The Carol Connection 2
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Christmas carols across the centuries
We know it as “Good King Wenceslas,” but the carol, written in the mid-1800s, has a tune borrowed from a medieval salute to spring flowers!
In this hour, stories behind this and many other well-known Christmas songs— including “Silent Night,” “Joy to the World” and “God Rest You Merry Gentlemen”—on the next Connections.
[Primary resource for this program was The New Oxford Book of Carols, edited by Hugh Keyte and Andrew Parrott; Oxford University Press]
RECORDINGS USED
CD Title
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Group/Artist
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Catalog #
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UPC
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The Carol Album [for 'Branle L’Officiel,' 'Silent Night,' 'Veni Veni Emanuel']
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Taverner Consort, Choir & Players; Andrew Parrott
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EMI Classics CDC 7498092
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077774980920
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Carols from Trinity [for 'Ding Dong Merrily on High']
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Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Robert Marlow
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Conifer 75605 51754 2
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756055175421
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Woods, Women And Wine [for 'Tempus adest Floridum']
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Joculatores Upsalienses.
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BIS-CD-120
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7318590001202
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From Heaven Above [for 'Good King Wenceslas']
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Deller Consort
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RCA Victrola VICS-1376
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[out-of-print LP]
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Our Heart's Joy: A Chanticleer Christmas [for 'In Dulci Jubilo']
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Chanticleer
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Chanticleer Records 8803
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899653002055
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Songs of Angels [for 'Good Christian Men Rejoice', 'Deck the Halls']
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Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
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Telarc CD-80377
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089408037726
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Rejoice! – A String Quartet Christmas [track 1 for ‘Joy to the World’ instrumental & break music]
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Arturo Delmoni, Alexander Romanul, Katherine Murcock, Nathaniel Rosen
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John Marks Records 12
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717794709629
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Handel: Messiah [for 'Comfort Ye' intro]
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Dunedin Consort & Players, John Butt
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Linn Records CKD 285
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691062028523
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Nativity : Christmas Music From Georgian England [for 'Joy to the World']
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Parley of Instruments Baroque Orchestra, Peter Holman
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Hyperion CDA67443
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034571174433
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The Colors of Christmas [for Handelian 'Joy to the World']
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Bach Choir, Royal Phil-harmonic Orchestra; John Rutter
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Decca 001609202
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602527822129
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Christmastide [for 'Adeste Fidelis']
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Jessye Norman
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EMI Classics 49819
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077774981927
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Christmas with the Robert Shaw Chorale [for 'God Rest You Merry Gentlemen']
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Robert Shaw Chorale
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RCA DMC2-1217
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[none]
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The Chalice Well: English Traditional Music [for 'Doves Figary']
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Idlewild
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Idlewild Recordings 19891
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634479042966
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While Shepherds Watched [for 'Wesley Rondo']
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Timothy Roberts, Parley of Instruments
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Hyperion CDA67443
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034571174433
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Vaughan Williams: Christmas Music [for 'The First Nowell']
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City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
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Chandos CHAN 10385
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095115138526
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Puer Natus in Bethlehem [for 'Corde Natus']
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Elmer Iseler Singers
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CBC Records 1165
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059582116524
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Traditional Christmas Carols Vol II [for 'Of the Father’s Heart Begotten']
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The Sixteen
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Coro COR16085
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828021608520
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A Christmas Festival [for 'Nos Galan']
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Elin Manahan Thomas, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; John Rutter
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Collegium Records COLCD 133
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040888013327
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O Come, All Ye Faithful
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New York Choral Artists, Joseph Flummerfelt
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EMI Classics CDC 7499082
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077774990820
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