Christmas with St. John's / Nethsingha, Choir of St. John's Cambridge

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Label
Signum Classics
Release Date
August 12, 2016
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      GRUBER RUTTER TRANCHELL
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Choir Of St Johns College Cambridge
    • PERFORMER
      Nethsingha
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 12, 2016
    • UPC
      635212045824
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SIGCD458
    • LABEL
      Signum Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. The Shepherd's Carol

      Composer: Bob Chilcott

      Ensemble: Cambridge Choir of St. John's College

      Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha

    2. The holly and the ivy (arr. H.W. Davies for mixed choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Cambridge Choir of St. John's College

      Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha

    3. Ave Rex, Op. 45: IV. Sir Christèmas (version for choir and organ)

      Composer: William Mathias

      Ensemble: Cambridge Choir of St. John's College

      Performer: Joseph Wicks

      Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha

    4. 7 Advent Antiphons: No. 5. O Oriens

      Composer: Cecilia McDowall

      Ensemble: Cambridge Choir of St. John's College

      Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha

    5. Adam lay y-bounden

      Composer: Boris Ord

      Ensemble: Cambridge Choir of St. John's College

      Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha

    6. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (A Spotless Rose) (arr. P. Ledger for mixed choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Cambridge Choir of St. John's College

      Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha

    7. The seven joys of Mary (arr. W. Whitehead for mixed choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Cambridge Choir of St. John's College

      Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha

    8. Dormi, Jesu

      Composer: John Rutter

      Ensemble: Cambridge Choir of St. John's College

      Performer: Joseph Wicks

      Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha

    9. Creator of the Stars of Night (arr. J. Scott for mixed choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Cambridge Choir of St. John's College

      Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha

    10. 3 Carols: No. 1. I wonder as I wander

      Composer: Carl Rütti

      Ensemble: Cambridge Choir of St. John's College

      Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha

    11. O little town of Bethlehem

      Composer: Henry Walford Davies

      Ensemble: Cambridge Choir of St. John's College

      Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha

    12. I Saw Three Ships (arr. S. Preston for mixed choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Cambridge Choir of St. John's College

      Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha

    13. The Three Kings

      Composer: Peter Cornelius

      Ensemble: Cambridge Choir of St. John's College

      Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha

    14. Ding Dong Merrily on High (arr. C. Wood for mixed choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Cambridge Choir of St. John's College

      Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha

    15. As Dew in Aprylle

      Composer: Peter Warlock

      Ensemble: Cambridge Choir of St. John's College

      Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha

    16. John the Baptist

      Composer: Michael Finnissy

      Ensemble: Cambridge Choir of St. John's College

      Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha

    17. Mary's Magnificat

      Composer: Andrew Carter

      Ensemble: Cambridge Choir of St. John's College

      Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha

    18. People look East (arr. P. Marchbank for mixed choir)

      Composer: Peter Tranchell

      Ensemble: Cambridge Choir of St. John's College

      Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha

    19. Silent Night (Stille Nacht) (arr. M. Blatchly for mixed choir)

      Composer: Franz Xaver Gruber

      Ensemble: Cambridge Choir of St. John's College

      Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha

    20. Out of your sleep arise and wake

      Composer: Anthony Milner

      Ensemble: Cambridge Choir of St. John's College

      Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha

    21. Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

      Composer: Elizabeth Poston

      Ensemble: Cambridge Choir of St. John's College

      Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha

    22. Tomorrow shall be my dancing day, Op. 75, No. 2

      Composer: John Gardner

      Ensemble: Cambridge Choir of St. John's College

      Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha


The St. John's College Choir (men and boys) has enjoyed wide success with previous holiday releases, partly due to excellent engineering, more due to the clarity of the choral singing, and most of all due to the fresh and coherent programming concepts offered by director Andrew Nethsingha. Here you get a variety of short pieces rooted in, but not hewing to, traditional carols, a few by well-known composers (John Rutter, Bob Chilcott, Peter Warlock), the majority by names that will be new even to many English listeners. The overall mood is meditative, with just a few of the bumping-along, organ-accompanied sorts of work; much of the music is a cappella. A wonderful holiday release with a good measure of seriousness.

– All Music Guide (James Manheim)