Christmas (Incls 'Veni, veni Emmanuel' & John Tavener's 'The Lamb')
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Christmas (Incls 'Veni, veni Emmanuel' & John Tavener's 'The Lamb')
King's Singers
[ Signum / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 28 November 2008
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"absolutely first-class musicianship, , top-notch arrangements, and always thoughtfully chosen, entertaining repertoire ... if you love Christmas music recordings, well, what are you waiting for? This is one of the best ever"
ClassicsToday.com
"on the Signum label, this premier ensemble has found a recording team that shows the group's talent to an even higher engineering standard than we've ever heard before in previous issues from EMI and RCA ... absolutely first-class musicianship, , top-notch arrangements, and always thoughtfully chosen, entertaining repertoire ... if you love Christmas music recordings, well, what are you waiting for? This is one of the best ever"
ClassicsToday.com
"nothing fazes them, however tough the demands, and there is a combination of precision and warmth to the singing, captured in sympathetic acoustics"
Daily Telegraph
"The King's Singers' style is beautifully detailed, and even the most familiar carols sound fresh"
Classic FM Magazine
"Precise intonation, instinctive articulation, a downy, luxuriant tone, all captured in an excitingly lifelike recording"
International Record Review
Tracks:
1 Veni, veni Emmanuel (Trad. arr. Lawson) [3:05]
2 Angelus ad Virginem (Trad. ed. the KS) [1:58]
3 This is the truth sent from above (Trad. arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams) [2:39]
4 Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (Praetorius) [1:46]
5 Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (Praetorius) [2:44]
6 There is no rose (Anon. ed. Stevens) [2:25]
7 Coventry Carol (Anon.) [2:45]
8 Nowell sing we now (Bo Holten ed. the KS) [3:53]
9 Remember, O thou man (Ravenscroft) [3:10]
10 In dulci jubilo (Trad. harm. J.S.Bach) [0:56]
11 Lullay my liking (Philip Lawson) [4:27]
12 Bogoroditsye Dyevo (Arvo Pärt) [1:04]
13 The Lamb (John Tavener) [3:23]
14 Maria durch ein' Dornwald ging (Trad. arr. Lawson) [3:40]
15 O little one sweet (Trad. harm. J.S.Bach) [2:12]
16 Bethlehem Down (Peter Warlock) [3:59]
17 The Crown of Roses (Tchaikovsky arr. Lubbock) [3:12]
18 To us in Bethlem City (John McCabe) [2:48]
19 Szczo to za prediwo (Trad. arr. Barwinski) [2:23]
20 There is a flower (John Rutter) [3:54]
21 La Peregrinaçion (Ramirez arr. Knight) [3:09]
22 Away in a manger (Melody W.J.Kirkpatrick arr. Lawson) [2:33]
23 Noël nouvelet (Trad. arr. Lawson) [2:23]
24 Stille Nacht (Gruber arr. Rutter) [3:17]
25 Born on a New Day (David arr. Knight/Lawson) [2:49]
Total running time: [70:49]
