Christmas With The Dale Warland Singers

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Label
Gothic
Release Date
January 1, 2009
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Warland, Dale Warland Singers
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 01, 2009
    • UPC
      000334920821
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      G-49208
    • LABEL
      Gothic
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Secular
    Works ⌄

    1. Il est ne, le divin enfant (arr. D. Gartman Schultz)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Dale Warland Singers

      Conductor: Dale Warland

    2. Dormi Jesu, Op. 3, No. 1, "The Virgin's Cradle Song"

      Composer: Edmund Rubbra

      Ensemble: Dale Warland Singers

      Conductor: Dale Warland

    3. Susanni (arr. A. Parker and R. Shaw)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Dale Warland Singers

      Conductor: Dale Warland

    4. Prepare The Way (arr. M. Jalkeus)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Dale Warland Singers

      Conductor: Dale Warland

    5. 7 Carols for Christmas: Fum, fum, fum! (arr. K. Mechem)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Dale Warland Singers

      Conductor: Dale Warland

    6. Sweet Was the Song the Virgin Sang

      Composer: Alf Houkom

      Ensemble: Dale Warland Singers

      Conductor: Dale Warland

    7. Festgesang, MWV D4, "Gutenberg-Kantate": No. 2. (adap. W.H. Cummings as Hark! The Herald Angels Sing) (arr. C. Barnett)

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Dale Warland Singers

      Conductor: Dale Warland

    8. Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine (arr. N. Luboff)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Dale Warland Singers

      Conductor: Dale Warland

    9. No. 1. The Holly and the Ivy

      Composer: Stephen Paulus

      Ensemble: Dale Warland Singers

      Conductor: Dale Warland

    10. No. 2. This Endris Night

      Composer: Stephen Paulus

      Ensemble: Dale Warland Singers

      Conductor: Dale Warland

    11. No. 3. Wonder Tidings

      Composer: Stephen Paulus

      Ensemble: Dale Warland Singers

      Conductor: Dale Warland

    12. O Little Town of Bethlehem (arr. D. Warland)

      Composer: Henry Walford Davies

      Ensemble: Dale Warland Singers

      Conductor: Dale Warland

    13. 3 Latvian Carols: No. 3. Ai, nama mamina

      Composer: Andrejs Jansons

      Ensemble: Dale Warland Singers

      Conductor: Dale Warland

    14. The Friendly Beasts (arr. J. Van)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Dale Warland Singers

      Conductor: Dale Warland

    15. Carol of the Bells (arr. P. Wilhousky)

      Composer: Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych

      Ensemble: Dale Warland Singers

      Conductor: Dale Warland

    16. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (arr. J. Sandstrom)

      Composer: Michael Praetorius

      Ensemble: Dale Warland Singers

      Conductor: Dale Warland

    17. Huron Carol (arr. D. Warland)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Dale Warland Singers

      Conductor: Dale Warland

    18. 7 Joys of Christmas: No. 4. Patapan

      Composer: Kirke Mechem

      Ensemble: Dale Warland Singers

      Conductor: Dale Warland

    19. Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

      Composer: John Gardner

      Ensemble: Dale Warland Singers

      Conductor: Dale Warland

    20. Gabriel's Message (arr. S. Paulus)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Dale Warland Singers

      Conductor: Dale Warland

    21. Silent Night (Stille Nacht) (arr. M. Sargent)

      Composer: Franz Xaver Gruber

      Ensemble: Dale Warland Singers

      Conductor: Dale Warland


Dale Warland's group stands on more than 30 years of first-rate performances and acclaimed recordings, and this one from 2002 is a fine representative of its sound and singing style, and of its well-loved Christmas repertoire. It's a warm, unaffected, unforced sound colored by natural resonance rather than the excessive vibrato that defines so many American choirs. The ensemble's legato technique is exemplary, and while all sections of this professional choir are superb, the sopranos are particularly notable for their uniformly lustrous tone. The repertoire titles will be very familiar to Christmas choral music fans, although the particular arrangements may not.


Some of these lesser-known settings include Donna Schultz's Il est né, Kirke Mechem's Fum, fum, fum! and Patapan, and director Warland's own Huron Carol and O little town of Bethlehem (set to the Forest Green tune). There are several fine Stephen Paulus contributions--Gabriel's Message and Three Nativity Carols--along with Jan Sandström's delightfully spooky and increasingly popular version of Es ist ein Ros entsprungen. Traditional favorites such as Wilhousky's Carol of the Bells and Norman Luboff's Joseph Dearest also make welcome appearances, and the disc concludes with Malcolm Sargent's (yes, that Malcolm Sargent) simple and lovely arrangement of Silent Night. Harp, oboe, percussion, and bells add occasional strokes of color, and the sound is ideal. In other words, this is a solidly performed, well-recorded program of the old and new (often combined in the same piece) that will fit nicely into any Christmas music collector's library.
--David Vernier, ClassicsToday.com