Voces8 - Christmas
SIGCD291
DDD
24 bit stereo
FIRST RELEASE
Playing time: [c60']
Tracks: 18
Booklet pages: 16
© 2012 Signum Records
Reviewer: Howard Smith
Review of Voces8 - Christmas published on 21 December 2013
Listen: Poulenc: Videntes Stellam (track 12, 0:49-1:30)
Voces 8:
Andrea Haines, soprano
Emily Dickens, soprano
Chris Wardle, countertenor
Barnaby Smith, countertenor, musical director
Charles MacDougall, tenor
Robert Smith, tenor
Paul Smith, baritone
Dingle Yandell, bass
Henry Gauntlett, arranged by Thomas Hewitt Jones:
1 Once in Royal David's City
traditional Basque carol, arranged by Jim Clements:
2 Gabriel's Message
Hieronymous Praetorius:
3 Magnificat Quinti Toni
Francis Poulenc:
4 O Magnum Mysterium
anonymous, arranged by Jim Clements:
5 Away in a Manger
anonymous, arranged by Charles Wood:
6 Ding Dong Merrily on High
traditional Appalachian carol, arranged by Jim Clements:
7 I Wonder as I Wander
Henryk Gorecki:
8 Totus Tuus
traditional, arranged by Barnaby Smith:
9 Coventry Carol
Graham Lack:
10 Jesu, Swete Sone Dear
11 At the Manger Mary Sings
Francis Poulenc:
12 Videntes Stellam
traditional German carol, arranged by Hieronymous Praetorius:
13 In Dulci Jubilo
Peter Warlock:
14 Bethleham Down
anonymous:
15 There is no Rose
Jean Mouton:
16 Nesciens Mater
Peter Cornelius:
17 The Three Kings
William Walton:
18 What Cheer?
Recorded 21-24 August 2011 at St George's Church, Chesterton, UK
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