“Christmas Carols from Guildford Cathedral” [US VERSION] - Guildford Cathedral Choir (Barry Rose)
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- Guildford Cathedral Choir, directed by Barry Rose:
Recording in Guildford Cathedral, June 1966:
(The famous “gold disc” LP is reproduced here almost in its entirety - but not quite, because the copyright holders have blocked two of the tracks in some countries. This upload omits those tracks. The full version - which can only be viewed in the UK - is available at • “Christmas Carols from... . A re-released version of the original LP did appear briefly in audio cassette format but it has never been released as a CD, and clean vinyl copies can be hard to find. Uploaded to ArchivesofSound under the terms of Warners’s agreement with CZcams [www.wmgmusiclic...] and as an important part of the sound archive of Guildford Cathedral Choir. EMI, who made the original recording under the Music for Pleasure label, played a pivotal role in the early development of the choir. Originally issued under catalogue number MFP 1104 in 1966, this LP was re-issued in 1976 with a new cover photo (pictured here) and revised sleeve notes. For the new cover, EMI used a professional child model, which was a pity because a Guildford chorister would have known which way round to wear his cassock...)
- 1. Once in royal David's city (Gauntlett)
- 2. God rest ye merry gentlemen (Traditional)
- 3. While shepherds watched their flocks (Ravenscroft)
- 4. [ See, amid the winter's snow: OMITTED ]
- 5. As with gladness men of old (Kocher)
- 6. The first nowell (Traditional, arr. Lowman)
- 7. Hark, the herald angels sing (Mendelssohn)
- 8. It came upon the midnight clear (Sullivan, arr. Lowman)
- 9. Silent night (Gruber, arr. Rose)
- 10. Good King Wenceslas (Traditional)
- 11. [ Hark, the herald angels sing: OMITTED ]
- 12. O come, all ye faithful (Traditional, with descant by Barry Rose)
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This is what I think of when I think of Christmas music: classic choral pieces without frills. Profoundly beautiful and serene.
Keep in mind that Christmas carols, Christmas hymns and Christmas music, are all quite different. 🎺. 🎻
These are hymns and carols. M
Amen!
such beautiful music for our Lord and King
I'm french but i must admit english carols are the most beautyful
Pure unadulterated Christmas carols, so beautiful and relaxing May God bless you all in a very special way this Christmas and always.
神さま感謝いたしますアァメン🛐
What a delight to accidentally see this wonderful album again after searching over the years on CZcams for it. It was like everyone has forgotten the Xmas carols recorded by the Guildford Cathedral in the early sixties. My subjective nostalgia keeps telling me it is the best Xmas carols ever.
Thanks for making me happy this season.
You are right sir, I remember when we are very young, it came in cassette, and anytime it's Christmas time, and we realize that the tape, is bad, my Mum, will quickly go and get another one. I have also been searching for it for long.
Very powerful hymns for the birthday remembrance of our saviour and Lord, Jesus Christ.
The best of Christmas choral music,
I use to enjoy this particular piece as far back as 50years ago. God bless the church of God.
Beautiful.
I remember this lp record when I was little in Lagos Nigeria. My dad always start to play this record about 4wks before christmas. The best carols still. The music always created a unique atmosphere at Christmas season. Unfortunately it has faded these days. So glad to see it here. What nostalgia! Next to this is that of the Gunter Kallaman Choir. It seems in the 60's they sang with their hearts.
We're delighted you've found it again. Your dad may have started playing this record four weeks before Christmas, but we recorded it in May!
I listened to it too as a kid it was the best
We also had this LP when I was a kid, also in Nigeria (but in Jos) and I was delighted to find it again
Yeah you're right me too. Reminds me of my Dad.
Exactly why I came to CZcams this Christmas morning. To relive my childhood. We had this record and Christmas mornings were always beautiful ❤. Merry Christmas!
It's hard to put into words the power of reverent Christmas music for soothing the mind, especially during the chaotic holiday season. It restores the soul at a time when restoration is most needed! Thank you so much.
I grew up in listening to these Christmas carols at home, in Church, in departmental stores, in taxis etc once November starts. In recent times I only hear them at Night of nine lessons and carols! I am here on Nov 1 2022 to reinvent the past past listening to these Heavenly tunes. Wishing you all a very REFLECTIVE Christmas. May the Joy (of Salvation) and Peace ( of and with God) that Christ brings abound unto you this Christmas and beyond.
Merry Christmas from the islands of the Philippines, this 3rd day of December, 2022
Beloved, are you hearing the heavenly sound of the Organ as I do. God help me to hear the greatest sound of this kind in your Kingdom. I pray Thee in the name of Jesus, your Son, Amen.
And through all His wondrous childhood
He would honour and obey,
Love and watch the lowly maiden,
In whose gentle arms He lay:
Christian children all must be
Mild, obedient, good as He.
For he is our childhood’s pattern;
Day by day, like us He grew;
He was little, weak and helpless,
Tears and smiles like us He knew;
And He feeleth for our sadness,
And He shareth in our gladness.
And our eyes at last shall see Him,
Through His own redeeming love;
For that Child so dear and gentle
Is our Lord in heaven above,
And He leads His children on
To the place where He is gone.
Not in that poor lowly stable,
With the oxen standing by,
We shall see Him; but in heaven,
Set at God’s right hand on high;
Where like stars His children crowned
All in white shall wait around.
This particular Carol service is spectacularly good for everyone everywhere in the World.The best singing choir accompaniment together gives us peace of mind as Christmas time approaches
This is beautiful.. there is nothing like christmas
Can't argue with that!
Amen
At this year 1988 89 90s when I was still a kid my late precious mother used to play this Christmas carols song as old record so I had look for this song on CZcams through my mom old record .....2020 / 27 /12 oh memory it bring me joy and tears
Having lived in England in the Sixties and Seventies, I then bought this LP. Unfortunately, I lost it at some stage in life. Am delighted to have found it on your Channel. Thank you for uploading! Merry Christmas !
Thank you for this incomparable treat. This selection of carols and the flawless performance of the Guildford Cathedral Choir truly blessed my soul.
Beautiful glory to Jesus
We all love Christ Jesus, our saviour...❤❤❤❤Sarawak Malaysia..Amen.
Holy God, Holy Mighty, Holy Immortal, have mercy upon us, Amen. Grant, Lord, to keep us this day without sin. Blessed are You O Lord, God of our fathers, and praised and glorified is Your Name for ever. Amen. Lord, let Your mercy come upon us, O Lord, for we have trusted in You. Blessed are You O Lord, teach me Your commandments. Blessed are You O Master, make me to understand Your commandments. Blessed are You, O Holy One, enlighten me with Your commandments. Lord, Your love endures forever; Do not turn away from the work of Your hands. To You belong praise, and song. Glory, to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, both now and forever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
Christ is King❤
I wish we had such good Church Choirs in the Catholic Church.
PS I have only just noticed that this was recorded back in 1966 [I had originally thought it was from 2015]. All those who were then young choristers will now be elderly men in their 60s [also my age]. I wonder if any of them have still got copies and play it to their grandchildren at Christmas?
The best choir I have ever heard. In 1966 they put their hearts and souls into the carols! Magic
+Mo Dolaghan Many thanks for the compliments.
You deserve compliments!!
Was für ein schöner Chorgesang! Er füllt viele Herzen weit über Weihnachten hinaus.
Thanks a lot, and God bless you.
Christoph Kirschhöfer aus Aachen
The voice of celebration will continually be in my mouth even as the moon endureth. GLORY!
God save the King.
Perfection as I remember on my visits 😊
I found this lp today on Christmas day. It was a part of my childhood, and i feel so emotional. I'm in awe of the greatness of Christmas; Its message remains the same yesterday, today and forever. Thanks for this.
thank you!
I feel like heaven on earth each time I listen to this Xmas carol
Seriously speaking
So many nostalgia.......that follows this heavenly voices. Please can someone tell me how heaven will be, if these kind of music is played here on earth......Ike Maduforo
Ooh this 2022 thanks peaceful 🦋🦋🙏🙏🇯🇲
Christmas songs purify , and stabilize the soul
Grateful.
This is Christmas music at its very richest. Thank you so much for sharing and restoring my faith in life and goodness. Had Putin and his regime, listened to this type of joyous music, surely they would never have degenerated into the depraved inhumanity they find themselves in now to their fellow man. May God bless us all.
We had that album as a child. I played it all through the year and we had to sellotape the cover back together.
Beautiful. Wonderful singing and the organ is magnificent!
2020, the first Christmas in the pandemic. I keep coming back to this one, the profound simplicity away from the rampant glitters out there. Timeless piece.
Coro bellísimo!!
Felicidades por el Gran Mensaje.
Dios vino a nosotros en un pequeño Niño que nos trae Salvación.
New subscriber!
Nostalgia...it's 10-12-2021. 8 days to my 38th birthday.
Merry CHRISTMAS from the islands of the Philippines. (23rd day of December, 2020)
Merry Christmas from USA, Dec. 24, 2020
I was totally inspired today listening to this recording. This is truly some of the most beautiful and creative hymn singing I have ever heard. No two stanzas are sung alike, and the arrangement of each stanza magically compliments the text. This is how hymns should always be sung!
Thank you. And we're delighted you enjoyed it so much - even if the recording is now over 50 years old! Perhaps you'll find similar inspiration elsewhere on ArchivesofSound.
So, so true. Rose is a legend.
Now listening- 19th November 2020
I love choir music, especially at Christmas. I feel happy and relaxed as well as reverent .
Thoroughly enjoyed today despite it being 33 degrees and sunny here in Singapore. Admittedly this is Christmas Day weather in this part of the world!
Thank you, thank you!! Finding this made me so happy. I have been looking for this LP for years. My parents got it from a friend almost 40 years ago and I was mesmerized. I bought the cassette in 1991 but it is completely worn out. I have a lot of christmas carol albums with other choirs but it's just not the same. A Merry, Merry Christmas to You!!
Anette
+Anette Ronæss You're welcome. It's a pity the CZcams licensing agreement won't allow us to put up all the tracks globally, but perhaps what#s here is better than nothing.
This is a Masterpiece 10000 times over . Keep up the great work. SOOO Moving , it gives me chills.
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing these wonderful albums!
You're welcome!
Lovely...
May God bless the person that uploaded this music, and more especially those Angelic humans that sang the music with their conductor. See how the Church neglect has brought this catastrophe to the things of God by the worldly music companies that produced them for profit and possesses full right over Church music like this that has the powers to bring the listener to God. This music drew me to God when I first heard them about 42 years ago when I was only 12 years old. I ordered for the LP and got it through Amazon but some tracks are cracked and I couldn't get the CD version.. Any time I want to tune my mind to heavenly mindedness I visits CZcams and listen and meditate. Thanks to God and the person that uploaded this music again.
We appreciate your kind words, although we hardly consider ourselves "angelic". No, indeed! This LP has never been released on CD, and the copyright holders have blocked the full LP on CZcams for listeners in the USA, which they have every right to do. However, listeners in Europe and the UK *can* hear it in full (via a different upload on this channel).
@@ArchivesofSound thank you so much, it's like you are one of those choristers that on this album. I appreciate your humility on not considering yourselves as Angelic but many of us that God used your music to touch our lives knew that their is something extra ordinary dwelling within your lived when you sang this carols, There are many versions of the titles on this album but your version is evergreen, the more one listens the more he/she develop interest to listen more. I normally enjoys heavenly atmosphere during those days when I was less sinful any time I hears this music. In fact I ordered the LP twice and converted it to CD for my personal use but they are noisy and not with clean sound as this one on CZcams. Imagine me living in Nigeria to order for this music twice, one LP from UK and the other from US shows that this music is a gem to me,
This channel is run by those who were involved, in one way or another, with the recordings featured here.
Gracias Dios por otro año 2022
I'm an atheist but this takes me back to happier times growing up with my mam and dad and brothers and sisters, we're all apart now and some have passed but it still gives me the chills and makes me want to go back to those times. Christmas of the past were the best.
I say this in all humility; in these old Christmas songs; in those long ago happy times spent with our parents, siblings and grandparents; in the child who once lay in a cattle feeding trough - and who thirty years later was executed naked on a cross, but whom death could not hold in its grasp - is found the meaning of our life, and our reason to live with immense hope.
May he, Jesus the Nazarene, our Emmanuel, embrace you and your family with his love - this Christmas, throughout 2023 and always. 🌟
Christmas was much holier back in the days when God was loved and praised. He is coming back very soon. God bless you . Merry Christmas 🤶🎄❤
love love you all
The original LP sold so many copies that on 10 December 1966 it entered the official pop album charts, where it spent five weeks and reached number 24. The album later went “gold” and, later still, “platinum”. No other cathedral choir has ever featured in the pop album charts, unless you count Winchester, who provided the chorus for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Requiem” in 1985. By contrast, King’s College Cambridge didn’t feature in the album charts until 2008.
ArchivesofSound King's College Choir DIDN'T FEATURE IN THE ALBUM CHARTS UNTIL 2008?????? But the they're THE BEST! (other than 1) the Guildford Choir and 2) the Choir of Men and Boys at All Saints Episcopal Church in...someplace in America.)
Amazing album from a bygone Era. Sorry the copyright Fascists will not allow a full upload.
So beautiful ! One of my top list favourite Carols ...
Beautiful. ❤
Traditional and beautiful
Thank you.
thank you all
Lovely carols, happy Christmas and God bless you all over the festive period we have all had a tough couple of years but we also have hope 🎄
Semua lagu-lagu ini adalah nostalgia buat saya, karena mengingatkan saya kembali ke masa kecil saya saat di Gereja ... masa-masa saat saya sering mendengarkan dan menyayikan lagu-lagu ini ... terimakasih telah membawa kembali kenangan masa kecil saya ... "May our Lord Jesus Christ bless all of us ... Amen."
outstanding xmas album - even with the missing tracks...ha
lov u FT
I want to be like good king Wenceslas Noble and benevolent
I have a british CD at home which dates back to the 80s/90s that features nearly all of the Guilford christmas carols and as a child I probably worn out that CD because of how many times I've listened to it (and I also learnt them by heart on the organ). Listening to this video I discovered 1 new carol that I didn't hear before: "as with gladness men of old". Once listened carefully I went to the keyboard and tried it out and as with a bit of practice I could play it perfectly. It probably is one of my favourite ones.
Stunningly beautiful. This must have been one of the finest treble lines of its era. Thank you so much for the upload. Interesting that no descants (save for the single one of BR's own) were used, although the green C4C had been out for several years by 1966.
Hey, it's very similar to the church I attend in...some state on the East Coast. I wish I had been raised Episcopalian instead of Catholic, I'm THAT much of an Anglophile. No English blood in me, but my heart, mind, and soul are English. Sir David would be impressed, if he were still alive. It was his music that made an Anglophile out of me in 1994.( His descants in O Little Town of Bethlehem, Puer Nobis Nascitur, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, and The First Nowell.) Of course I don't listen to all of them year-round, just O Little Town of Bethlehem. FOREST GREEN is like heaven and earth coming together. (Another CZcams viewer said that about the King's College Choir and the Guildford Cathedral Choir. He or she and I are in complete agreement!) And no, the Cathedral is neither dim nor dark...you are so right. Thanks!
Remember that both Silent Night and O come All ye Faithful, at least, are from the Catholic tradition, one from Austria and the other one (Adeste Fideles) may be from Portugal. Just saying..
If you are still a practicing Catholic I recommend you check out the Anglican Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter.
Its a nice carol ...
Beautiful! Peaceful! Excellent music!
I enjoyed the beautiful singing, getting me in the Christmas spirit.
Great carols. I had this L P all those years ago giving me so much pleasure and still does. I really loved the three part harmonies. Great organ playing using lots of power on the final verses very impressive.
Its the way they do it for Lessons and Carols, so the congregation may join the choir for the end of each carol. The one that gives me shivers every time is Adeste Fideles.
Good Xmas Carol forever, used to listen to it when we were kids, my late Dad God rest his soul played this on its old turn table.merry Christmas,E ku keresi o(that is Yoruba)
And a merry Christmas to you, too!
God bless who ever that upload this. I have been looking for it for years. I even contact them, they said no more copies available.
+Ello Oku You can buy second-hand copies of the original LP online from time to time.
From where? Not in itune store.
+Ello Oku No, not on iTunes because it can only be purchased as a second-hand LP (although there was once an issue on audio cassette). Right now, it's being advertised on eBay: www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=christmas+carols+guildford+cathedral+lp
+ArchivesofSound For the sake of clarity: the "dark blue" cover is the original 1966 issue, the "dark red" cover (pictured on this upload) is the 1976 re-release.
where do I play that kind of LP. its hard to find Tapes here not to talk of LP. CD/DVD players only is available in Nigeria. No one uses turn table here anymore
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I stole this in cassette tape from a neighbor many years ago to listen throughout the Christmas period ,then quietly retuned it. glad to see it here
Not "stole" - "borrowed"! :-)
@@ArchivesofSound I didn't ask before I took it that's the thing loll
Merry Christmas, this 27th day of December, 2018..
Merry Christmas. I am still listening. Can't get over Christmas....
Thanks for sharing this! Some very nice performances of the good stuff here. LOL at the backwards cassock.
I love these songs Christmas is such a magical time I love it
Just blessed music 🎶
Beautiful - Thank you so much for posting!
Very inspiring and heavenly very enjoyable
The best there ever is
+ADENIRAN YUSUFF Thank you!
+ArchivesofSound You're welcome!
The platinum disc award ceremony, which took place at Guildford Cathedral in 1991, can be seen at czcams.com/video/HmF_xDza7vA/video.html
Joyeux Noël à tous
Merci!
À toi aussi. Merci.
Was this the average choral level of Anglican cathedrals in the past? Stunning...
Not the average choral level, no.
@@ArchivesofSound So this was high level also for that time, thank you for the information
I wish we had such good Church Choirs in the Catholic Church.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year everybody out there, put them some more Christmas gifts under the tree, let them music happenings entertain you & let it sound just this good fans 🍀🎂🎿🥳😍👏🥳😘🌺😊👍🎁🙋🎻🎻🥂💐🍾🥂😉🍾🤩🥂😉🙋💐💐
2018 ❤
All the choir boys are now men of grand kids 🙂
Splendid!
+Godtarget Casualelegance Glad you enjoyed it.
HAPPY NEW YEAR, 2018.
Wow this is great!
Thank you!
❤❤❤
Very pitty we cannot see this choir singing but hearing them is a great pleasure, indeed.
We agree! The only film that exists of the choir at this time is from about 12 months after this Christmas LP was recorded, which means that many who sang on the LP can be seen in the film. See czcams.com/video/j65DnyTL-nc/video.html
pure Christmas choir - Merry Christmas everyone, from the Philippines (2nd day of Dec.2017)
Thank you!
most welcome..
Amazing
Very beautiful singing.Should have made a video to go along with the carols.
I love you ❣️ jesus 💕
Love you
love you
Julio Campinas SP Brasil
Depending on which country you live in (and unfortunately the USA is excluded by the copyright holders), you may be able to listen to the complete LP on czcams.com/video/xK8Ywq4DUNg/video.html
Thank you! I'm in the US but I'll use a VPN to listen! 😉
@@mysticalmargaret6105 What is a VPN?
Up
We have no problem in the USA that way. Copy right