Principally choral music; some selections with organ acc.; the 5th, 13th, and 20th works for organ solo. Program notes in English with French and German translations and lyrics in English, Latin, German, or Piedmontese Italian, with translations in English, French, and German (50 p. : col. ill., ports.) inserted in container. The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford ; Bill Ives, conductor ; Martin Ford, organ. Recorded July, 2008 at Magdalen College, Oxford.
Contents:
Creator alme siderum : plainsong, mode iv (1:27) -- The truth from above / Ralph Vaughan Williams (2:18) -- An earthly tree / William Byrd (4:38) -- View me, Lord / Charles Wood (4:15) -- Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland : BWV 659 / Johann Sebastian Bach (4:29) -- I look from afar (2:35) ; Rorate coeli (2:58) / Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina -- How beautiful upon the mountains / John Stainer (2:26) -- O come, o come, Emmanuel / adapted by Thomas Helmore (3:06) -- A hymn to the Virgin / Benjamin Britten (3:12) -- The blessed son of God / Ralph Vaughan Williams (2:37) -- In dulci jubilo / arr. Robert L. Pearsall (3:26) -- Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern : BuxWV 223 / Dietrich Buxtehude (5:30) -- Of the Father's heart begotten : melody from Piae cantiones, 1582 (3:09) -- Pastores loquebantur / Francisco Guerrero (2:53) -- Ninna nanna di Gesù bambino / arr. Grayston Ives (2:49) -- Mariä Wiegenlied / Max Reger (2:04) -- Sweet was the song / Grayston Ives (3:24) -- Benedicamus Domino / Peter Warlock (1:24) -- Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr : BWV 662 / J.S. Bach (7:43) -- Sir Christémas / William Mathias (1:36) -- Tomorrow shall be my dancing day / John Gardner (2:11) -- Hark! the herald angels sing/ Felix Mendelssohn (3:12).
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