Choir of Clare College - Lux de caelo: Music for Christmas (2014) [Hi-Res]

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Title: Lux de caelo: Music for Christmas
Year Of Release: 2014
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Genre: Classical
Quality: 24bit-96kHz FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:17:56
Total Size: 1.09 GB
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Tracklist:

01. A boy was born Op.3 (theme) (Benjamin Britten) - 2:39
02. A babe is born (William Mathias) - 3:13
03. Frohlocket ihr Volker auf Erden Op.79, No.1 'Weihnachten' (Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) - 1:25
04. The truth from above (Trad. Herefordshire Carol, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams) - 5:00
05. Gabriel's Message (Trad. Old Basque Carol, arr. Edgar Pettman) - 2:34
06. Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern (Michael Praetorius) - 2:31
07. Quem pastores laudavere (Michael Praetorius) - 3:50
08. Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen (Anon., harm. Michael Praetorius) - 1:50
09. In dulci jubilo BWV 368 (Johann Sebastian Bach) - 1:20
10. In dulci jubilo a 8 (Michael Praetorius) - 2:23
11. Coventry Carol Op.77, No.4 (Giles Swayne) - 3:57
12. A Hymn to the Mother of God (John Tavener) - 3:22
13. Lullay, my liking (Graham Ross) - 5:02
14. Riu, riu, chiu (Trad. Spanish, arr. Noah Greenberg) - 3:53
15. Tu scendi dalle stelle (Trad. Italian, arr. Graham Ross) - 2:47
16. Still, still, still (Trad. Austrian, arr. Graham Ross) - 3:23
17. Dormi, Jesu (Anton Webern) - 1:26
18. Quelle est cette odeur agreable? (Trad. French, arr. David Willcocks) - 4:14
19. Nativity Carol (John Rutter) - 4:32
20. Friede auf Erden (Arnold Schoenberg) - 8:44

Personnel:
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
The Dmitri Ensemble (Jamie Campbell - leader)
with David Miller - theorbo (#6-8,10)
Peter Harrison - chamber organ (#6,7,9,10), celesta (#2)
Graham Ross - director

Under the direction of Graham Ross, the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and The Dmitri Ensemble celebrate the legacy of European and English carols in this Christmas program. Listeners will enjoy settings by Praetorius and Bach alongside later examples by Mendelssohn, Schoenberg, Britten and Tavener.