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ID: RES10138 (EAN: 5060262790427) | 1 CD | DDD Released in: 2014
- LABEL:
- Resonus Classics
- Collection:
- Christmas Music
- Subcollection:
- Choral and Organ
- Composers:
- BENNETT, Richard Rodney | DAVIES, Peter Maxwell | FINNISSY, Michael | HOWELLS, Herbert Norman | SWAYNE, Giles
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Interprets:
- FARR, Stephen (organ)
- Ensembles:
- Choir of Worcester College, Oxford
- Other info:
Choir of Worcester College, Oxford & Stephen Farr
Following on from the universal critical acclaim of their first album with Resonus (This Christmas Night - RES10113), the Choir of Worcester College, Oxford - under the direction of Stephen Farr - return with a second album of contemporary Christmas Carols.
Entitled Nowell sing we, this new selection contains works from a wide variety of celebrated composers including Gabriel Jackson, Peter Maxwell Davies, Lennox Berkeley, Colin Matthews, Francis Pott, Edmund Rubbra, Richard Rodney Bennett & Herbert Howells among many others, with no fewer than nine world premieres. Also featured throughout the programme are the seven O Antiphon Preludes for solo organ by Nico Muhly, performed here by Stephen Farr on the organ of Keble College, Oxford.
| 1. | Gabriel Jackson: Nowell sing we | 1:54 | | | 2. | Edmund Rubbra: The Virgin's Cradle Hymn | 1:12 | | | 3. | Lennox Berkeley: Sweet was the song | 3:41 | | | 4. | O Antiphon Preludes: I. O Sapientia | 1:52 | | | 5. | Richard Rodney Bennett: Puer Nobis | 2:00 | | | 6. | John Scott: Nova! nova! | 2:15 | | | 7. | O Antiphon Preludes: II. O Adonai | 2:01 | | | 8. | Colin Matthews: The Angels' Carol | 1:50 | | | 9. | Herbert Howells: O mortal man | 2:41 | | | 10. | O Antiphon Preludes: III. O Radix Jesse | 2:18 | | | 11. | Peter Maxwell Davies: Kings and Shepherds | 2:06 | | | 12. | Philip Moore: Lo, that is a marvellous change | 3:15 | | | 13. | Giles Swayne: O magnum mysterium | 1:51 | | | 14. | O Antiphon Preludes: IV. O Clavis David | 1:48 | | | 15. | Haflioi Hallgrímsson: Christ was born on Christmas Day | 3:19 | | | 16. | Richard Rodney Bennett: I Saw Three Ships | 2:38 | | | 17. | Francis Pott: Lute-Book Lullaby | 3:00 | | | 18. | O Antiphon Preludes: V. O Oriens | 3:02 | | | 19. | Grayston Ives: This is the record of John | 4:17 | | | 20. | Richard Lloyd: Drop down, ye heavens | 6:44 | | | 21. | O Antiphon Preludes: VI. O Rex Gentium | 2:59 | | | 22. | Michael Finnissy: Ave regina coelorum | 4:39 | | | 23. | Richard Rodney Bennett: Nowell, nowell, tidings true | 4:57 | | | 24. | Jamie W. Hall: As I lay upon a night | 3:23 | | | 25. | O Antiphon Preludes: VI. O Emmanuel | 2:40 | |
'[...] would that all new Christmas issues were as fresh and enterprising as this one! There isn't a routine setting among them, and many are strikingly successful [...] Stephen Farr directs well-contrasted performances'
BBC Music Magazine (Christmas Choice 2014, 5 stars performance & sound)
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