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A Winter's Light / Backhouse, Vasari Singers
Naxos

A Winter's Light / Backhouse, Vasari Singers

$19.99

Details

Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Jeremy Backhouse, Vasari Singers, Martin Ford
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Nov 13, 2012
Catalog #
8573030
UPC
747313303076

About

The Vasari Singers’ annual carol concerts always provide a warming blend of traditional favourites and less well-known music from all periods and styles. Here, joyous and masterful 16th-century polyphony sits alongside eternally popular Victorian carols, and exquisitely crafted settings by Howells and Walford Davies join works as recent as Gabriel Jackson’s The Christ-child. Bob Chilcott magically superimposes traditional carols with entrancing new material, and no Vasari Christmas would be complete without some close harmony Swingle singing.

Tracklist 20 tracks

  1. 1 On Christmas Night: I. This is the truth (I) 03:24
    Track
    1
    Title
    On Christmas Night: I. This is the truth (I)
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    Bob Chilcott
    Performer
    Martin Ford
    Ensemble
    Vasari Singers
    Conductor
    Jeremy Backhouse
  2. 2 Gabriel's Message (arr. J. Rathbone) 01:45
    Track
    2
    Title
    Gabriel's Message (arr. J. Rathbone)
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Vasari Singers
    Conductor
    Jeremy Backhouse
  3. 3 Hodie Christus natus est 03:46
    Track
    3
    Title
    Hodie Christus natus est
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
    Ensemble
    Vasari Singers
    Conductor
    Jeremy Backhouse
  4. 4 Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (arr. J. Sandstrom) 04:03
    Track
    4
    Title
    Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (arr. J. Sandstrom)
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Michael Praetorius
    Ensemble
    Vasari Singers
    Conductor
    Jeremy Backhouse
  5. 5 Sing Lullaby 03:31
    Track
    5
    Title
    Sing Lullaby
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Herbert Howells
    Ensemble
    Vasari Singers
    Conductor
    Jeremy Backhouse
  6. 6 Hymne a la Vierge, Op. 24 03:58
    Track
    6
    Title
    Hymne a la Vierge, Op. 24
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Pierre Villette
    Ensemble
    Vasari Singers
    Conductor
    Jeremy Backhouse
  7. 7 On Christmas Night: VI. Sweet was the song 04:15
    Track
    7
    Title
    On Christmas Night: VI. Sweet was the song
    Duration
    04:15
    Composer
    Bob Chilcott
    Performer
    Martin Ford
    Ensemble
    Vasari Singers
    Conductor
    Jeremy Backhouse
  8. 8 Of the Father's Heart Begotten (arr. D. Willcocks) 03:03
    Track
    8
    Title
    Of the Father's Heart Begotten (arr. D. Willcocks)
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Theodoricus Petri Nylandensis
    Performer
    Martin Ford
    Ensemble
    Vasari Singers
    Conductor
    Jeremy Backhouse
  9. 9 Hodie Christus natus est a 10 04:17
    Track
    9
    Title
    Hodie Christus natus est a 10
    Duration
    04:17
    Composer
    Giovanni Gabrieli
    Ensemble
    Vasari Singers
    Conductor
    Jeremy Backhouse
  10. 10 On Christmas Night: VII. Rejoice and be merry 01:50
    Track
    10
    Title
    On Christmas Night: VII. Rejoice and be merry
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Bob Chilcott
    Performer
    Martin Ford
    Ensemble
    Vasari Singers
    Conductor
    Jeremy Backhouse
  11. 11 O little town of Bethlehem 05:30
    Track
    11
    Title
    O little town of Bethlehem
    Duration
    05:30
    Composer
    Henry Walford Davies
    Performer
    Martin Ford
    Ensemble
    Vasari Singers
    Conductor
    Jeremy Backhouse
  12. 12 The Stable Door 02:29
    Track
    12
    Title
    The Stable Door
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Cecil Armstrong Gibbs
    Ensemble
    Vasari Singers
    Conductor
    Jeremy Backhouse
  13. 13 Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night) (arr. J.E. West) 05:40
    Track
    13
    Title
    Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night) (arr. J.E. West)
    Duration
    05:40
    Composer
    Adolphe Adam
    Performer
    Martin Ford
    Ensemble
    Vasari Singers
    Conductor
    Jeremy Backhouse
  14. 14 In the Bleak Mid-Winter 04:43
    Track
    14
    Title
    In the Bleak Mid-Winter
    Duration
    04:43
    Composer
    Harold Darke
    Performer
    Martin Ford
    Ensemble
    Vasari Singers
    Conductor
    Jeremy Backhouse
  15. 15 The Christ-child 05:02
    Track
    15
    Title
    The Christ-child
    Duration
    05:02
    Composer
    Gabriel Jackson
    Ensemble
    Vasari Singers
    Conductor
    Jeremy Backhouse
  16. 16 Nativity carol 04:26
    Track
    16
    Title
    Nativity carol
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    John Rutter
    Performer
    Martin Ford
    Ensemble
    Vasari Singers
    Conductor
    Jeremy Backhouse
  17. 17 Jingle Bells (arr. B. Parry) 02:45
    Track
    17
    Title
    Jingle Bells (arr. B. Parry)
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    James Lord Pierpont
    Ensemble
    Vasari Singers
    Conductor
    Jeremy Backhouse
  18. 18 Christmas-tide 03:08
    Track
    18
    Title
    Christmas-tide
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Bob Chilcott
    Ensemble
    Vasari Singers
    Conductor
    Jeremy Backhouse
  19. 19 I Believe in Father Christmas (arr. J. Rathbone) 03:17
    Track
    19
    Title
    I Believe in Father Christmas (arr. J. Rathbone)
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Greg Lake
    Ensemble
    Vasari Singers
    Conductor
    Jeremy Backhouse
  20. 20 Carol Medley 03:14
    Track
    20
    Title
    Carol Medley
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    Jonathan Rathbone
    Performer
    Martin Ford
    Ensemble
    Vasari Singers
    Conductor
    Jeremy Backhouse