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JEAN MOUTON c.1459-1522
(c. 1459-1522)
1.
Nesciens Mater
5:51
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
(1873-1943)
2.
Ave Maria
3:05
PAUL MANZ
(b. 1919)
3.
E'en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come
2:39
HERBERT HOWELLS
(1892-1983)
4.
A Spotless Rose
3:15
Solo:Greg Skidmore baritone
ELIZABETH MACONCHY
(1907-1994)
5.
There is no rose
1:51
ANTON BRUCKNER
(1824-1896)
6.
Virga Jesse
3:48
JOHN GARDNER
(b. 1917)
7.
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
2:24
HERBERT HOWELLS
8.
Tryste Noel
5:08
Solo:James Atherton tenor
SIR JOHN TAVENER
(b. 1944)
9.
The Lamb
3:27
TRADITIONAL
arr. Philip Ledger (b. 1937)
10.
On Christmas Night
1:57
11.
Away in a manger
2:41
SIR RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
(b. 1936)
12.
I saw three ships
2:34
WILLIAM MATHIAS
(1934-1992)
13.
A babe is born
3:21
TRADITIONAL
arr. Mark Blatchly (b. 1960)
14.
Silent Night
3:12
Solo:Ciaran Walshe treble
15.
Sleep, Little Jesus, Sleep
2:54
Solo:Ciaran Walshe treble
Solo: Sebastian Field counter-tenor
16.
Noel Nouvelet
4:05
Solo:Laurence Keeling treble
JOHN JOUBERT
(b. 1927)
17.
Torches
1:36
PETER WARLOCK
(1894-1930)
18.
Bethlehem Down
3:51
TRADITIONAL
arr. Charles Wood (1866-1926)
19.
Ding dong merrily on high
2:01
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
(1872-1958)
20.
The Blessed Son of God
2:45
TRADITIONAL
arr. Arthur Warrell (1900-1970)
21.
We wish you a merry Christmas
1:55
HAROLD DARKE
(1888-1976)
22.
In the bleak midwinter
4:41
Solo:Russell Burton tenor
TRADITIONAL
arr. David Willcocks
23.
O come, all ye faithful
3:49
24.
Deck the hall
1:30
76:03
Solo:Robert Houssart organ
Choral: Gloucester Cathedral Choir
Conductor:Andrew Nethsingha
19, 20, 24 January & 2 February 2007
Notes
The Gloucester Cathedral Choir follow their imaginative and acclaimed first release on AVIE, In The Beginning (AV 2072) with a spirited holiday album of traditional and contemporary carols, including famous arrangements by Sir David Willcocks and Sir Philip Ledger, as well as the newly commissioned title track from Richard Rodney Bennett.
As the successor to the boys and monks of the Benedictine Abbey, The Gloucester Cathedral Choir boasts a tradition tracing back over 900 years. Henry VIII established their current incarnation, along with the Church of England, in 1539. Andrew Nethsingha, the choir’s Music Director at the time of this recording, was a chorister at Exeter Cathedral, where his father, the distinguished Sri Lankan-born English church musician Lucian Nethsingha, was director of music for 26 years. He studied at the Royal College of Music where he was awarded seven prizes and was the youngest cathedral organist in Britain when appointed to Truro Cathedral in 1994. In addition to singing in six services every week, the Gloucester Cathedral Choir is heard annually at the Three Choirs Festival, and regularly at the Cheltenham International Festival and on BBC radio and television broadcasts.
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