebis, vos houlettes (Arr. Rutter)
    3:40
94. 94
    Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child, Op. 25b, "Coventry Carol"
    2:53
95. 95
    Melismata: No. 23, Remember, O Thou Man
    3:19
96. 96
    Cantiones Sacrae: No. 13, Hodie Christus natus est, SwWV 163
    3:49
97. 97
    Hosanna to the Son of David, a 6
    3:09
98. 98
    Angelus ad virginem, "Gabriel, From Heven King" (Carol from the 13th Century)
    2:36
99. 99
    Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (English Carol)
    2:05
100. 100
     O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)
     4:46

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