Christmas Companion

Cambridge Singers (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 7, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Collegium
• ASIN: B00005NOXJ
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #569,247 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Joy to the world - Lowell Mason

2. Hodie Christus natus est - J. P. Sweelinck

3. Angels' Carol - John Rutter

4. Ding dong! Merrily on high - French traditional

5. 'Twas in the moon of winter time - Canadian traditional

6. Personent hodie - German traditional

7. Sussex Carol - English traditional8. In dulci jubilo - Samuel Scheidt

8. Somerset wassail - English traditional

9. For unto us a child is born - G. F. Handel

10. O Holy night - AdolpheAdam

See all 20 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. 1n dulci jubilo - German traditional

2. Adam lay ybounden - Boris Ord

3. Christmas Night - French traditional

4. Once, as I remember - Italian carol

5. A spotless Rose - Herbert Howells

6. In the bleak midwinter - Harold Darke

7. There is a flower - John Rutter

8. The cherry tree carol - English traditional

9. I wonder as I wander - Appalachian carol

10. Candlelight carol - John Rutter

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Here it is! The ULTIMATE Holiday survival kit! As a special purchase for fans of the indefatigable Cambridge Singers and their director John Rutter, two of their most popular seasonal recordings have been packaged together in one handsome slipcase – at a VERY SPECIAL PRICE! Individually, each recording has already sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide – together, they are the ONLY purchase for Christmas music you will have to make. From the ever-popular Joy to the World, to John Rutter’s oft requested Candlelight Carol, these discs provide a generous helping of seasonal musical cheer for everyone! Note: Mistletoe and Turkey NOT INCLUDED!(Includes COL 106 and COL 111)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quintessential Choral Music for Christmas, October 29, 2002

By 

Richard J. Roberts (Indianapolis, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christmas Companion (Audio CD)

This release consists of "Christmas Night" (Collegium 106) and "Christmas with the Cambridge Singers" (Coll 111). If you don't already have these two CDs, purchase this now! John Rutter is without peer as composer, arranger, and conductor of choral music, and these CDs are everything you could want in choral music for the holidays. The Cambridge Singers perform with flawless diction, tonality, and musicianship. The arrangements are rich and bubbly or pristine and elegant but always, always gorgeous. I also recommend "Christmas Day in the Morning" (Coll 123). Rutter's "Gloria" (Coll 100) is also stunning, and that CD includes some great examples of his non-Christmas work. Just listen to any of the Rutter samples you'll find here at Amazon, and I promise, you will be enchanted.