The Clock of Magdalen College, Oxford - The Sweet and Merry Month: Music for May Morning (2022)

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Title: The Sweet and Merry Month: Music for May Morning
Year Of Release: 2022
Label: Opus Arte
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 72:12 min
Total Size: 365 MB
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The Clock of Magdalen College, Oxford - The Sweet and Merry Month: Music for May Morning (2022)

Tracklist:

1. The College Clock
2. Sumer Is Icumen in (Arr. G. Ives for Choir)
3. Now Is the Month of Maying
4. Lay a Garland
5. I’ll Follow the Sun (Arr. G. Ives for Choir)
6. O Lusty May
7. Ah Robin
8. Linden Lea
9. Loch Lomond (Arr. D. Overton for Choir)
10. Hymnus Eucharisticus
11. Sicut lilium
12. No. 6, Haste on My Joys!
13. No. 6, Music, When Soft Voices Die
14. Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Arr. G. Turner for Choir)
15. No. 1, Dieu ! Qu’il la fait bon regarder !
16. The Lark in Clear Air (Arr. J. Whitbourn for Choir)
17. The Silver Swan
18. Felice primavera
19. The Hills
20. This Sweet and Merry Month of May, T 317
21. The Spring of the Year
22. The Oak and the Ash (Arr. G. Langford for Choir)
23. In Pride of May
24. Hora è di Maggio
25. As Torrents in Summer
26. No. 3, The Blue Bird
27. The Ballad of Green Broom
28. The Bells of Magdalen College, Oxford

Experience a staple of the Oxford calendar in this set of works inspired by the May Morning tradition, with music spanning from the traditional to contemporary. Starting with The College Clock welcoming in the sunrise, this special recording displays The Magdalen College Choir in radiant form, shining in the glorious acoustics of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Oxford.