Advent Carols from St John's

Director of Music:
Christopher RobinsonOrgan Scholar:
James MartinRelease date:
January 1994Record label:
NimbusCatalogue number:
Nimbus N 15414Track list
- Drop down ye heavens (Richard Lloyd)
- Lo! He comes with clouds descending (Trad.)
- Adam lay ybounden (Boris Ord)
- The Lord at first did Adam make (George Guest)
- Es ist das Heil uns kommen her (Johannes Brahms)
- A Spotless Rose (Herbert Howells)
- There is no rose (Elizabeth Maconchy)
- Ave Maria (Felix Mendelssohn)
- A Hymn to the Virgin (Benjamin Britten)
- I sing of a Maiden (Patrick Hadley)
- This have I done for my true love (Gustav Holst)
- Magnificat–The Gloucester Service (Herbert Howells)
- Benedicamus Domino (Peter Warlock)
- O little town of Bethlehem (Trad.)
Reviews
As a winter-warming and haunting introduction to the Christmas season, recordings come no better than this, especially when sung with the heartfelt sincerity of the St. John’s Choristers
Christopher Thomas, MusicWeb International
The contribution of Andrew Nethsingha and St John's College, Cambridge to the Evensong tradition - both in the chapel and on record - deserves great praise
Gramophone