Christmas at St.John's College Cambridge (CD)

Paul Provost, Choir of St. John's College Cambridge, David Hill

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Musik von der Advent- & Weihnachtszeit bis Dreikönige. Rorate caeli; O come, o come, Emmanuel; O Sapienti; A tender shoot (Otto Goldschmidt); A Spotless Rose (Herbert Howells); Lo! He comes with clouds descending; O Adonai; Vox dicentis (Edward Naylor); A Radix Iesse; The clouded Heaven (Judith Bingham); O Clavis David; There is a flower (John Rutter); This have I done for my true love (Holst); O Oriens; Lullay my liking (Francis Pott); O Rex gentium; Bethlehem Down (Peter Warlock arr. David Hill); O Emmanuel; O magnum mysterium (Morten Lauridsen); O come all ye faithful; Hodie Christus natus est

Artists:: Paul Provost (Orgel), St. John's College Choir Cambridge, David Hill
Label:: Hyperion
Year of recording ca.:: 2006
UPC/EAN:: 0034571175768
Release date:: 17.11.2006

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Taking as its starting point their world-famous Advent Carol Service, The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, is here on dazzling form in an imaginative and varied programme devised by David Hill. Alongside Christmas classics by Rutter, Warlock, Howells and Holst, we have new works by Judith Bingham and Francis Pott, and Naylor’s epic Vox dicentis. Many of these works have specific connections to David Hill and his choir, and the resulting conviction of performance is a testimony to their stature. A narrative thread is provided throughout the disc by the seven Great ‘O’ Antiphons (‘O Wisdom’, ‘O Key of David’, etc) which fall on 17 to 23 December in the liturgy. At the close David Hill’s imaginative arrangement of Bethlehem Down (combining the popular choral version with Warlock’s own accompaniment for a solo song version) leads into Morten Lauridsen’s phenomenally successful O magnum mysterium and a blaze of glory in the Christmas Day hymn O come, all ye faithful. ‘Hodie Christ natus est’ indeed.

Rezensionen

'David Hill's Advent programme imaginatively mingles antiphons, carols, hymns and motets. Favourites alternate with relative rarities such as Edward Naylor's Vox Dicentis: Clama, whose sumptuous sonorities unfold gloriously in the chapel's acoustic... The John's choir, fielding what sounds like a vintage crop of trebles, sings throughout with its trademark mixture of refinement and gutsy energy' (Daily Telegraph)

'Blend, balance, intonation and diction are all unfailingly top-drawer, and the choir's unanimity of phrasing and dynamic shading come across as something quite special … Both engineering and annotation are well up to the same standard' (Fanfare, USA)

'This is a very fine disc indeed... The overall impression with which I’m left is one of great satisfaction and pleasure. The programme has been assembled with great imagination and the execution is well nigh flawless. When one adds in excellent and very atmospheric sound, first rate notes and texts and translations, it all adds up to a very distinguished package indeed. I shall be surprised if I encounter a finer CD of Christmas music this year' (MusicWeb International)

'This recording holds some of the most exquisite choral singing I have ever heard. They must be one of the finest choirs in England. Not only is the technical standard dazzlingly high, but the readings are engaging, animated and sensitively shaped' (American Record Guide)