Performer: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge
Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Signum
Catalogue: SIGCD661
Release: 2020
Size: 572 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Dove: I am the day
02. Pärt: Bogoróditse Djévo
03. Howells: A Spotless Rose
04. McDowall: A Prayer to St. John the Baptist
05. Jackson: Vox clara ecce intonat
06. McCabe: The Last and Greatest Herald
07. trad.: O Wisdom
08. trad.: O Adonai
09. Goldschmidt: A tender shoot has started
10. Distler: Es ist ein Ros’ enstprungen (from Die Weihnachtsgeschichte, Op. 10)
11. Milner: Out of your sleep
12. Bingham: Hark, the glad sound
13. Maconchy: There is no rose
14. trad.: O Root of Jesse
15. trad.: O Key of David
16. Telemann: Ach so laß von mir dich finden
17. Manz: E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come
18. trad.: The Linden Tree
19. trad.: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: X. Deo gracias
20. Wolf: Einklang
21. trad.: Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending
22. Bach: Chorale Prelude BWV661 ‘Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland’
The sublime Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge return with the second volume in their Advent series, celebrating the advent season from within the Christian tradition; a season celebrated since at least the Sixth Century.
This splendid live recording, from within the Chapel of St. John’s College itself, features Christmas favourites including Britten’s Deo Gracias from A Ceremony of Carols, as well as gorgeous performances of lesser known works by modern composers including Jonathan Dove, Arvo Pärt and Paul Manz.