Carol Of The Bells

 
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Carol Of The Bells
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

[ Coro / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 12 November 2021

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The Sixteen contrasts traditional with contemporary in this choral feast of festive music. Bob Chilcott's sumptuous Advent Antiphons based on plainsong melodies anticipate the coming of Christmas and feature alongside Mykola Leontovich's much-loved Carol of the Bells, Richard Rodney Bennett's stunning Susanni and Eric Whitacre's shimmering Lux aurumque. Interspersed with the beautiful simplicity of traditional carols, this is a Christmas collection to savour.

"The Sixteen have been around so long (40 years and counting) that it is easy to take them for granted. This newly recorded Christmas disc, however, acts as a sharp reminder of the choir's abiding excellence...Mike Hatch's pitch-perfect engineering frames a disc which shies away from the commercial clamour of Christmas, to a more contemplative, spiritual experience" Five Stars BBC Music Christmas Choice 2021

Tracks:

BOB CHILCOTT Pilgrim Jesus
JAN SANDSTRÖM Lo, how a rose e'er blooming
Traditional Sans Day Carol
MATTHEW MARTIN Adam lay ybounden
LEONTOVICH Carol of the Bells
CECILIA McDOWALL Of a rose
Traditional Carol of the Advent
KIM PORTER Christmas Eve
BENNETT Susanni
ALAN BULLARD Glory to the Christ Child
ERIC WHITACRE Lux aurumque
JONATHAN DOVE I am the day
HOLST This have I done for my true love
Traditional Wassail Song
HOWELLS Long, long ago
WALTON All this time
Traditional All in the morning
JOSEPH PHIBBS Lullay, lullay, thou lytil child
JAMES BURTON Balulalow
Traditional Herrick's Carol
BOB CHILCOTT Advent Antiphons