O Magnum Mysterium - Stairwell Carollers
SC15-12
Digital
Stereo
NEW RELEASE
Playing time: 77'53"
Tracks: 27
Booklet pages: 6
© 2015 Stairwell Carollers
Reviewer: Keith Bramich
Review of O Magnum Mysterium - Stairwell Carollers published on 17 December 2015
Listen: Pierre Massey: O magnum mysterium (track 13, 0:00-0:34)
Denyse Mageau, soprano (track 25)
Stairwell Carollers
Pierre Massie, director, tenor (track 25)
English traditional:
1 God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
German, arranged/harmonised by R L Pearsall:
2 In dulci jubilo
Herbert Howells:
3 Here is the Little Door (words: Frances Chesterton)
French traditional, arranged/harmonised by Pierre Massie:
4 Nouvelle agréable
Peter Wishart:
5 Alleluya, a New Work is Come on Hand (words: fifteenth century)
H J Gauntlett, arranged/harmonised by A H Mann (vv1-5) and David Willcocks (v6):
6 Once in Royal David's City (words: C F Alexander)
French traditional, arranged/harmonised by Pierre Massie:
7 Venez divin Messie
old Basque, with refrain by Edgar Pettman:
8 I Saw a Maiden
English traditional, arranged/harmonised by William Llewellyn:
9 I Saw Three Ships
German, arranged/harmonised by John Rutter:
10 Still, Still, Still
Harold Darke, a cappella arrangement/harmonisation by Pierre Massie:
11 In the Bleak Midwinter
English traditional, arranged/harmonised Pierre Massie:
12 Wassail Song
Pierre Massie:
13 O magnum mysterium (words: thirteenth century)
arranged/harmonised by David Willcocks:
14 Good King Wenceslas
Welsh traditional lullaby, arranged/harmonised by Lawrence Wiliford:
15 Suo Gân
English traditional, arranged/harmonised by Charles Wood:
16 A Virgin Most Pure
John Rutter:
17 Dormi, Jesu
English traditional, arranged/harmonised by Pierre Massie:
18 What Child Is This
traditional Puerto Rican, arranged/harmonised by Ed Henderson:
19 En El Portal de Belen
John Tavener:
20 Village Wedding
Jean de Bréboeuf, traditional Canadian, arranged/harmonised by Pierre Massie:
21 Iesous Ahatonnia
arranged/harmonised by Andrew Carter, David Willcocks, Pierre Massie:
22 Angelus ad Virginem
English traditional, arranged harmonised by Arthur Sullivan (vv1-3) and David Willcocks (v4):
23 It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
arrangments/harmonisations by Andrew Carter and Pierre Massie:
24 A Maiden Most Gentle
traditional French, arranged/harmonised by Pierre Massie:
25 Notre divin Maître
Old French:
26 The Holly and the Ivy (words: English traditional)
English traditional, arranged/harmonised by Pierre Massie:
27 The First Nowell
Recorded in St Columba Church, 24 Sandridge, Ottawa, Canada
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