With music from 16th-century France to 21st-century Hollywood there’s something for everyone in this well-filled Christmas cracker!

An attractive new collection of festive music from this much-fêted Cambridge college choir, under the direction of Sarah MacDonald.

In addition to some well-loved favourites and less familiar items, there are several first recordings of new carols and carol arrangements.

Particularly delicious – and being heard here for the first time – are new close-harmony arrangements by the choir’s director Sarah MacDonald of the popular Christmas songs ‘Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer’, ‘Santa Claus is coming to town’, and ‘White Christmas’.

Contents:
1. Once in royal David’s city
Henry John Gauntlett, arr. David Willcocks
2. Ding! dong! merrily on high
French trad. 16th century, arr. Mack Wilberg
3. Stille Nacht
Franz Gruber, arr. Geoffrey Webber
4. Angelus ad virginem
Anon. 14th century, arr. Carol Barnett
5. The little road to Bethlehem
Michael Head
6. Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer*
Johnny Marks, arr. Sarah MacDonald
7. Wexford Carol
Irish trad., arr. John Rutter
8. The seven joys of Mary
English trad., arr. William Whitehead
9. Rocking
trad. Czech, arr. Edward Higginbottom
10. Away in a manger*
William James Kirkpatrick, arr. Philip Moore
11. In dulci jubilo*
German 16th century, arr. Philip Moore
12. Huron Carol*
trad. Canadian, arr. MacDonald
13. Wassail Carol
William Mathias
14. See amid the winter’s snow
John Goss, arr. Willcocks
15. Cradle Song
Richard Causton
16. We three kings
John Henry Hopkins, arr. Philip Stopford
17. O little town of Bethlehem
Henry Walford Davies
18. Santa Claus is coming to town*
John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie, arr. MacDonald
19. White Christmas*
Irving Berlin, arr. MacDonald
20. O come all ye faithful
Anon., arr. Willcocks
21 Hark, the herald-angels sing
Felix Mendelssohn, arr. Willcocks

* First recording of this new carol or arrangement