Composer: Richard Rodney Bennett, Alan Bullard, Robert Chilcott, Kevin Crossley-Holland, Jonathan Dove, Gustav Theodore Holst, Matthew Martin, Cecilia McDowall, Joseph Phibbs, William Turner Walton, Jan Sandström, Michael Praetorius, Mykola Leontovich, Peter Wilhousky
Performer: Sixteen, Alexandra Kidgell, Edward McMullan, Mark Dobell, Robert Macdonald, Ben Davies, Katy Hill, Tim Jones, Charlotte Mobbs, George Pooley
Conductor: Harry Christophers
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Coro
Catalogue: COR16188
Release: 2021
Size: 1.35 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Chilcott, Crossley-Holland: Pilgrim Jesus
Sandström, Praetorius: Lo, How a Rose e’er Blooming
trad.: Sans Day Carol
Martin: Adam lay ybounden
Leontovich, Wilhousky: Carol of the Bells
McDowall: Of a Rose
trad., Farjeon: Carol of the Advent
Porter, Rossetti: Christmas Eve
Bennett: Five Carols: Susanni
Bullard: Glory to the Christ Child
Whitacre, Silvestri: Lux aurumque
Dove: I am the day
Holst: This have I done for my true love, H128, Op. 34 No. 1
trad.: Wassail Song
Howells, Buxton: Long, Long Ago
Walton: All this time
trad., Vaughan Williams: All in the Morning
Phibbs: Lullay, Lullay, Thou Lytil Child
Burton, Wedderburn: Balulalow
trad., Herrick: Herrick’s Carol
Chilcott: Advent Antiphons
I. O Sapientia
II. O Adonaï
III. O Radix Jesse
IV. O Clavis David
V. O Oriens
VI. O Rex Gentium
VII. O Emmanuel
The Sixteen contrasts traditional with contemporary in this choral feast of festive music. Bob Chilcott’s sumptuous Advent Antiphons based on plainsong melodies anticipate the coming of Christmas and feature alongside Mykola Leontovich’s much-loved Carol of the Bells, Richard Rodney Bennett’s stunning Susanni and Eric Whitacre’s shimmering Lux aurumque. Interspersed with the beautiful simplicity of traditional carols, this is a Christmas collection to savour.