What Sweeter Music / Barbieri

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Album Summary

Performers

• Melanie Downs (Descant)
• Richard Semmens
• Gareth Price (Organ)
• Edward Barbieri
• Consortium
• Helen Swift (Soprano)
• Mark Dobell (Tenor)
• Ray Price

Ensemble

• Consortium

Composers

• John Rutter (1945 - )
• Andrew Carter (1939 - )
• Paul Edwards (Composer) (1955 - )
• Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874)
• Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856)
• Henry John Gauntlett (1805 - 1876)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930)
• John Goss (Composer) (1800 - 1880)
• William Walton (Composer) (1902 - 1983)
• Boris Ord (1897 - 1961)
• Harold Darke (Organ/Composer) (1888 - 1976)
• William James Kirkpatrick (1838 - 1921)
• Christmas Traditional

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Saint Alban the Martyr, Holborn, London, England (05/02/1998-05/03/1998).

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Works Details

Walton, William : Christmas Carols (4) for chorus :: All This Time

• Performers: Gareth Price (Organ); Edward Barbieri; Consortium
• Ensemble: Consortium
• Running Time: 1 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1931

Rutter, John : What sweeter music

• Performers: Gareth Price (Organ); Edward Barbieri; Consortium
• Ensemble: Consortium
• Running Time: 5 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1988

Gauntlett, Henry John : Once in Royal David's City, carol

• Performers: Gareth Price (Organ); Edward Barbieri; Consortium
• Ensemble: Consortium
• Running Time: 5 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1850

Ord, Boris : Adam lay ybounden

• Performers: Consortium; Gareth Price (Organ); Edward Barbieri
• Ensemble: Consortium
• Running Time: 1 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Carter, Andrew : Mary's Magnificat, for chorus & organ

• Performers: Edward Barbieri; Gareth Price (Organ); Helen Swift (Soprano); Consortium
• Ensemble: Consortium
• Running Time: 4 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Choral

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Traditional English Carols (8)

• Performers: Gareth Price (Organ); Edward Barbieri; Helen Swift (Soprano); Consortium
• Ensemble: Consortium
• Running Time: 3 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1919

Darke, Harold Edwin : In the Bleak Midwinter

• Performers: Gareth Price (Organ); Edward Barbieri; Consortium; Mark Dobell (Tenor); Helen Swift (Soprano)
• Ensemble: Consortium
• Running Time: 5 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 19th Century

Edwards, Paul : No Small Wonder

• Performers: Gareth Price (Organ); Edward Barbieri; Consortium
• Ensemble: Consortium
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Christmas

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : O Little Town of Bethlehem, carol (arr. from English traditional, "Forest Green")

• Performers: Gareth Price (Organ); Edward Barbieri; Consortium; Ray Price
• Ensemble: Consortium
• Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1928

Warlock, Peter : Bethlehem Down

• Performers: Consortium; Gareth Price (Organ); Edward Barbieri
• Ensemble: Consortium
• Running Time: 5 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1927

Kirkpatrick, William J. : Away in a manger :: Cradle Song) (New English Hymnal 22)

• Performers: Edward Barbieri; Melanie Downs (Descant); Gareth Price (Organ); Consortium
• Ensemble: Consortium
• Running Time: 3 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1885

Warlock, Peter : Lullaby my Jesus

• Performers: Consortium; Edward Barbieri; Gareth Price (Organ)
• Ensemble: Consortium
• Running Time: 4 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Cornelius, Peter : The Three Kings

• Performers: Consortium; Richard Semmens; Edward Barbieri; Gareth Price (Organ)
• Ensemble: Consortium
• Running Time: 2 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1856

Goss, John : See Amid the Winter's Snow, for chorus

• Performers: Consortium; Edward Barbieri; Gareth Price (Organ)
• Ensemble: Consortium
• Running Time: 3 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas

Traditional, Christmas : Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night")

• Performers: Consortium; Gareth Price (Organ); Edward Barbieri
• Ensemble: Consortium
• Running Time: 2 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Post-Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1892

Adam, Adolphe : Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night")

• Performers: Gareth Price (Organ); Edward Barbieri; Consortium
• Ensemble: Consortium
• Running Time: 3 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1851