The Australian Youth Orchestra plays 19 Christmas carols arranged especially for this recording by Australian composers and conducted by Graham Abbott. The two carols that have each been set twice make very interesting comparisons. The music is listenable, and you can give it away for Christmas with impunity!
"...for classical-music lovers really looking for something different ... This project of the Australian Youth Orchestra is already a legend, and they play it like it's repertoire material. A real seek-and-ye-shall-(hopefully)-find CD." - Fanfare, 1993
| Carl Vine: |
God rest ye Merry Gentlemen |
| Peter Sculthorpe: |
Awake, Glad Heart! |
| Brenton Broadstock: |
Away in a Manger |
| Gordon Kerry: |
Once in Royal David's City |
| Andrew Ford: |
Patapan |
| Moya Henderson: |
I Wonder as I Wander |
| Anne Boyd: |
We Three Kings |
| Richard Mills: |
Carol of the Drum |
| Nigel Butterley: |
Poverty |
| Barry Conyngham: |
Silent Night |
| Andrew Schultz: |
Stille Nacht |
| Don Kay: |
Infant Holy |
| Ross Edwards: |
Ave Maria Canon |
| Gillian Whitehead: |
Qui Natus est |
| Judith Clingan: |
Es ist ein'Ros'entsprungen |
| Trevor Pearce: |
Carol of the Birds |
| Donald Hollier: |
Unto us a Boy is Born |
| Larry Sitsky: |
At the Gate - Collage |
| Tristram Cary: | God Rest ye Merry Gentlemen |