Choir Of King's College, Cambridge - Noel: Christmas at Kings (19...

Yes, most of the stuff was originally recorded in the 50's and 60's and it's not going to win prizes for signal to noise ratio. However, if you, like me break out in a sweat hunting for a xmas cd which won't contain some desperate wannabe modernised rehash of carols or a "listen to me aren't I a good tenor/diva and by the way here are some carols?" tracks, then this is your album.

From the moment track one started, with a belting rendition of "Hark the Herald Angels", I had a grin on my face from ear to ear. Warm memories of xmases past flood back, cooking, carols, snow and presents. Yes - dreamily rose-colored, revisionist and traditional it is, but worth every penny in this cynical cyber world. -Amazon-

Tracklist:

Noel! Christmas at Kings Disc 1
18. Gabriel's Message
17. Adam Lay Bounden
16. Inviatory
15. Past Three O'Clock
14. See Amid the Winter Snow
13. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
12. The Holly and the Ivy
11. O Little Town of Bethlehem
10. Away in a Manger
09. O Come, All Ye Faithful
08. Unto Us is Born a Son
07. In Dulci Jubilo
06. King Jesus Hath a Garden
05. Ding Dong! Merrily on High
04. I Saw Three Ships
03. While Shepherds Watched
02. The First Nowell
01. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Noel! Christmas at Kings Disc 2
21. Fantasia on Christmas Carols
20. Torches
19. Shepherds, in the Field Abiding
18. Coventry Carol
17. In the Bleak Midwinter
16. Personent Hodie
15. Myn Lyking
14. Lute-Book Lullaby
13. Blessed Be That Maid Mary
12. Christ Was Born on Christmas Day
11. The Crown of Roses
10. Balulalow
09. The Infant King
08. A Great and Mighty Wonder
07. As With Gladness Men of Old
06. The Three Kings
05. Joseph Was an Old Man
04. Rejoice and Be Merry
03. Rocking
02. The Sussex Carol
01. Once in Royal David's City