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Advent at Merton - Choir of Merton College, Oxford - Benjamin Nicholas, Peter Phillips

DCD34122

DDD
24 bit stereo
NEW RELEASE

Playing time: 56'21"
Tracks: 18
Booklet pages: 20
© 2012 Delphian Records Ltd
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Advent at Merton - Choir of Merton College, Oxford - Benjamin Nicholas, Peter Phillips published on 3 December 2012

Listen: Cecilia McDowall: O Oriens (track 11, 1:07-2:07)

Choir of Merton College, Oxford
Anna Stepler, organ
Peter Phillips, conductor
Benjamin Nicholas, conductor

Matthew Martin (born 1976):
1 Ecco concipes

Fourteenth century German, arranged by David Blackwell (born 1961):
2 Lo, how a rose e'er blooming

William Byrd (1539/40-1623):
3 Rorate caeli desuper

James MacMillan (born 1959):
4 Advent Antiphon
Christopher Watson, tenor

Judith Weir (born 1954):
5 Drop down, ye heavens, from above

Michael Praetorius (1571-1621):
6 Alvus tumescit virginis

Howard Skempton (born 1947):
7 O Sapientia

John Tavener (born 1944):
8 O Adonai

Rihards Dubra (born 1964):
9 O Radix Jesse

Gabriel Jackson (born 1962):
10 O Clavis David

Cecilia McDowall (born 1951):
11 O Oriens

Matthew Martin:
12 O Rex Gentium

Eriks Esenvalds (born 1977):
13 O Emmanuel
Jeremy Kenyon, alto

Anton Heiler (1923-1979):
14 Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen

William Byrd:
15 Ecco Virgo concipiet

Michael Praetorius, arranged by Jan Sandström (born 1954):
16 Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Emily Tann, soprano

Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611):
17 Ave Maria

James MacMillan:
18 O Radiant Dawn

Recorded 14-16 April 2012 at Merton College Chapel, Oxford, UK

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