National Trust - Christmas Voices

[John H]

Among my Christmas gifts, I received an album of Christmas music produced for the National Trust.

Here is the track list

Christmas Voices CD track listing

1. Silent Night - All Angels

2. Hallelujah - Katherine Jenkins

3. Do You Hear What I Hear? - The Choirboys with Hayley Westenra

4. Oh Holy Night - Jonathan Ansell

5. Franck: Panis Angelicus - Russell Watson

6. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Only Men Aloud

7. A Gaelic Blessing - Lesley Garrett

8. Walking In The Air - The Choirboys

9. Gesu Bambino - Luciano Pavarotti

10. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - The Choirboys

11. Ave Maria - Faryl Smith

12. Away In A Manger - Hayely Westenra

13. In The Bleak Midwinter - Blake

14. Agnus Dei - Lesley Garrett

15. White Christmas - Bryn Terfel

16. Candlelight Carol - Aled Jones

17. Adeste Fideles - Luciano Pavarotti

18. O Holy Night - Kenyan Boys Choir

Sadly, Hayley does not appear in the cover picture, but she (or her twin sister Hayely) features in two of the tracks. Her name is printed correctly on the album cover.

The album notes refer to

.... the gifted young Australian soprano Hayley Westenra.

Doesn't give me much confidence in the accuracy of the other information presented there.

[martindn]

Any idea where these tracks camew from or when they were recorded?

Martin D

[Libby]

Do You Hear What I Hear with the Choirboys was on their album quite a few years ago now, and Away in a Manger was on a special version of Pure.

[Richard]

Hello folks!

Looking at the track listing, I'd say the album is just another compilation thrown together by Decca. All those tracks can be found on numerous compilation CDs.

Richard

[John H]

Looking at the album sleeve and notes, I would agree with you, Richard.

The copyright for track 3 is shown as 2005. For track 12, it is 2003.

[Richard]

Hello John!

To put it another way, most of the tracks are well past their sell-by date!

Richard

[John H]

That doesn't make them worthless.
There are some lovely songs on this album.

Just don't be fooled into thinking that a new compilation means new recordings.

John