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Stephen Varcoe, Simon Vaughan, Gareth Morrell
The Best Carols in the World...Ever!
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Classical

Track Listings (25) - Disc #1
1. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Mendelssohn, Felix
2. I Saw Three Ships
3. The First Nowell
4. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
5. While Shepherds Watched
6. A Virgin Unspotted - Billings
7. Once in Royal David's City - Gauntlett, Henry Jo
8. In the Bleak Midwinter - Darke
9. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
10. In Dulci Jubilo
11. O Little Town of Bethlehem
12. Past Three O'Clock
13. The Coventry Carol
14. Away in a Manger - Kirkpatrick
15. Nativity Carol - Rutter, John
16. Unto Us Is Born a Son
17. Silent Night - Gruber, Franz
18. Ding Dong Merrily on High
19. We Wish You a Merry Christmas
20. The Lord at First Did Adam Make
21. Up! Good Christian Folk and Listen/Up! Good Christian Folk and Listen
22. Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
23. O Little One Sweet
24. O Come, O Come Emmanuel
25. The Twelve Days of Christmas
Track Listings (27) - Disc #2
1. Good King Wenceslas
2. Cherry Tree Carol
3. Joy to the World! - Mason
4. Here We Come A-Wassailing
5. See Amid the Winter's Snow - Goss
6. Gaudete
7. The Holly and the Ivy
8. We've Been a While A-Wandering
9. We Three Kings of Orient Are - Hopkins
10. Shepherd's Pipe Carol - Rutter, John
11. Masters in This Hall
12. The Babe of Bethlehem - Walker
13. A Spotless Rose - Howells
14. Angel Tidings
15. When an Angel Host Entuned - Jacques
16. As with Gladness Men of Old - Kocher
17. Adam Lay Ibounden - Blake
18. The Coming of Our King
19. Christ Was Born on Christmas Day
20. A Christmas Carol
21. Sans Day Carol
22. Gabriel's Message
23. The Chester Carol
24. Rocking
25. Methinks I See an Heav'nly Host - Billings
26. Angels from the Realms of Glory
27. O Come, All Ye Faithful

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CD Details

All Artists: Stephen Varcoe, Simon Vaughan, Gareth Morrell, Felix [1] Mendelssohn, Christmas Traditional, William Billings, Henry John Gauntlett, Harold Darke, Richard Storrs Willis, William James Kirkpatrick, John Rutter, Franz Xaver Gruber, Lowell Mason, John [Composer] Goss, John Henry, Jr. Hopkins, William Walker, Herbert Howells, Reginald Jacques, Conrad Kocher, Anonymous
Title: The Best Carols in the World...Ever!
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: EMI Classics
Original Release Date: 1/1/2005
Re-Release Date: 10/4/2005
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Classical
Styles: Holiday & Wedding, Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Sacred & Religious
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPCs: 724356692329, 0724384637828

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CD Reviews

Title makes a big claim, but it absolutely delivers...

Random McNasty | 12/02/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album provides 2.5 hours of excellent carols, from excellent choirs and soloists, and with great sound. I was worried that a compilation this large, and with such an extravagent title, would be B-side offerings, but that's not the case at all.

This isn't an album if you are looking for something "fresh and new." The arrangements are traditional, and even newer carols are done in a fairly conservative style. But that said, some of the pieces provide the best orchestration and voice arrangement I have ever heard. This is like the pinnacle of the classic English Christmas carol; clean, precise, glorious and celebratory."

Its time to be seasonal

J. Couper | Lincoln, England | 12/16/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album contains traditional carols performed in a traditional way at the best quality. It is an excellent album to ensure the spirit of christmas is present and to bring the true meaning of christmas back. The double CD selection has all the golden favourites as well as not so wellknown carols to complete a very good christmas album. Merry Christmas to you all!"

A vital ingredient to an excellent Christmas carol collectio

M. Peever | North Carolina | 11/25/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The Best Carols in the World...Ever! is not the only CD needed to build an excellent Christmas carol collection, but it is definitely a key ingredient. My CD shelves are arranged left-to-right in roughly descending order of enjoyment. The Best Carols in the World...Ever! sits on the far left, accompanied by Noel: Christmas at King's, A Traditional Christmas Carol Collection, and Christmas with the Academy.

The album is interesting just for the breadth of carols on it: "Gaudete," "A Virgin Unspotted," "Masters in This Hall," and "Methinks I See an Heav'nly Host" are included along with more standard offerings like "In the Bleak Midwinter" and "Once in Royal David's City." And the breadth of carols is highlighted by excellent performances and high-quality recording.

The artists include Mediaeval Baebes, Choir Of King's College Cambridge, and Taverner Choir. These are excellent performers with solid material. And the recording quality is a bonus: I've more than one excellent Christmas album blemished with tape artifacts and other technical flaws. It can be frustrating to hear a gorgeous piece of music touched with a fault that's not from either the music or the performance. This CD is generally free from those flaws.

Really, there is no glaring fault on this album. I can't call it perfect:that would infer no other albums are necessary. But it's really a very excellent recording, at an extremely attractive price. It is an integral piece of my Christmas music collection."