Choral Festival / Great Voices of Wales

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Album Summary

Performers

• Morriston Orpheus Choir
• Alun Williams (Organ)
• Mair Jones (Piano)
• Wyn Ashton
• Enid Adrian
• Rebecca Evans (Soprano)

Composers

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• American Traditional
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Richard Rodgers (1902 - 1979)
• Traditional
• Stephen Foster (1826 - 1864)
• Oscar Straus (1870 - 1954)
• Joseph Parry (1841 - 1903)
• Christmas Traditional
• Welsh Traditional
• Russian Traditional
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Laurent de Rille (1828 - )
• Curtis Mann
• Johann Strauss II (Junior) (1825 - 1899)
• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Brangwyn Hall, Guildhall, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales.

Includes cadwyn o emyn donau cymreig, medley for chorus by various composers.

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Works Details

Parry, Joseph : Dies irae

• Performers: Morriston Orpheus Choir; Alun Williams (Organ); Mair Jones (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Mann, Curtis : Let it Be Me

• Performers: Morriston Orpheus Choir; Alun Williams (Organ); Mair Jones (Piano)
• Notes: This work was written in collaboration with Gilbert Bécaud (1927 - 2001), Pierre Delanoë (1918 - 2006).
• Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1950s

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Anvil Chorus

• Performers: Morriston Orpheus Choir; Alun Williams (Organ); Mair Jones (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Miserere

• Performers: Wyn Ashton; Alun Williams (Organ); Mair Jones (Piano); Enid Adrian; Morriston Orpheus Choir
• Running Time: 4 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Traditional, Christmas : Rise Up, Shepherd

• Performers: Alun Williams (Organ); Mair Jones (Piano); Morriston Orpheus Choir
• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1867

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Casanova :: Chorus And Laura's Song

• Performers: Rebecca Evans (Soprano); Alun Williams (Organ); Mair Jones (Piano); Morriston Orpheus Choir
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1928

Rodgers, Richard : Carousel

• Performers: Alun Williams (Organ); Mair Jones (Piano); Morriston Orpheus Choir
• Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Welsh Traditional : Caru Cymru

• Performers: Alun Williams (Organ); Mair Jones (Piano); Morriston Orpheus Choir
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Gounod, Charles : St. Cecilia Mass :: Credo

• Performers: Alun Williams (Organ); Mair Jones (Piano); Morriston Orpheus Choir
• Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral

Traditional : I'm Gonna Walk, song

• Performers: Alun Williams (Organ); Mair Jones (Piano); Morriston Orpheus Choir
• Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
• Form: Vocal

Traditional, Russian : Kalinka (Little Snowfall), folk song

• Performers: Wyn Ashton; Alun Williams (Organ); Mair Jones (Piano); Morriston Orpheus Choir
• Running Time: 5 min. 23 sec.

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur ("Himmel ruhmen des ewigen Ehre"), song for voice & piano, Op. 48/4

• Performers: Alun Williams (Organ); Mair Jones (Piano); Morriston Orpheus Choir
• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1800

Foster, Stephen : Swanee River

• Performers: Alun Williams (Organ); Mair Jones (Piano); Morriston Orpheus Choir
• Running Time: 4 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1851

Bizet, Georges : The Pearl Fisher :: Duet. From Far Inside The Shrine

• Performers: Wyn Ashton; Alun Williams (Organ); Mair Jones (Piano); Enid Adrian; Morriston Orpheus Choir
• Running Time: 4 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1863

Traditional, American : L'il Liza Jane

• Performers: Alun Williams (Organ); Mair Jones (Piano); Morriston Orpheus Choir
• Running Time: 2 min. 8 sec.

Straus, Oscar : The Chocolate Soldier :: My Hero

• Performers: Morriston Orpheus Choir; Mair Jones (Piano); Enid Adrian; Alun Williams (Organ)
• Notes: Composition written: 1908.
• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1908

de Rille, Laurent : Martyrs of the Arena, song

• Performers: Alun Williams (Organ); Mair Jones (Piano); Morriston Orpheus Choir
• Running Time: 5 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal