Album Description
CORO is delighted to announce the first studio recording with the Handel and Haydn Society. The disc, which is a co-production with WGBH and was recorded at their studios in Boston in January, features an eclectic selection of Christmas music including traditional carols using American tunes and Christmas motets by Charles Ives and contemporary American composer, James Bassi. The disc also features two carols by the 'father of American choral music', Bostonian William Billings, and the popular
Carol of the Bells by Ukranian composer Mykola Leontovich with its instantly recognisable four-note ostinato motif.
Artists
Handel and Haydn SocietyHarry ChristophersTrack Listing
Traditional
1. I wonder as I wander
Morten Lauridsen
2.
O magnum mysterium
Traditional
3. Joy to the world
4. It came upon the midnight clear
Gustav Holst
5. In the bleak midwinter
William Billings
6. Shepherds, rejoice!
Traditional
7. In dulci jubilo (original English)
Bob Chilcott
8. The Shepherd's Carol
Charles Ives
9. A Christmas Carol
John Rutter
10. There is a flower
Traditional
11. O little town of Bethlehem (American)
12. Angels we have heard on high
Herbert Howells
13. A spotless Rose
Hieronymous Praetorius
14. In dulci juibilo (German)
James Bassi
15. Quem pastores laudavere
Billings
16. A virgin unspotted
R. L. Pearsall
17. In dulci jubilo
Traditional
18. O little town of Bethlehem
Mykola Leontovich
19. Carol of the Bells
TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 1hr 3mins
