A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS - CAROLS, SONGS AND SOLOS

This recording celebrates such a musical Christmas, as it might have been enjoyed in a Victorian parlour at the end of the nineteenth century. With its mix of broad humour (The Carol Singers and Awfully Jolly) Christmas medleys (What shall we sing at Christmas? and A Christmas Party); and a selection of famiiar and less familiar carols, it provides a welcome alaternative to the modern commercialised festival, and reminds us of a time when musical entertainment was still largely home-made – and none the wores for that.

Total time: 64:02

• What shall we sing at Christmas The Carlisle Ensemble: Patricia Sabin, Michael Goldthorpe, Graham Titus, Mary Kennard, Margaret Lion (conductor & piano)
• Christmas Comes but Once a Year The Carlisle Ensemble: Patricia Sabin, Michael Goldthorpe, Graham Titus, Mary Kennard, Margaret Lion (conductor & piano)
• Hark the Herald Angels Sing The Carlisle Ensemble: Patricia Sabin, Michael Goldthorpe, Graham Titus, Mary Kennard, Margaret Lion (conductor & piano)
• Cradle Song of the Blessed Virgin The Carlisle Ensemble: Patricia Sabin, Michael Goldthorpe, Graham Titus, Mary Kennard, Margaret Lion (conductor & piano)
• Angels from the Realms of Glory The Carlisle Ensemble: Patricia Sabin, Michael Goldthorpe, Graham Titus, Mary Kennard, Margaret Lion (conductor & piano)
• The Angel’s Serenade (La Serenata) The Carlisle Ensemble: Patricia Sabin, Michael Goldthorpe, Graham Titus, Mary Kennard, Margaret Lion (conductor & piano)
• Awfully Jolly The Carlisle Ensemble: Patricia Sabin, Michael Goldthorpe, Graham Titus, Mary Kennard, Margaret Lion (conductor & piano)
• A Winter Ride The Carlisle Ensemble: Patricia Sabin, Michael Goldthorpe, Graham Titus, Mary Kennard, Margaret Lion (conductor & piano)
• Let Music Break on this Blest Morn The Carlisle Ensemble: Patricia Sabin, Michael Goldthorpe, Graham Titus, Mary Kennard, Margaret Lion (conductor & piano)
• The Star of Bethlehem The Carlisle Ensemble: Patricia Sabin, Michael Goldthorpe, Graham Titus, Mary Kennard, Margaret Lion (conductor & piano)
• The Christmas Tree (op 8 no 1) The Carlisle Ensemble: Patricia Sabin, Michael Goldthorpe, Graham Titus, Mary Kennard, Margaret Lion (conductor & piano)
• A Christmas Party The Carlisle Ensemble: Patricia Sabin, Michael Goldthorpe, Graham Titus, Mary Kennard, Margaret Lion (conductor & piano)
• New Prince, New Pomp The Carlisle Ensemble: Patricia Sabin, Michael Goldthorpe, Graham Titus, Mary Kennard, Margaret Lion (conductor & piano)
• The Gift The Carlisle Ensemble: Patricia Sabin, Michael Goldthorpe, Graham Titus, Mary Kennard, Margaret Lion (conductor & piano)
• The carol singers The Carlisle Ensemble: Patricia Sabin, Michael Goldthorpe, Graham Titus, Mary Kennard, Margaret Lion (conductor & piano)
• Chime again, Beautiful Bells The Carlisle Ensemble: Patricia Sabin, Michael Goldthorpe, Graham Titus, Mary Kennard, Margaret Lion (conductor & piano)
• Hymn for Christmas Day The Carlisle Ensemble: Patricia Sabin, Michael Goldthorpe, Graham Titus, Mary Kennard, Margaret Lion (conductor & piano)