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Christmas Carols - SWR Vokal Ensemble
SWR19094CD (SWR Classic, CD)
DDD
NEW RELEASE (18 September 2020)
Playing time: 59'10"
Tracks: 19
Booklet pages: 32
© 2018 SWR Media Services GmbH, 2020 Naxos Deutschland Musik & Video Vertriebs GmbH
Main country of recording: Germany
Country of manufacture: Germany
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Christmas Carols - SWR Vokal Ensemble published on 18 November 2020
Listen: Thomas Adès: The Fayrfax Carol (track 17, 0:00-0:49)
SWR Vokal Ensemble
Marcus Creed, conductor
Boris Ord:
1 Adam Lay Ybounden
Robert Parsons:
2 Ave Maria
Benjamin Britten:
3 A Hymn To The Virgin
Herbert Howells:
4 A Spotless Rose
Edgar Pettman:
5 The Angel Gabriel
Peter Wishart:
6 Alleluya, A New Work Is Come On Hand
Ralph Vaughan Williams:
7 This Is The Truth Sent From Above
Orlando Gibbons:
8 Hosanna To The Son Of David
anonymous sixteenth century:
9 Lully, Lulla, Throw Little Tyne Child
John Taverner [sic]:
10 The Lamb
Walford Davies:
11 The Holly And The Ivy
Thomas Ravenscroft:
12 Remember O Thou Man
Elisabeth Poston:
13 Jesus Christ The Apple Tree
William Byrd:
14 This Day Christ Was Born
Herbert Howells:
15 Sing Lullaby
David Willcocks:
16 Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
Thomas Adès:
17 The Fayrfax Carol
Gustav Holst:
18 In The Bleak Midwinter
Charles Wood:
19 Ding Dong! Merrily On High
Recorded 26-29 November 2018 at Funkstudio des SWR, Stuttgart, Germany