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A Ceremony of Carols / Rees, Choir of the Queen's College Oxford

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Composer: VARIOUS
Artist: Oxford, John, Wakeford, Rees
Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
Released: Aug 21, 2020
Catalog #: SIGCD627
UPC: 635212062722

About

A glorious collection of Christmas music spanning over 900 years, centered around Britten's A Ceremony of Carols – a work seen as both a signal of Britten’s turn back towards English musical and cultural traditions and as a distinctly modern composition. Owen Rees and the Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford present this alongside works that alternate between the early 17th century – by that most prolific composer and arranger of Lutheran Christmas music, Michael Praetorius – and the present: music by Judith Weir (1984), David Blackwell (2011), Jonathan Dove (2000), Dobrinka Tabakova (2018), Toby Young (2017), and Cecilia McDowall (2007). At one point we interrupt the pattern of alternation to look back half a millennium further than Praetorius, with Hildegard of Bingen’s O virga ac diadema. ‘An undoubted jewel in Britain’s choral scene’ (BBC Music Magazine), the Choir of The Queen’s College Oxford is among the finest and most active university choirs in the UK. Previous releases with Signum A New Heaven (2017) and The House of the Mind (2018) both went straight to no. 1 in the Specialist Classical Chart in their first week of release.

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Tracklist 25 tracks

1 Drop Down, Ye Heavens, from Above 01:49

Track
1

Title
Drop Down, Ye Heavens, from Above
Duration
01:49
Composer
Judith Weir
Ensemble
Oxford Queen's College Choir
Conductor
Owen Rees
2 Es ist ein Ros entsprungen 02:32

Track
2

Title
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Duration
02:32
Composer
Michael Praetorius
Ensemble
Oxford Queen's College Choir
Conductor
Owen Rees
3 Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming (arr. D. Blackwell for choir) 03:43

Track
3

Title
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming (arr. D. Blackwell for choir)
Duration
03:43
Composer
Traditional
Ensemble
Oxford Queen's College Choir
Conductor
Owen Rees
4 Resonet in laudibus 03:16

Track
4

Title
Resonet in laudibus
Duration
03:16
Composer
Michael Praetorius
Performer
Laurence John
Ensemble
Oxford Queen's College Choir
Conductor
Owen Rees
5 The Three Kings 04:31

Track
5

Title
The Three Kings
Duration
04:31
Composer
Jonathan Dove
Performer
Olivia Hugh-Jones, Alexandra Moss
Ensemble
Oxford Queen's College Choir
Conductor
Owen Rees
6 Procession 01:28

Track
6

Title
Procession
Duration
01:28
Composer
Benjamin Britten
Performer
Lucy Wakeford
Ensemble
Oxford Queen's College Choir
Conductor
Owen Rees
7 Wolcum yole! 01:26

Track
7

Title
Wolcum yole!
Duration
01:26
Composer
Benjamin Britten
Performer
Lucy Wakeford
Ensemble
Oxford Queen's College Choir
Conductor
Owen Rees
8 There is no rose 02:29

Track
8

Title
There is no rose
Duration
02:29
Composer
Benjamin Britten
Performer
Lucy Wakeford
Ensemble
Oxford Queen's College Choir
Conductor
Owen Rees
9 That yongë child 01:49

Track
9

Title
That yongë child
Duration
01:49
Composer
Benjamin Britten
Performer
Melissa Talbot, Lucy Wakeford
Ensemble
Oxford Queen's College Choir
Conductor
Owen Rees
10 Balulalow 01:27

Track
10

Title
Balulalow
Duration
01:27
Composer
Benjamin Britten
Performer
Alexandra Moss, Lucy Wakeford
Ensemble
Oxford Queen's College Choir
Conductor
Owen Rees
11 As dew in Aprille 01:01

Track
11

Title
As dew in Aprille
Duration
01:01
Composer
Benjamin Britten
Performer
Lucy Wakeford
Ensemble
Oxford Queen's College Choir
Conductor
Owen Rees
12 This little Babe 01:27

Track
12

Title
This little Babe
Duration
01:27
Composer
Benjamin Britten
Performer
Lucy Wakeford
Ensemble
Oxford Queen's College Choir
Conductor
Owen Rees
13 Interlude 04:10

Track
13

Title
Interlude
Duration
04:10
Composer
Benjamin Britten
Performer
Lucy Wakeford
14 In freezing winter night 04:06

Track
14

Title
In freezing winter night
Duration
04:06
Composer
Benjamin Britten
Performer
Olivia Hugh-Jones, Lucy Wakeford
Ensemble
Oxford Queen's College Choir
Conductor
Owen Rees
15 Spring Carol 01:05

Track
15

Title
Spring Carol
Duration
01:05
Composer
Benjamin Britten
Performer
Alexandra Moss, Elizabeth Nurse, Lucy Wakeford
Ensemble
Oxford Queen's College Choir
Conductor
Owen Rees
16 Deo Gracias! 01:06

Track
16

Title
Deo Gracias!
Duration
01:06
Composer
Benjamin Britten
Performer
Lucy Wakeford
Ensemble
Oxford Queen's College Choir
Conductor
Owen Rees
17 Recession 01:48

Track
17

Title
Recession
Duration
01:48
Composer
Benjamin Britten
Ensemble
Oxford Queen's College Choir
Conductor
Owen Rees
18 In dulci jubilo 02:55

Track
18

Title
In dulci jubilo
Duration
02:55
Composer
Michael Praetorius
Performer
Laurence John
Ensemble
Oxford Queen's College Choir
Conductor
Owen Rees
19 Good-will to men, and peace on Earth 02:27

Track
19

Title
Good-will to men, and peace on Earth
Duration
02:27
Composer
Dobrinka Tabakova
Ensemble
Oxford Queen's College Choir
Conductor
Owen Rees
20 O virga ac diadema 05:18

Track
20

Title
O virga ac diadema
Duration
05:18
Composer
Hildegard von Bingen
Performer
Olivia Hugh-Jones, Melissa Talbot
Conductor
Owen Rees
21 Geborn ist Gottes Söhnelein 01:01

Track
21

Title
Geborn ist Gottes Söhnelein
Duration
01:01
Composer
Michael Praetorius
Ensemble
Oxford Queen's College Choir
Conductor
Owen Rees
22 The Owl 01:54

Track
22

Title
The Owl
Duration
01:54
Composer
Toby Young
Ensemble
Oxford Queen's College Choir
Conductor
Owen Rees
23 Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern 01:21

Track
23

Title
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Duration
01:21
Composer
Michael Praetorius
Ensemble
Oxford Queen's College Choir
Conductor
Owen Rees
24 Now may we singen 03:15

Track
24

Title
Now may we singen
Duration
03:15
Composer
Cecilia McDowall
Ensemble
Oxford Queen's College Choir
Conductor
Owen Rees
25 Puer natus in Bethlehem 05:17

Track
25

Title
Puer natus in Bethlehem
Duration
05:17
Composer
Michael Praetorius
Ensemble
Oxford Queen's College Choir
Conductor
Owen Rees