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List Price: $16.98 | | Label: Gothic Records
Salesrank: 249438
Released: September 15, 1998 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols Track Listing:
1. Bring A Torch, Jeanette Isabella - KEITH CHAPMAN
2. Once In Royal David's City
3. The Bidding Prayer
4. Ding Dong! Merrily On High
5. Genesis: First Lesson - Genesis 3:8-15
6. Adam Lay Ybounden
7. Genesis: Second Lesson - Genesis 22:15-18
8. My Dancing Day
9. Of The Father's Heart Begotten
10. Isaiah: Third Lesson - Isaiah 9:2-7
11. Alleluia: A New Work Is Come On Hand
12. Isaiah: Fourth Lesson - Isaiah 11:1-9
13. Mid-winter
14. I Saw Three Ships
15. St. Luke: Fifth Lesson - St. Luke 1:26-38
16. Betelehemu
17. St. Luke: Sixth Lesson - St. Luke 2:1-7
18. He Is Born The Divne Child
19. St. Luke: Seventh Lesson - St. Luke 2:8-16
20. Christmas Lullaby
21. Do You Hear What I Hear?
22. St. Matthew: Eighth Lesson - St. Matthew 2:1-11
23. What Child Is This?
24. St. John: Ninth Lesson - St. John 1:1-14
25. Falan-Tidings
26. Hodie Christus Natus Est
27. The Collect And Blessing: The Collect & Blessing
28. O Come, All Ye Faithful
29. Joy To The World: Organ Flourish On 'Joy To The World' - Michael Dell
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols Reviews:
Absolute must-have for the Christmas choral collection! 
2007-12-11 - Having owned this CD for several years now, I've easily listened to it over a hundred times. Additionally, as an organist and choir director, I have gone to great lengths to purchase and perform several of the pieces with my groups, namely: Bring A Torch, Mid-Winter, My Dancing Day, Betelehemu, He Is Born, Do You Hear What I Hear?(hint: look for Oxford's OOP supplier), and Joy To The World.
I've recommended this recording to several people and all have echoed my sentiments, just as my choir members and congregants have thoroughly enjoyed the repertoire I've taken from it.
For those for whom only Handel "Messiah" or Bach "Christmas Oratorio" suffices as Christmas choral repertoire, this recording may not suffice: the program here is unquestionably slanted to modern repertoire. But, for my purposes, this has been the single most enjoyable and useful recording I own.
Sorry, but I just can't let this recording receive only one review of two-stars. You must listen for yourself!
A festival of nine lessons and carols 
2007-12-03 - It is great to be in a position to understand American English. The organ simply does not do justice to the program.
