Beautifully sung and perfectly recorded, this three disc compilation captures the pure essence and delicate power of the Christmas carol.
Featuring fifty of the best-loved carols - many with new arrangements - the album is a perfect seasonal compilation.
Recorded at Coventry Cathedral and featuring both The Saint Michael's Singers and The Coventry Singers, The Best Christmas Carols Album In The World...Ever contains everything from 'O Come O Come Emmanuel' to 'I Saw Three Ships', 'O Come, All Ye Faithful' to 'Away In A Manger', 'O Little Town Of Bethlehem' to 'Once In Royal David's City'. There's even a bit of 'Ding Dong! Merrily On High' thrown in for good measure.
Disc: 1
1. O Come O Come Emmanuel
2. The Angel Gabriel
3. Angels From The Realms Of Glory
4. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
5. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
6. On Christmas Night (Sussex carol)
7. While Shepherds Watched
8. Come, All Ye Shepherds
9. Rise Up Shepherd And Follow
10. The First Noel
11. See Amid The Winter s Snow
12. In The Bleak Midwinter
13. He Who Made The Earth So Fair (The Chester Carol)
14. Child In The Manger
15. Gentle Mary Laid Her Child
16. The Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy
17. Once in Royal David s City
Disc: 2
1. Love Came Down At Christmas
2. A Child Is Born In Bethlehem
3. Deck The Hall
4. Away In A Manger
5. People Look East
6. Whence Is That Goodly Fragrance?
7. Good Christians All, Rejoice
8. Infant Holy
9. O Little One Sweet
10. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
11. What Child Is This?
12. Good People All, This Christmas Time (The Wexford Carol)
13. Silent Night
14. We Three Kings Of Orient Are
15. Hark! The Herald-Angels Sing
16. O Come, All Ye Faithful
Disc: 3
1. As With Gladness
2. The Holly And The Ivy
3. Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
4. Now The Holly Bears A Berry (Sans Day Carol)
5. Down In Yon Forest
6. Joy To The World
7. We Come A-Wassailing
8. I Saw Three Ships
9. Good King Wenceslas
10. Ding Dong! Merrily On High
11. Go Tell It On The Mountain
12. Lully, Lula (The Coventry Carol)
13. Bright And Joyful Is The Morn
14. Christians Awake!
15. Lo! He comes With Clouds Descending
16. Children Go Where I Send Thee
17. O Holy Night