Anthony Way - The Choirboy's Christmas (1995)

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Artist: Anthony Way
Title: The Choirboy's Christmas
Year Of Release: 1995
Label: DECCA
Genre: Christmas songs
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log)
Total Time: 68.33
Total Size: 297 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

01 - O Come All Ye Faithful (J.F. Wade, arr.& fanfare D. Willcocks)
02 - Silent Night (F.Gruber, arr. S. Goss)
03 - Sussex Carol (trad, arr. D. Willcocks)
04 - Once In Royal David's City (H.J. Gauntlett, arr. Mann, D. Willcocks)
05 - Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (John Gartner)
06 - Away In A Manger (Kirkpatrick, arr. D. Willcocks)
07 - Balulalow From 'A Ceremony of Carols' (Benjamin Britten)
08 - Joy To The World (G.F. Gendel, arr. J. Rutter)
09 - The Holly & The Ivy (trad., arr. H. Walford Davies)
10 - In The Bleak Midwinter (H. Drake)
11 - What Child Is This? (trad., arr. R. Lloyd)
12 - A Maiden Most Gentle (trad., arr. A. Cater, J. Wedge)
13 - Ding Dong! Merrily On High (trad., arr. D. Willcocks)
14 - O Men From The Fields (A. Cooke)
15 - The Twelve Days Of Christmas (trad., arr. J. Rutter)
16 - The Three Kings (Cornelius, arr. Atkins)
17 - See Amid The Winter's Snow (Goss, arr. D. Willcocks)
18 - Past Three O'Clock (trad. arr. C. Hazell)
19 - O Little One Sweet (Scheidt, arr. J.S.Bach)
20 - Do You Hear What I Hear (N. Regney, G. Shane, arr. G Alexander)
21 - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (F. Mendelssohn, arr. and fanfare D. Willcocks)

Anthony Way is revered by many - including myself - as one of the finest treble soloists to have ever been recorded. This disc gives every reason why. His is really as perfect a voice as I have ever heard, and is enjoyable listening for hours on end - more than can be said for some otherwise excellent trebles. I must take issue with the reviewer who claims that Anthony's voice was showing the signs of voice change in this recording. In my opinion, Anthony sounds better on this recording than on almost any of the other recordings I have of him. His voice seems to have reached its greatest potential here. Another recording with his choir made only a month before this one - "Passiontide at St Paul's" - shows him at the same pinnacle of perfection in his little verse tidbit of Gibbon's "Drop, drop, slow tears". His voice inflection, spot-on vocal control, and incomparable musicality are stunning.

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