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Various: Christmas Caroll from Westminster Abbey (Hyperion Audio CD)

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Catalogue No: CDA67716
Shop Product Code: 231505T

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Department: CDs - Classical CDs

Publisher: Select Music

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Christmas Vespers at Westminster Cathedral (Hyperion Audio CD) - Various

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This new recording from Westminster presents a delightful and unusual selection of music for Christmas from the Abbey Choir. It encompasses all the diverse themes of Christmas which have inspired composers across the ages: light shining in darkness; the tenderness of mother and child; the fulfilment of promise; and the warm merriment of corporate celebration.

An excellent selection of contemporary carols features the composers Jonathan Dove and Bob Chilcott among others. The richness of twentieth-century church music is illustrated in works by Poulenc, Walton, Mathias and Leighton, and by the heartbreakingly lovely piece The little road to Bethlehem by Michael Head. Skilful arrangements of the traditional carols Silent night, In dulci jubilo and I saw three ships, complete this attractive seasonal release.

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Contents and Reviews

1 In dulci iubilo [3'37] Anonymous - Medieval, arr. Robert Lucas Pearsall (1795-1856)
William Fairbairn (treble), Cameron Roberts (treble), Daniel Parr (treble), Mark Dobell (tenor)
Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
2 No 1: O magnum mysterium [3'11]
3 No 2: Quem vidistis pastores dicite [2'30]
4 No 3: Videntes stellam [2'53]
5 No 4: Hodie Christus natus est [2'32]
6 A Christmas Caroll, Op 21 'What sweeter musick can we bring?' [6'26] Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
Julian Empett (bass), Robert Quinney (organ)
7 All this time [1'56] Sir William Walton (1902-1983)
8 Nativity 'Immensity cloistered in thy dear womb' [3'39] James Lavino (b1973)
9 Dormi, Jesu [4'56] John Rutter (b1945)
Robert Quinney (organ)
10 The Shepherd's Carol 'We stood on the hills, Lady' [3'09] Bob Chilcott (b1955)
11 The Three Kings 'O balow, balow la lay. The first king was very young' [5'26] Jonathan Dove (b1959)
Benedict Kearns (treble), Cameron Roberts (treble)
12 Joys Seven 'The first good joy that Mary had' [3'16] Anonymous - Medieval, arr. Stephen Cleobury (b1948)
Benedict Kearns (treble), Robert Quinney (organ)
13 Stille Nacht 'Silent night! Holy night!' [3'00] Franz Xaver Grüber (1787-1863), arr. Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (b?)
14 I saw three ships [1'39] Anonymous - traditional, arr. James O'Donnell (b1961)
Benedict Kearns (treble), Nicholas Trapp (treble), Cameron Roberts (treble), William Fairbairn (treble), Maxim Del Mar (treble)
15 The little road to Bethlehem 'As I walked down the road at set of sun' [3'05] Michael Head (1900-1976)
Ave Rex, Op 45 William Mathias (1934-1992)
16 Movement 1: Ave Rex angelorum [2'50]
Robert Quinney (organ)
17 Movement 2: Alleluya, a new work is come on hand [1'47]
Robert Quinney (organ)
18 Movement 3: There is no rose of such virtue [4'05]
Robert Quinney (organ)
19 Movement 4: Sir Christèmas 'Nowell, nowell' [1'42]
Robert Quinney (organ)
20 Movement 5: Ave Rex angelorum [1'45]
Robert Quinney (organ)