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The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, a set of nine Scripture readings related to the Christmas story alternating with carols and other short musical compositions, has proven remarkably successful since the festival's introduction at King's College, Cambridge, in 1918. For many years the music consisted mostly of arrangements of traditional carols, but beginning in 1983 new carols and hymns were commissioned from well-established composers, mostly but not exclusively British. The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, is reliable in this release, but its real attraction is the potential chance to hear how the festival has evolved with the placement of the new music. This album presents the service as it was heard in 2010. Most of the "commissioned carols" are clumped in a group at the end and labeled as such. This group, however, does not represent the total of the new pieces involved; Einojuhani Rautavaara's Christmas Carol, also known as Offerings They Brought of Gold, is incorporated into the actual service. It's not clear how many of the new pieces have been used in that way; if it's just one per year, then what you're getting is the real deal. In any event, Rautavaara's piece, with its lovely use of the choir's top register, is by far the strongest of the commissioned pieces, and although it's quite distinctive in style it fits in best with the traditional carols. Worthwhile for lovers of the English cathedral tradition.
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Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, Arranger, MainArtist - Henry John Gauntlett, Composer - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Arthur Henry Mann, Composer - George Wimpeney, MainArtist, VocalSolo
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Anonymous, Composer - Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Arranger - Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - English traditional, Composer - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Anonymous, Composer - Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Boris Ord, Composer - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, Arranger, MainArtist - English traditional, Composer - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Anonymous, Composer - Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Traditional, Composer - Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Reginald Jacques, Arranger - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - German Traditional, Composer - Robert Lucas de Pearsall, Arranger
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Peter Tranchell, Composer - Matthew Sandy, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Anonymous, Composer - Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Ledger, Arranger - English traditional, Composer - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - English traditional, Composer - David Willcocks, Arranger - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Anonymous, Composer - Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Otto Goldschmidt, Composer - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Michael Praetorius, Composer - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Jan Sandstöm, Arranger
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Anonymous, Composer - Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Pierre Villette, Composer
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Peter Hurford, Composer
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Anonymous, Composer - Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Max Reger, Composer - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - French Traditional, Composer - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - June Nixon, Arranger
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
DISC 2
Anonymous, Composer - Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, Arranger, MainArtist - Este's Psalter, 1592, Composer - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Judith Weir, Composer - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Anonymous, Composer - Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Einojuhani RAUTAVAARA, Composer - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Mack Wilberg, Arranger - XVI Century French, Composer
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Anonymous, Composer - Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, Arranger, MainArtist - John Francis Wade, Composer - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Anonymous, Composer - Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Composer - David Willcocks, Arranger - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Gabriel Jackson, Composer - Alexander Banwell, MainArtist, VocalSolo
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Brett Dean, Composer - George Gibbon, MainArtist, VocalSolo
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Mark-Anthony Turnage, Composer
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Dominic Muldowney, Composer - Matthew Sandy, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Composer
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, Conductor, MainArtist - John Rutter, Composer - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, MainArtist, MusicalEnsemble - Ben-San Lau, Organ, MainArtist
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
Albumbeschreibung
The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, a set of nine Scripture readings related to the Christmas story alternating with carols and other short musical compositions, has proven remarkably successful since the festival's introduction at King's College, Cambridge, in 1918. For many years the music consisted mostly of arrangements of traditional carols, but beginning in 1983 new carols and hymns were commissioned from well-established composers, mostly but not exclusively British. The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, is reliable in this release, but its real attraction is the potential chance to hear how the festival has evolved with the placement of the new music. This album presents the service as it was heard in 2010. Most of the "commissioned carols" are clumped in a group at the end and labeled as such. This group, however, does not represent the total of the new pieces involved; Einojuhani Rautavaara's Christmas Carol, also known as Offerings They Brought of Gold, is incorporated into the actual service. It's not clear how many of the new pieces have been used in that way; if it's just one per year, then what you're getting is the real deal. In any event, Rautavaara's piece, with its lovely use of the choir's top register, is by far the strongest of the commissioned pieces, and although it's quite distinctive in style it fits in best with the traditional carols. Worthwhile for lovers of the English cathedral tradition.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 38 track(s)
- Total length: 01:50:35
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Choir of King's College, Cambridge Stephen Cleobury
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Kings College Cambridge
- Genre: Klassiek
2012 King's College, Cambridge 2012 King's College, Cambridge
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