Carols from the Yard: The Eighty-Fifth Annual Carol Service [Original recording reissued]

James Woodman (Composer), Christmas Traditional (Composer), John Francis Wade (Composer), Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (Composer), Charles Callahan (Composer), Heinrich Schutz (Composer), Gustav Holst (Composer), Johannes Brahms (Composer), Anonymous (Composer), Peter Niedmann (Composer), Harold Edwin Darke (Composer), Gerald Near (Composer), Michael Praetorius (Composer), Franz Xaver Gruber (Composer), George Frideric Handel (Composer), William Byrd (Performer), John Cook (Performer), Nancy B. Granert (Performer), Rachel Dobrow (Performer), Awet Andemicael (Performer), Chris Thorpe (Performer), Daniel Gallisa (Performer), Coventry Edwards-Pitt (Performer), Murray Forbes Somerville (Performer), Carrie Benes (Orchestra), Sharon Kunde (Conductor), The Harvard University Choir (Artist), Murray Forbes Somerville (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: William Byrd, John Cook, Nancy B. Granert, Rachel Dobrow, Awet Andemicael, et al.
• Orchestra: Carrie Benes
• Conductor: Sharon Kunde
• Composer: James Woodman, Christmas Traditional, John Francis Wade, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Charles Callahan, et al.
• Audio CD (October 17, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Gothic Records
• ASIN: B000003J9E
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #287,638 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars atmospheric christmas service with gorgeous singing, November 19, 2003

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This review is from: Carols from the Yard: The Eighty-Fifth Annual Carol Service (Audio CD)

i love this disc! a live recording of a service at harvard university, the choir is gorgeous, the choice of music varied and high quality. from palestrina to a haunting new piece by american composer peter niedmann, every carol adds to the experience so by the end, you feel sated and ready to go home and have some hot cider with your friends. buy this record, and you won't be disappointed!

merry christmas!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Carols from the Yard: The Eighty fifth Annual Carol Service, January 7, 2012

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Susan M. Eastham "Gardener" (NJ) - See all my reviews
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Carols from the Yard: The Eighty Fifth-Annual Carol Service at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA is my most favorite Christmas CD. The carols sung by the choir are beautiful, and the words recited by Reverand Peter Gomes are very inspiring (the timbre of Reverand Gomes's voice is also simply marvelous). Sadly, Reverand Gomes died this past year. I collected enough CD's from Amazon to give this recording to all my family. Hope you are so lucky!

5.0 out of 5 stars Carols From the Yard, February 8, 2007

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Karen Mallozzi "avid reader/book group leader" (Natick, MA) - See all my reviews
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Not your run of the mill Christmas carol recording. A good addition to carols played in the background at meals during Christmas.