Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/Three More Christmas Carols

Three Four More Christmas Carols[edit]

The Coventry Carol, a 16th-century English Christmas Carol, performed by the U.S. Army Band Chorus.

Here We Come A-wassailing, a nineteenth-century English Christmas carol, performed by the U.S. Army Band Chorus.

O Tannenbaum, an 1824 German Christmas Carol written and arranged by Ernst Anschütz, based on an old folk melody. In this recording, the first verse is performed in German and English by the U.S. Army Band Chorus.

1855 – Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, an English Christmas Carol by Charles Wesley, George Whitfield, Felix Mendelssohn, William H. Cummings, et al. Performed by the U.S. Army Band Chorus.

It should probably be noted that the CD apparently has many tracks not available online: the download numbers the songs, and Tracks 4, 6-7, and 21-26 are all apparently missing.

I don't intend to nominate all the tracks; some are just weird arrangements, but there should be enough for one more set.

As before, feel free to vote differently on the different tracks, but, if you do, please state both opposes and supports, not mentioning one of the songs is generally considered a non-vote on that song. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 19:15, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, this is the former recording used in Coventry Carol: File:Coventry Carol.ogg. Thank GOD that's replaced, eh? Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 21:47, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and before I'm asked: I believe all of these are more-or-less just the traditional arrangements, with only minor tweaks at most. Correct me if I'm wrong. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 21:56, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nominate and support. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 19:15, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I suppose I support: they are such good performances; the singers are capable of great warmth and colour. It's all too saccharin and hackneyed for me, but that's my problem. The conductor has stomped on rhoticism, but unfortunately some gets through, most noticeably in No. 2. Tony (talk) 14:52, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Christmas Carols are a little saccharin at times (though I think the Coventry Carol's subject matter - the Slaughter of the Innocents - puts it above such claims), and this far out of season I'm not surprised you're not in the mood - but better to plan ahead a bit. =) I suppose I can hear what you mean about rhoticism in the second, but it's very minor since choral singing is quite forgiving of a few people missing a consonant, so long as most people get it solid.

For the record, I think I can manage one more batch, but they're mostly foreign carols, and I'll need to start articles on them first - for the record, Il est né, le divin Enfant, A la nanita nana, and Dormi, dormi, bel Bambin. There are articles on these in other languages: es:A La Nanita Nana, on Spanish Wikipedia; it:Il est né, le divin enfant is on French Wikipedia, but Italian Wikipedia covers it a bit better for some reason; and, believe it or not, co:Dormi, dormi, bel Bambin is on... Corsican Wikipedia, of all things. More power to the regional wikis? - In any case, my Spanish and Italian aren't great [Corsican is more-or-less a dialect of Italian], but between what I do know and a little judicious use of Google Translate, this shouldn't be too hard. There's also an okay performance of Good King Wenceslaus, but I think I'll skip nominating that one, as it's somewhat duller than I'd like. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 16:05, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support all I especially enjoy this A cappella version Here We Come A-wassailing. --Guerillero | My Talk 22:25, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support all good quality performances, particularly liked Here We Come A-wassailing. —Ancient Apparition • Champagne? • 8:52pm • 09:52, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Suppport all. Well sung throughout. Major Bloodnok (talk) 22:39, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted all —Ancient Apparition • Champagne? • 2:35pm • 03:35, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]