Enjoy the tranquil and spiritual experience of Christmas with the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral. Available for the first time ever in America, these recordings offer you a selection of familiar titles and also some lesser-known but equally beautiful carols. The Christmas Carols CD is intended for all lovers of good music as well as for seasonal listening. Recorded Live in one of Ireland's most historic and beautiful Cathedrals, the Christmas Carols CD features 17 traditional and Irish Christmas carols. The choir of Christ Church cathedral, Dublin enjoys an enviable reputation as one of Ireland's finest choirs, and is constantly in demand to perform in concerts, on tours and on radio broadcasts nationwide. Tracing its origins to 1493 with the founding of the choir school, the cathedral choir has always been highly regarded in Dublin's musical life. Precise phrasing and sensitivity to the words, immaculate intonation, and care over dynamics are the hallmarks of a long-established choir that has earned critical acclaim for its exemplary sound quality and vocal balance. The beautiful Christmas Carols of the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin are available for you to listen to with your family for generations. These traditional Christmas Carols from many walks of life are sure to warm the heart of any listener through the holidays. Christmas Carols CD track titles:

• Deck The Halls with Boughs of Holly - Welsh Traditional
• Don oiche ud I mBeithil - Irish Traditional
• The First Nowell - English Traditional
• Away in a Manger - melody by WJ Kirkpatrick (1883-1921)
• While Sheperds Watched Their Flocks by Night - melody from Thomas Este's psalter (1592)
• O Jesulein suB - melody by Samuel Scheidt (1587 - 1654)
• Veni Emmanuel - French plainchant
• Angelus ad Virginem - melody and verses 2 & 4 from The Dublin Troper
• Once in Royal Davids City - melody by Henry John Gauntlett (1805 - 1876)
• In Dulci Jubilo - German traditional (arraigned by Bach)
• Stille Nacht - Franz Xavier Gruber (1787 - 1863)
• Hark! the Hearld Angels Sing - Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
• God Rest Ye, Merry Gentleman - English Traditional
• Enniscorthy Carol - Irish Traditional
• A Merry Christmas - English Traditional
• Adeste Fideles - anon. 18th century melody
• Silen Night - Franz Xaver Gruber (1787 - 1863)

Christmas Carols CD - Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin: Copyright 1997.