What Sweeter Music - Carols for Christmas
Track Listings
| 1. What sweeter music - John Rutter | ||
| 2. Infant holy, Infant lowly - arr. David Willcocks | ||
| 3. Adam lay ybounden - Boris Ord | ||
| 4. A Boy was born in Bethlehem - Benjamin Britten | ||
| 5. The blessed son of God - Ralph Vaughan Williams | ||
| 6. No sad thought his soul affright - Vaughan Williams | ||
| 7. All this time - William Walton | ||
| 8. While the shepherds were watching - Cecil Armstrong Gibbs | ||
| 9. What cheer? - Walton | ||
| 10. Sussex Carol - arr. Willcocks | ||
| 11. Blessed be that maid Mary - arr. Willcocks | ||
| 12. In dulci jubilo - arr. R. L. Pearsall | ||
| 13. A Christmas Carol - arr. Zoltan Kodaly | ||
| 14. O Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridsen | ||
| 15. In the bleak mid-winter - Harold Darke |
Editorial Reviews
Fanfare Magazine
"Thomas’ direction seems just right, capturing the humanity of the music."
San Jose Mercury News
"the best baroque chorus I ever hope to hear"
Album Description
American Bach Soloists' latest CD is a heartwarming collection of carols performed by the critically acclaimed ABS Choir, an ensemble heralded by the San Jose Mercury News as "the best baroque chorus I ever hope to hear." This disc is a wonderful blend of the unusual and the traditional - much of the repertoire is drawn from the 20th century - and provides the perfect gift for fans of choral music. Works by Britten, Darke, Gibbs, Kodály, Lauridsen, Ord, Pearsall, Rutter, Vaughan Williams, Walton, Willcocks. The American Bach Soloists - named "the best American specialists in early music" by The Washington Post - were founded in 1989 with the mission of introducing contemporary audiences to the cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach through historically informed performances. Their repertoire quickly expanded to include not only Bach’s instrumental and larger choral masterpieces, but also the works of his contemporaries and the Classical era. Under the leadership of Music Director Jeffrey Thomas, the ensemble has achieved its vision of assembling the world’s finest vocalists and period-instrument performers to bring this music to life. Their critically acclaimed recordings of works by Bach, Haydn, Schütz and others have been praised as "a model of what the early music movement can offer at its best" (San Francisco Chronicle). And Fanfare magazine wrote that "Thomas’ direction seems just right, capturing the humanity of the music...there is no higher praise for Bach performance." This recording of primarily 20th century works brings to the American Bach Soloists Choir the opportunity to bring their celebrated qualities of exquisite style, expression, and beautiful sound to new and much-loved repertoire.
What Sweeter Music - Carols for Christmas
What Sweeter Music - Carols for Christmas, Music, Britten, Vaughan Williams, Rutter, Jeffrey Thomas, American Bach Soloists
What Sweeter Music - Carols for Christmas
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