The Darkest Midnight - Songs of Winter and Christmas
SOMMCD 0189
DDD
NEW RELEASE
Playing time: 64'28"
Tracks: 19
Booklet pages: 28
© 2018 SOMM Recordings
Reviewer: Keith Bramich
Review of The Darkest Midnight - Songs of Winter and Christmas published on 11 December 2018
Listen: anonymous, arranged by Suzzie Vango: Gaudete (track 12, 0:00-0:42)
Papagena:
Elizabeth Drury, soprano
Abbi Temple, soprano
Suzzie Vango, soprano
Suzie Purkis, alto
Sarah Tenant-Flowers, alto
Andy Guthrie, drum (track 15)
traditional Irish, arranged by Suzzie Vango:
1 Don oíche úd i mBeithil
traditional German, arranged by Philip Lawson:
2 Maria durch ein Dornwald ging
fifteenth century English (Bodleian MS):
3 Nowell, tidings true there be come new
traditional chorale melody, arranged by Winnie Brückner:
4 O Jesulein zart
John Tavener:
5 A Nativity (text: W B Yeats)
traditional Ukrainian, adapted by Peter J Wilhousky, arranged by Elizabeth Drury:
6 Shchedryk (Hark how the Bells) (first recording of this adaptation)
Wedderburn Brothers / Suzzie Vango:
7 Balulalow (first recording)
Joni Mitchell, arranged by Jim Clements:
8 The River
Maurice Ravel, arranged by Clytus Gottwald:
9 Toi, le coeur de la rose (L'enfant et les sortilèges) (text: Colette)
thirteenth century (Arundel MS):
10 Angelus ad Virginem
anon:
11 Sancta Mater Graciae / Dou way Robin
anon, arranged by Suzzie Vango:
12 Gaudete (first recording of this arrangement)
traditional Irish, arranged by Diamaid Ó Muirithe:
13 The Darkest Midnight
Lucia Quinault / Oliver Tarney:
14 The Waiting Sky (first recording)
traditional Norwegian / Tone Krohn:
15 Det lisle bånet (The Little Child)
traditional, arranged by Matthew Culloton:
16 In dulci Jubilo
traditional German, arranged by Michael Praetorius / Sarah Tenant-Flowers:
17 Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Don MacDonald:
18 When the Earth Stands Still
Don MacDonald:
19 Fusion
Recorded 14-15 April 2018 at Challow Park Studios, Wantage, UK
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