Nowell sings we The Choir of Worcester College Oxford & Stephen Farr
Album info
Album-Release:
2014
HRA-Release:
01.10.2014
Label: Resonus Classics
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
Artist: The Choir of Worcester College Oxford & Stephen Farr
Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)
- 1 Nowell sing we 01:55
- 2 The Virgins Cradle Hymn 01:13
- 3 Sweet was the song 03:41
- 4 O Antiphon Preludes- I. O Sapientia 01:52
- 5 Puer Nobis 02:00
- 6 Nova! nova! 02:16
- 7 O Antiphon Preludes- II. O Adonai 02:01
- 8 The Angels Carol 01:50
- 9 O mortal man 02:42
- 10 O Antiphon Preludes- III. O Radix Jesse 02:18
- 11 Kings and Shepherds 02:06
- 12 Lo, that is a marvellous change 03:16
- 13 O magnum mysterium 01:52
- 14 O Antiphon Preludes- IV. O Clavis David 01:49
- 15 Christ was born on Christmas Day 03:19
- 16 I Saw Three Ships 02:39
- 17 Lute-Book Lullaby 03:00
- 18 O Antiphon Preludes- V. O Oriens 03:03
- 19 This is the record of John 04:17
- 20 Drop down, ye heavens 06:45
- 21 O Antiphon Preludes- VI. O Rex Gentium 03:00
- 22 Ave regina coelorum 04:39
- 23 Nowell, nowell, tidings true 04:57
- 24 As I lay upon a night 03:24
- 25 O Antiphon Preludes- VII. O Emmanuel 02:40
Info for Nowell sings we
Following on from the universal critical acclaim of their first album with Resonus (This Christmas Night - RES10113), the Choir of Worcester College, Oxford - under the direction of Stephen Farr - return with a second album of contemporary Christmas Carols.
Entitled Nowell sing we, this new selection contains works from a wide variety of celebrated composers including Gabriel Jackson, Peter Maxwell Davies, Lennox Berkeley, Colin Matthews, Francis Pott, Edmund Rubbra, Richard Rodney Bennett & Herbert Howells among many others, with no fewer than nine world premieres. Also featured throughout the programme are the seven O Antiphon Preludes for solo organ by Nico Muhly, performed here by Stephen Farr on the organ of Keble College, Oxford.
„[…] it is good to know that choral music of this standard continues to be written and that accomplished choirs continue to record it [...] it is also rather special and those who appreciate contemporary choral music will treasure it.“ (Cross Rhythms)
The Choir of Worcester College, Oxford
Nicholas Freestone (on tracks 9, 13 & 20)
Alex Goodwin (on track 3)
Ben Cunningham (on track 19)
Stephen Farr, conductor & solo organ
No biography found.
Booklet for Nowell sings we