Performer: The Girl Choristers and Lower Voices of Merton College, Oxford
Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Delphian
Catalogue: DCD34262
Release: 2022
Size: 1.13 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Elgar: Angelus
02. Head: The Little Road to Bethlehem
03. Leontovich: Carol of the Bells
04. Wallen: Peace on earth
05. Berkeley: I sing of a maiden
06. Ireland: The Holy Boy
07. Rutter: Star carol
08. trad.: Infant Holy
09. Jackson: Hush! My Dear
10. Bach: Chorale Prelude BWV605 ‘Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich’
11. Charpentier: Sing to the Infant Boy
12. Bach: Chorale Prelude BWV607 ‘Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schaar’
13. trad.: Rocking Carol
14. Britten: A New Year Carol
15. Cantiones: up! Good Christen Folk
16. Beamish: In the stillness
17. Joubert: Torches
18. Dearnley: The growing limbs of God the Son (Hymn)
19. Holst: In the Bleak Mid-winter (Cranham)
20. Praetorius: There is a Flower Springing (English translation by Ursula Wood)
21. Praetorius: Come, thou Redeemer of the earth
22. Bednall: Make We Merry
23. Rutter: Candlelight carol
In the stillness of a midnight stable, a babe is born … In the stillness of an Oxford chapel on a winter’s afternoon, a girl’s voice sings. The newest star in Oxford’s – and Delphian’s – choral firmament, the girl choristers of Merton College have been singing services under the directorship of Benjamin Nicholas for less than five years: in their debut album recording, supported by the lower voices of the Chapel Choir, they tell once more in music from across the centuries the timeless Christmas story of light, hope and joy for a troubled world.