# Exceptional carol recordings **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 24, 2019, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exceptional-carol-recordings/845339 "2019-12-24T13:15:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2019, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exceptional-carol-recordings/845339/1 "2019-12-24T13:15:16Z")
Amazing recordings with incredible sound quality, and just too good not to share! Uploaded to YouTube today by the **Choir of King’s College, Cambridge** : [Mariä Wiegenlied](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prDKYB-omi8) [There is no rose](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAKmrJR5Kyg) (John Joubert) [In Dulci Jubilo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8FH0tYyr2Q) (Arr. Robert de Pearsall) [Ding! Dong! Merrily on High](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt92KHU2bY8) (Arr. Charles Wood) [Sussex Carol](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmkKssL2XPY) (Arr. Philip Ledger) [All Bells in Paradise](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p-0QOySDdA) (John Rutter) [The Shepherd’s Carol](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WurC7vPNKI) (Bob Chillcot) Better known: [Away In a Manger](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAkhZwkGi-U) (Arr. David Willcocks) [O Holy Night](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdyp44l2T6o) (Arr. John Rutter) [O Little Town of Bethlehem](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaxIkPqiJrY) (Arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, Desc. Thomas Armstrong) [O Come, All Ye Faithful](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56-Z0v0d7Z4) (Desc. David Willcocks) [Hark! the herald angels sing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWm5Zt6Ql-0) (Desc. Stephen Cleobury) Many more… https://www.youtube.com/embed/Mt92KHU2bY8?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=OLAK5uy_k4P0xe3XgZtTrQwQpX0lscNPTDB7mJbC0 R.I.P. Stephen Cleobury On radio and TV today from King’s: _A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols_, live on BBC Radio 4 at 3pm (UK time) _Carols from King’s_, BBC Two 5pm (UK time) (Video also available for download from [King’s College Recordings](https://www.kingscollegerecordings.com/)) ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exceptional-carol-recordings/845339/2 "2019-12-24T13:32:55Z")
Many years ago I bought a generic Xmas CD, that happened to contain the best rendition of “Good Christian Men Rejoice” I’ve ever heard. I’ve been trying to find it online for years, with no luck. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exceptional-carol-recordings/845339/3 "2019-12-24T15:04:30Z")
Unabashed plug for the [Carols for a Cure](https://broadwaycares.stores.yahoo.net/caforcucds.html) CD series from Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. GREAT renditions of traditional holiday songs, and some new ones thrown in for good measure. And for a great cause. My holiday season is not complete until I get the new CD. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exceptional-carol-recordings/845339/4 "2019-12-24T16:24:44Z")
I love the harmonizing by [The Roches](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Lmf4j_isjA). ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exceptional-carol-recordings/845339/5 "2019-12-24T17:09:40Z")
[Stille Nacht](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4puLybRGSAw) ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exceptional-carol-recordings/845339/6 "2019-12-25T17:26:36Z")
Pavarotti sings the Italian carol, [Gesu Bambino.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdxHSDU_6gU) Lovely versions of [I Saw Three Ships](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6IBStSaoec) and [The Holly And The Ivy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztz7t97YTu4) from the John McCarthy Chorale. Peter, Paul and Mary’s [A-Soalin’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pZkNsVx9IA). John Denver And The Muppets’ [The Peace Carol.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRJIS7jBuUM)