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A Meditation on Christ's Nativity
Director of Music:
George Guest
Organ Scholar:
Jonathan Bielby
Record Label:
Argo
Catalogue Number:
ZRG5550
Release Date:
Oct 1968
Notes:
Michael Matthews, Martin Redfearn, Michael Turner (trebles)
William Squire (reader)
Peter Birts, Philip Pettifor (tenors)
Reviews:
"The record is sheer delight ... the choir respond fully to the varying moods: My Dancing Day really does dance, Balulalow is really tender, and Torches is splendidly vigorous ... Martin Shaw's straightforward harmonizations come off even better than the more elaborate modern settings, but there are no duds, and there is one striking new carol, Peter Naylor's Eastern Monarchs. Jonathan Bielby's organ accompaniments add a great deal to the general effect." Gramophone 1968
Track Listing:
Torches, Joubert
Adam lay y-bounden, Warlock
The Linden Tree Carol, arr. Jaques
There is no rose, Joubert
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day, arr. Shaw
Up! Good Christian folk, arr. Woodward
Rocking, arr. Willcocks
Balulalow, Warlock
The Seven Joys of Mary, arr. Shaw
The Cherry Tree Carol, arr. Shaw
Ding dong! Merrily on high, Williamson
Eastern monarchs, P. Naylor
King Jesus hath a garden, arr. Wood
O come, all ye faithful!
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