O Holy Night - A Merton Christmas
DCD34192
DDD
24-bit stereo
NEW RELEASE
Playing time: 68'19"
Tracks: 18
Booklet pages: 24
© 2017 Delphian Records Ltd
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of O Holy Night - A Merton Christmas published on 14 December 2017
Listen: Bob Chilcott: The Bird of Dawning (track 13, 0:42-1:40)
Choir of Merton College, Oxford
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
Benjamin Nicholas, conductor
John Rutter:
1 All bells in paradise
2 Shepherd's Pipe Carol
Elizabeth Poston:
3 Jesus Christ the apple tree
Felix Mendelssohn, arranged by David Willcocks:
4 Hark! the herald-angels sing
Hector Berlioz:
5 The Shepherds' Farewell
traditional, arranged by David Willcocks:
6 Unto us is born a son
Harold Darke:
7 In the bleak mid-winter
Bob Chilcott:
8 The Shepherd's Carol
Patrick Hadley:
9 I sing of a maiden
Franz Xaver Gruber, arranged by John Rutter:
10 Silent night
Adolphe Adam, arranged by John Rutter:
11 O holy night
traditional English, arranged by Arthur Sullivan:
12 In came upon the midnight clear
Bob Chilcott:
13 The Bird of Dawning (first recording)
W J Kirkpatrick, arranged by David Willcocks:
14 Away in a manger
traditional German, arranged by Robert Lucas de Pearsall:
15 In dulci jubilo
Thomas Hewitt Jones:
16 What child is this?
J F Wade, arranged by David Willcocks:
17 O come, all ye faithful
Morten Lauridsen:
18 O magnum mysterium
Recorded 27-29 June 2016 in Merton College Chapel, Oxford, UK
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