CHRISTMAS ANTHOLOGY (A) - In Terra Pax (Doyle, Williams, City of London Choir, Bournemoth Symphony, Wetton) Classical Naxos

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TRADITIONAL / GUSTAV HOLST

Christmas Day

7:37

Solo: Julia Doyle soprano

Solo: Lydia Challen contralto

Solo: Julian Davies tenor

Solo: Simon Oberst baritone

Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

There is no Rose, Op. 14

2:23

Solo:

Sir Christemas

1:26

Solo:

Solo: Mark Williams organ

Here is the little door

3:30

Solo:

A Spotless Rose

3:10

Solo: Roderick Williams baritone

In terra pax, Christmas Scene, Op. 39

16:16

Solo: Julia Doyle soprano

Solo: Roderick Williams baritone

Solo: Mark Williams celesta

Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

TRADITIONAL

3 Carols

No. 1. Tyrley, tyrlow

2:01

Solo: Mark Williams piano

Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

No. 2. Balulalow

2:20

Solo: Julia Doyle soprano

Solo: Mark Williams piano

Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

No. 3. As I sat under a sycamore tree

1:44

Solo: Mark Williams piano

Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

KENNETH LEIGHTON / RICHARD CRUSHAW

10.

A Hymn of the Nativity

6:14

Solo: Julia Doyle soprano

JOHN RUTTER / ROBERT HERRICK

11.

What sweeter music

4:21

Solo:

Solo: Mark Williams organ

12.

Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

2:00

Solo:

Solo: Mark Williams piano

Solo: Ben Glassberg tambourine

13.

A Babe is Born, Op. 53

3:05

Solo:

Solo: Mark Williams organ

Folksongs of the 4 Seasons

14.

I. Children's Christmas song

3:39

Solo:

Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

15.

II. Wassail song

2:31

Solo:

Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

16.

III. In Bethlehem city

4:35

Solo:

Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

17.

IV. God bless the Master

4:05

Solo:

Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Choral: City of London Choir

Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton

For me, the program sells this disc, but the performances are very good."

Steve Schwartz - ClassicalNet - 14 June 2012

The choir sings with nimbleness and grace. Indeed The Times rightly calls them a “leader among non-professional choruses”. The soloists sing beautifully. Williams especially sings eloquently, with melting beauty, in the Finzi. Sound and the performance are both excellent. This Christmas if you’re looking for something that goes beyond the many fine collections of carols, don’t overlook this."

Robert A Moore - American Record Guide- November 2010

My Christmas CD of the year by a fair margin is a top quality bargain from Naxos entitled In Terra Pax…terrific."

David Mellor - The Mail on Sunday - December 2009

Familiar-sounding while still ticking the ‘something different’ box. A welcome resurrection of under-performed British gems, sung and played with great warmth."

Charlotte Gardner - Classic FM - January 2010

This enchanting disc delves widely and deeply…all are performed here by the City of London Choir with freshness, bloom, attentive diction and a palpable heart."

Geoffrey Norris - The Daily Telegraph - December 2009

The music, capturing a sense of the celestial wonder amid the pastoral lyricism, is splendidly brought to life by the excellent City of London Choir and the BSO."

Andrew Clark - Financial Times - December 2009

Roderick Williams sings beautifully The City of London Choir [is in] beautifully committed voice [a] valuable anthology."

BBC Music Magazine - December 2009

An outstanding account of one of the minor masterpieces of 20th-century English music…[In Terra Pax] is beautifully done."

The Guardian - December 2009

Gramophone Holiday Critics Choice
"It’s not often I get into the spirit of Christmas, but a new recording of Finzi’s In Terra Pax is something to be celebrated and shared. The City of London Choir’s disc superbly catches the visionary quality of this music."

John Allison - Gramophone magazine - December 2009

Choir, orchestra and soloists Julia Doyle and Roderick Williams on fine form an elegant concert programme."

David Threasher - Gramophone magazine - December 2009

Artistic Quality 9 Sound Quality 9
"This new holiday season has brought with it some smartly programmed Christmas choral recordings, including this one that combines The City of London Choir, soloists, organ, and the Bournemouth Symphony in both familiar works with those we just don’t hear often enough You can’t help but be caught up in the joyful spirit that’s apparent throughout all the performances on this disc, from the soloists and accompanists to the choir and orchestra. And while that alone is reason enough to own this, you really shouldn’t miss the Leighton or the very rarely-recorded In terra pax, in this now-reference version of the work."

David Vernier - ClassicsToday.com - November 2009

This is a very successful disc at Naxos super budget price you can afford to treat any music-lover with this, confident that they’ll be happy with it. Simon Thompson - MusicWeb-International.com - November 2009

This miraculous setting of four English verses from the fifteenth century acknowledges the English contribution to the cathedral. It is not cliché to say that this music is divine."

George Balcombe - Music & Vision- November 2009

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