Nicolai Chamber Choir ; Christian Ljunggren, conductor ; Mark Falsjö (organ), track 1) ; Hedda Abrahamson (soprano), tracks 2-7 ; Lars Arvidsson (baritone), tracks 2-7 ; Ivan Ossoniak (recorder), track 12 ; Staffan Isbäck, Tomas Persson (guitar), track 12 ; Adolf Fredrik Madrigal Choir, tracks 15, 20-21 ; Anita Häggmark (organ), track 20-21 ; Maria Wigren (soprano), track 17 ; Vivecka Sjödell (alto), track 18 ; Tomas Persson (tenor), track 17 ; Pontus Bergström (baritone), track 19 ; Mattias Wager (organ), track 19. Tracks 1, 12, 16-18 recorded 1987 in St. James' Church, Stockholm. Tracks 2-11 recorded 1983 in Össeby-Garn Church in Stockholm. Track 15 recorded 1993 in the Berwald Hall, Stockholm. Track 19 recorded live 2009 in Stockholm Cathedral. Tracks 20-21 recorded live in Adolf Fredrik Church, Stockholm. in Adolf Fredrik Church, Stockholm. Tracks 13-14 recorded live in the Parish Hall of the Stockholm Cathedral. in the Parish Hall of the Stockholm Cathedral. Title from disc label. Margery and The moon are world première recordings. Booklet with lyrics in Latin and English, and biographical and program notes in English (46 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
Contents:
Evening hymn, "Te lucis ante terminum" / Henry Balfour Gardiner (6:50) -- Requiem / Herbert Howells (19:35) -- Come away death / Ralph Vaughan Williams (3:27) -- Songs of springtime. Under the greenwood tree (1:29) ; Sigh no more, ladies (2:02) / Ernest John Moeran -- It was a lover and his lass / Joseph Horovitz (2:38) -- The first book of ayres or little short songs. It was a lover and his lasse / Thomas Morley (2:23) -- Margery (3:19) ; The moon (3:49) / William Lloyd Webber -- Lay a garland on her hearse / Robert Lucas Pearsall (2:45) -- Shall we go dance?, op. 67, no. 3 / Charles Villiers Stanford (1:41) -- All the flowers of the spring / Peter Warlock (5:27) -- The evening-watch, op. 43, no. 1 / Gustav Holst (4:42) -- The Passion of Christ. Oh! Man, remember what thy sin hath cost! / Percy Fletcher (8:50) -- Olivet to Calvary. The Saviour King goes forth to die! (5:28) ; Droop, sacred head (3:45) / John Henry Maunder.
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