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Christmas from Hereford / Geraint Bowen, Hereford Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Regent Records / 2012-11-13

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Traditional English Carols (8); O Little Town of Bethlehem, carol (arr. from English traditional, "Forest Green"); Otto Goldschmidt: A Tender Shoot, for chorus; John Joubert: ...
Performers: Dyke, Peter
Conductors: Bowen, Geraint
Ensemble: ; Hereford Cathedral Choir

Recording information: Hereford Cathedral, Hereford, Hertfordshire, England (01/10/2012-01/12/2012)....continue...

Journey Into Light - Music for the Festivals of Advent, Christmas, Epiphany and Candlemas by E.Poston; W.McKie; Patrick Hadley; Judith Weir; Britten et al. / Choir of Jesus College Cambridge

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-09-09

Works: Elizabeth Poston: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree; William McKie: We Wait for Thy Loving Kindness, O God, for chorus & organ; Patrick Hadley: I sing of a maiden; Judith Weir: Advent Prose, for chorus; Jo...
Performers: Austin, Alasdair [Treble]; Beetschen, Alexander; Bryan, Nico [Treble]; Crawshaw, Rebecca; Dixon, Robert; Hetherington, Olympia; Lambourn, Timothy; Leach, Edward; Senanayake, Jaliya; Smith, Matthew [B...
Conductors: Williams, Mark
Ensemble: ; Choir of Jesus College Cambridge

A new festive release from the Choir of Jesus College Cambridge under their director Mark Williams - with additional performances from organists Robert Dixon and...continue...

A Brandenburg Christmas

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-11-29

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Hodie Christus natus est; Hildegard von Bingen: O ecclesia oculi tui; Christmas Traditional: Angelus ad virginem (English); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emm...
Performers: Dwyer, Bryony; Dyer, Paul; Ellis, Samantha; Everingham, Craig; Hayton, David; Leonard, Christina; Montgomery, Belinda; Prickett, Louise; Sanchez, Richard; Thomas, Meinir Ann
Conductors: Dyer, Paul

MusicWeb International, November 2012
This seasonal offering reveals the quirky programming policy of artistic director Paul Dyer...I'm not sure anyone else has ever dared programme Angelus...continue...
Recording information: City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney (12/18/2010)....continue...

Christmas with the Pro Arte Singers / works by John Joubert, H.J. Gauntlett, Pierre Villette, et al.

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2011-10-11

Works: John Joubert: There Is No Rose, for chorus, Op. 14; Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Pierre Villette: O magnum mysterium, Op 53; Hymne à la Vierge, Op 24; Johann Christ...
Performers: Hezewijk, Olav Van; Krause, Joan
Conductors: Sjögren, Arthur
Ensemble: Pro Arte Singers

For more than 25 years, the Pro Arte singers have been recognized as an outstanding chamber chorus. This recording of Christmas music is for the...continue...

Choral Music by Herbert Howells

1 CD / Signum UK / 2010-07-08

Works: Herbert Howells: The summer is coming; Sweetest of sweets; Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; One Thing Have I Desired, motet for chorus & organ; Antiphon; Walking in the Snow, for chorus & organ; A Grace...
Performers: Harris, Dorothea; Jones, Alex; Lee, Simon; McIntosh, Fergus; Ogilvie, Imogen; Roberts, Marcus; Walker, Margaret; Winpenny, Tom

"Eschew vibrato as a choir, and you risk the ignominy of uncovering all kinds of approximations in pitch, ensemble and inflection. While few groups can...continue...
Recording information: St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood (01/02/2009-01/06/2009)....continue...

In Terra Pax - A Christmas Anthem - Finzi, Holst, Vaughan Williams, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-11-17

Works: Gustav Holst: Christmas Day, for chorus & orchestra, H. 109; John Joubert: There Is No Rose, for chorus, Op. 14; William Mathias: Sir Christèmas; A babe is born, Op. 55; Herbert Howells: Here ...
Performers: Davies, Julian [Tenor]; Doyle, Julia; Glassberg, Ben; Oberst, Simon; Williams, Mark; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Wetton, Hilary Davan

Performances of carols both ancient and modern have become central to the celebration of Christmas. The choral music on this disc includes Holst's surprisingly neglected...continue...

Carols from New College / Choir of New College, Oxford

1 CD / CRD Records / 2009-05-01

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Christmas Traditional: Adam lay ybounden, carol (English); Owt of your slepe aryse (15th c. English), carol; The Angel Gabriel From Heaven...
Performers: Moody, Howard

The University of Oxford's world famous choir performs a selection of famous and lesser-known carols....continue...

Sweet Was the Song: English Music for Christmas

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-03-10

Works: Christmas Traditional: There Is No Rose of Such Virtue (English); I Wonder As I Wander (American); Coventry Carol (2); Herbert Howells: Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; Here is the little door; Benjamin...

Howells: Choral Works / Spicer, Bicket, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-07-25

Works: Herbert Howells: Te Deum ("For the Church of St. Mary, Redcliffe, Bristol"); Even such is time; The summer is coming; The House of the Mind, motet for chorus & organ; Two Madrigals, for chorus; Salve...
Performers: Bernays, John; Bicket, Harry; Carwood, Andrew; Cotterill, Marianne; Crookes, Anna; Daneman, Sophie; Gritton, Susan; Hadleigh-Wilson, Nicholas; Kemp, Nicola-Jane; Lane, Carys-Anne; Lumsden, Andrew; Mi...

This collection is drawn from four successful releases from the early 1990s with the dynamic Finzi Singers, directed by Paul Spicer. The Singers produce sounds...continue...
Includes work(s) for chorus: nunc dimittis by Herbert Howells....continue...

O magnum misterium - Twentieth-Century Carols / Polyphony

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-11-08

Works: Sarum Chant: O radix Iesse; O magnum misterium; Ave Maria; Hodie Christus natus est; Puer natus est nobis; Reges Tharsis; Verbum caro factum est; Peter Wishart: Carols (3), Op. 17; Herbert Howells: C...
Conductors: Layton, Stephen
Ensemble: Polyphony

'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...continue...

Fear and Rejoice, O People - Music for Advent and Christmas

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1999-09-01

Works: Herbert Howells: Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; Here is the little door; John Tavener: Fear and rejoice o people, for chorus; A Hymn to the Mother of God; Christopher Robinson: Unto us is born a son, ...
Performers: Farrington, Iain; St. John's College Choir, Cambridge
Conductors: Robinson, Christopher
Ensemble: St. John's College Choir, Cambridge

"The magnificent choral sound of the Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, is well documented in their numerous recordings...The sound is homogenous, controlled, and a...continue...
This collection of Christmas music, sung by the St. John's College Choir, Cambridge, conducted by Christopher Robinson, consists largely of modern British works. Totus tuus, by Henryk Górecki, is...continue...

Christmas with the Chapter House Choir in York Minster

1 CD / Guild / 1999-09-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: Coventry Carol (2); I Saw Three Ships, carol; Lullay, lullow; I Wonder As I Wander (American); Still, Still, Still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian); The Twelve Days of Chris...
Performers: Brock, Frances; Frith, David; Gill, John; Greenaway, Cathy; Lindley, Sue; Philip Moore [Organ/Conductor]; Redding, Denise; Sturge, Lotti; Wharfedale, Mark

Over Hill, Over Dale / Mark Lee, Saint Cecilia Singers

1 CD / Priory / 1999-04-20

Works: Herbert Howells: Hymn for St Cecilia, for chorus; Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; Here is the little door; John Sanders: Anthem of the Incarnation; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Shakespeare Songs (3) for cho...

Nativitas / Higginbottom, Choir of New College Oxford

1 CD / Erato / 1997-10-28

Works: Christmas Traditional: I Wonder As I Wander (American); The Angel Gabriel, carol; In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); Shepherds, shake off your drowsy sleep (Berger, secoue ton sommeil profund) (Fr...
Performers: Cave, Philip; Fuggle, Nicholas; Higginbottom, Edward; Morris, Roderick; Willcocks, David, Sir [Choral Conductor]

Christmas From Lichfield / Lumsden, Sharpe

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-10-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); Noël nouvelet, carol (French); Peter Warlock: Bethlehem Down; Gerald Hendrie: There Is No Rose; John Linton Gardner: Tomorrow Shall Be...
Performers: Choir of Lichfield Cathedral; Lichfield Cathedral Choir; Lumsden, Andrew; Sharpe, Robert [Organ/Choral Conductor]
Conductors: Lumsden, Andrew
Ensemble: ; Lichfield Cathedral Choir

Presents an attractively representative collection of music for an English Christmas service by one of Britains finest choirs, accompanied by the world renowned Lichfield organ....continue...
Personnel: Andrew Lumsden (organ).

Recording information: Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England....continue...

Let All the World / Oakham School Chapel Choir

1 CD / Symposium / 1994-08-01

Works: Hubert Parry: Songs (6) of Farewell; Adrian Batten: O praise the Lord; Thomas Morley: Nolo mortem peccatoris; Richard Farrant: Call To Remembrance; William Byrd: Ave verum corpus; Charles Gounod: Ave...
Performers: Jeffes, Peter; Woodcock, David