A CEREMONY OF CAROLS

Catalog Number: CRD3490
Label: CRD Records
Format: CD

Available: 2
Price: $18.99

Categories: Christmas Music, Vocal Music

Composers: Benjamin Britten
Directors: Edward Higginbottom
Performers: The Choir of New College Oxford

A CEREMONY OF CAROLS by Benjamin Britten

CHRISTMAS MUSIC by Andrews, Bennett, Carter, Holst, Howells Leighton, Johnstone, Joubert, Wishart and Warlock
sung by
The Choir of New College Oxford
directed by Edward Higginbottom

The tradition of singing began at New College in 1379 when the College was itself founded. The sixteen choristers of the foundation have remained constant in number to this day. The choir's repertoire including it's recorded repertoire is very large indeed, comprising over forty recordings in the time of its present director, Edward Higginbottom, who has been associated with the college since 1976.

	Track Listing	Time
	Britten:A Ceremony of Carols
1	Procession - Hodie Christmas natus est	1:34
2	Wolcum Yole!	1:28
3	There is no rose	2:26
4	That younge child	1:54
5	Balulalow	1:21
6	As dew in Aprile	1:07
7	This little babe	1:25
8	Interlude (harp)	3:52
9	In freezing winter night	3:27
10	Spring carol	1:10
11	Deo gracias	1:23
12	Recession - Hodie Christmas natus est	1:34
13	Herbert Howells: Long, Long Ago	5:18
14	Richard Rodney Bennet: Out of your sleep	2:04
	Gustav Holst: Four Old English Christmas Carols
15	A babe is born	2:30
16	Now let us sing	2:14
17	Jesu, Thou the Virgin-born	3:11
18	The Saviour of the world is born	2:06
19	Kenneth Leighton: Lully, lulla, thoulittle tiny child	3:21
20	Peter Warlock: Bethlehem Down	4:05
21	Rich Rodney Bennet: What sweeter music can we bring	3:43
22	John Joubert: There is no rose	2:41
23	H. Diack Johnstone: I sing of a maiden	4:03
24	H.K. Andrews: Before dawn	2:38
25	Andrew Carter: There is no rose	3:39
26	Peter Wishart: Alleluya, a new work is come on hand	2:30
27	John Joubert: Torches	1:48