- a fresh mix of new and favourite Christmas Carols
- a fresh mix of new and favourite Christmas CarolsMusicWeb International's Recording of the Month, November 2007
A Fabulous CD, brilliantly recorded - International Record Review, December 2007
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Released by Guild, October 2007
Track listing
1.
Felix
Mendelssohn (1809–1847):
Weihnachten: Frohlokket ihr Völker auf Erden
2
Michael Head (1900-1976): The Little Road to Bethlehem
3.
Bob Chilcott (b.1955): The Shepherd’s Carol
4.
German 14th century, arr. John
Rutter (b.1945): Quem pastores laudavere
5.
John Rutter: Mary’s Lullaby
6.
Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988): Coventry Carol
7.
Jonathan Rathbone (b. 1957): Corpus Christi Carol (World Premiere
recording)
8.
Judith Weir (b.1954): Illuminare Jersualem
9.
Morten Lauridsen (b.1943): O magnum mysterium
10.
*French trad., arr. Stephen Jackson (b.19??): Noël Nouvelet - Nicola
Balzan (soprano solo)
11.
Naji Hakim (b.1955): Ding dong! Merrily on high
12.
Humphrey Clucas (b.1941): Love came down at Christmas
13.
Paul Edwards (b.1956): No small wonder
14.
Franz Gruber, arr. Jonathan Rathbone (b.19??): Silent night
15.
John Gardiner (b.1917): Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
16.
*arr. Nigel Short (b.1953): Away in a manger
17.
arr. Malcolm Sargent (1895-1967): Hawaiian Lullaby
18.
Mel Tormé, arr. Ward Swingle (b.1927): Christmas Song
19.
English trad., arr. Andrew Carter (b.1939): The Twelve Days of Christmas
Jess
Stansfield (soprano solo), Matthew Wood (baritone solo)
Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse
Organist: Jeremy Filsell
Recorded at St Jude's, Hampstead, London , November 2006
Recorded in 24-bit resolution
Produced by Adrian Peacock
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