O magnum misterium - Twentieth-Century Carols / Polyphony

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Album Summary

Conductor

• Layton, Stephen

Ensemble

• Polyphony

Composers

• Sarum Chant (died 1492)
• Richard Rodney Bennett (Composer) (1936 - 2012)
• John Byrt (1940 - )
• Peter Wishart (Composer) (1921 - 1984)
• Kenneth Leighton (1929 - 1988)
• William Walton (Composer) (1902 - 1983)
• Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983)
• Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930)

Notes & Reviews:

'Polyphony is superb ... the most completely recommendable new issue for Christmas I've found so far' (The Independent on Sunday)

'A gloriously sung collection ... captures the tranquil pastoral mood of Christmas Eve. The recording could hardly be bettered' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'The choir conveys Warlock's genius quite irresistibly. These are superlative performances, beautifully recorded. A first-rate production' (Organists' Review)

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Works Details

Chant, Sarum : O radix Iesse

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Period Time: Modern

Wishart, Peter : Carols (3), Op. 17

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Running Time: 1 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Howells, Herbert : Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1919

Bennett, Richard R. : Out of your sleep

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Running Time: 1 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Christmas

Leighton, Kenneth : Of a Rose

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Running Time: 5 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Bennett, Richard R. : There is no rose, for chorus

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Warlock, Peter : As Dew in Aprylle

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Running Time: 1 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1918

Chant, Sarum : O magnum misterium

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Running Time: 1 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Warlock, Peter : Bethlehem Down

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1927

Bennett, Richard R. : That younge child, for chorus

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Running Time: 1 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Warlock, Peter : I Saw a Fair Maiden

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1927

Howells, Herbert : Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1918

Chant, Sarum : Ave Maria

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Running Time: 1 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Bennett, Richard R. : Sweet was the song, for chorus

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Leighton, Kenneth : A Hymn of the Nativity, for chorus

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Running Time: 6 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Warlock, Peter : Lullaby my Jesus

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Chant, Sarum : Hodie Christus natus est

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Period Time: Modern

Byrt, John : All and Some

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Running Time: 1 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Leighton, Kenneth : Ode, for ogan

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Running Time: 3 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1977

Bennett, Richard R. : Susanni, for chorus

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Running Time: 1 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Chant, Sarum : Puer natus est nobis

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Running Time: 1 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Warlock, Peter : Benedicamus Domino

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Running Time: 1 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1918

Warlock, Peter : A Cornish Christmas Carol

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1918

Chant, Sarum : Reges Tharsis

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Period Time: Modern

Howells, Herbert : Here is the little door

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Running Time: 3 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1918

Leighton, Kenneth : The Star-song, for chorus

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Running Time: 4 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Walton, William : What Cheer?, carol arrangement for chorus (Christmas Carols no 2)

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Running Time: 1 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1931

Leighton, Kenneth : Carols (3), Op. 25

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas

Chant, Sarum : Verbum caro factum est

• Conductor: Stephen Layton
• Ensemble: Polyphony
• Notes: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England (08/05/1996-08/07/1996)
• Running Time: 3 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral