Australian Chamber Choir - A Baroque Christmas (2020)

Tracklist

01. Ave Maria
02. Gloria Missa Pange Lingua
03. O Magnum Mysterium
04. O Magnum Mysterium
05. Resonet in Laudibus
06. Hodie, Christus Natus Est
07. Vom Himmel Hoch
08. In dulci jubilio
09. Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
10. Singt und klingt
11. Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem
12. Halleluja, freu euch
13. O Jesulein Süss
14. From the Pastoral in F major
15. Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden
16. In dulci jubilo
17. The Angel Gabriel


I first came across the Australian Chamber Choir several years ago when classikON asked me to review one of their performances in Sydney. In 2017 I wrote of hearing for the first time this performance ensemble; ‘Sometimes you go to a concert and after just a few seconds know you are in for a treat. Lucky me, I had that experience with this, my first encounter with the Australian Chamber Choir. This exciting ensemble of young singers from Melbourne is on the tail end of a tour that included numerous concerts in Europe and across the south-eastern part of Australia. Music director Douglas Lawrence has at his fingertips an ensemble who just wants to sing and they do so with joy. He directs without fuss and the choir responds accordingly.’

This recent release on the Melbourne Move label of the Australian Chamber Choir brings a treasure trove of religious music suitable for the Christmas celebrations of lovers of fine choral music and they still treat me with their glorious sound.

The ACC is at the forefront of the European choral tradition and not just here in Australia but on its regular European tours it garners great reviews and reception so it is not surprising that this new CD delivers beautifully crafted performances of music from the 1400’s till the time of Johann Sebastian Bach.

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