Hodie - An English Christmas Collection / The Sixteen
Coro

Hodie - An English Christmas Collection / The Sixteen

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Details

Composer
BRITTEN LAVENER WARLOCK
Artist
Hodie: English Christmas
Format
CD
Label
Coro
Released
Oct 01, 2001
Catalog #
COR16004
UPC
828021600425

About

If you own The Sixteen's 20th Century Christmas Collection (on now-defunct Collins), you have most of the works included on this reissue offered by the choir's own Coro label. The difference is that Britten's A Ceremony of Carols (also previously issued on Collins in The Sixteen's Britten series) appears here instead of Peter Maxwell Davies' O magnum mysterium, a move that certainly makes for a more marketable package. If you don't have the original, this program features many of what have become classics of modern Christmas choral repertoire, among them Howells' A spotless rose, Warlock's Balulalow, Britten's A Hymn to the Virgin, Tavener's The Lamb, and Gardner's setting of Tomorrow shall be my dancing day. But Kenneth Leighton's Coventry Carol is a rarely heard masterpiece, as is Warlock's Corpus Christi--and Rubbra's short The Virgin's Cradle Song and Peter Fricker's similarly brief A babe is born are well worth repeated hearings. This Ceremony of Carols is arguably the finest in the catalog (at least among performances with women's voices), and throughout the disc there is consistently top-notch ensemble singing and solo work of the highest order. The sound is identical to the exceptional quality of the initial releases. An essential disc for any choral and Christmas music library. [10/19/2002]--David Vernier, ClassicsToday.com

Tracklist 25 tracks

  1. 1 Make We Joy Now in this Fest 03:20
    Track
    1
    Title
    Make We Joy Now in this Fest
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    William Walton
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  2. 2 Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child, Op. 25, No. 2, "Coventry Carol" 03:07
    Track
    2
    Title
    Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child, Op. 25, No. 2, "Coventry Carol"
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Kenneth Leighton
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  3. 3 A Babe is Born 01:39
    Track
    3
    Title
    A Babe is Born
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Peter Racine Fricker
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  4. 4 The Virgin's Cradle Song 01:39
    Track
    4
    Title
    The Virgin's Cradle Song
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Edmund Rubbra
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  5. 5 A Hymn to the Virgin 03:33
    Track
    5
    Title
    A Hymn to the Virgin
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  6. 6 The Lamb 03:31
    Track
    6
    Title
    The Lamb
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    John Tavener
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  7. 7 Procession 01:34
    Track
    7
    Title
    Procession
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  8. 8 Wolcum yole! 01:19
    Track
    8
    Title
    Wolcum yole!
    Duration
    01:19
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  9. 9 There is no rose 02:16
    Track
    9
    Title
    There is no rose
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  10. 10 That yonge child 01:41
    Track
    10
    Title
    That yonge child
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  11. 11 Balulalow 01:15
    Track
    11
    Title
    Balulalow
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  12. 12 As dew in Aprille 00:56
    Track
    12
    Title
    As dew in Aprille
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  13. 13 This little Babe 01:24
    Track
    13
    Title
    This little Babe
    Duration
    01:24
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  14. 14 Interlude 03:57
    Track
    14
    Title
    Interlude
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  15. 15 In freezing winter night 03:09
    Track
    15
    Title
    In freezing winter night
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  16. 16 Spring Carol 01:03
    Track
    16
    Title
    Spring Carol
    Duration
    01:03
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  17. 17 Deo Gracias! 01:06
    Track
    17
    Title
    Deo Gracias!
    Duration
    01:06
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  18. 18 Recession 01:58
    Track
    18
    Title
    Recession
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  19. 19 Sing lullaby 03:45
    Track
    19
    Title
    Sing lullaby
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    Herbert Howells
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  20. 20 Lute book lullaby 02:27
    Track
    20
    Title
    Lute book lullaby
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Peter Hayward
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  21. 21 A spotless rose 03:21
    Track
    21
    Title
    A spotless rose
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Herbert Howells
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  22. 22 Corpus Christi 04:28
    Track
    22
    Title
    Corpus Christi
    Duration
    04:28
    Composer
    Peter Warlock
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  23. 23 Balulalow 01:59
    Track
    23
    Title
    Balulalow
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Peter Warlock
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  24. 24 Benedicamus Domino 01:09
    Track
    24
    Title
    Benedicamus Domino
    Duration
    01:09
    Composer
    Peter Warlock
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  25. 25 Tomorrow shall be my dancing day 02:02
    Track
    25
    Title
    Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    John Gardner
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers