Unlimited Streaming
Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps
Start my trial period and start listening to this albumEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
SubscribeEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
Digital Download
Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
The English choral Christmas album has tended toward innovation, and it's good to hear that there's still a place for the traditional kind, with lightly embroidered traditional hymns, just ever so slightly wobbly, but utterly endearing, boy sopranos, and strongly diatonic Christmas compositions that are consistently and simply rapt in mood. That's what you get here from the Choir of Her Majesty's Chapel Royal, whose 17 "gentlemen" and "boys" under director Huw Williams are a smaller group than most of their competition and lend an attractively intimate quality to the proceedings. There's a high proportion of well-known carols, and O Little Town of Bethlehem, in the harmonization by Vaughan Williams with a new top line for the youngsters, makes a good place to start when sampling. Even the slightly contemporary pieces, such as Stravinsky's 1934 Ave Maria, are resolutely simple in style. This release follows in the steps of the choir's 2006 Carols from Buckingham Palace release, but is even more modest and calmer in its effect. Probably the album covers no new ground, but it is expertly recorded in the Chapel Royal itself, and it is entirely satisfying.
© TiVo
You are currently listening to samples.
Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.
Listen to this playlist and more than 100 million songs with our unlimited streaming plans.
From £10.83/month
John Rutter, Composer - Huw Williams, Conductor - Choir Of The Chapel Royal, MainArtist - Martyn Noble, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Malcolm Sargent, Composer - Huw Williams, Conductor - Choir Of The Chapel Royal, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Elizabeth Poston, Composer - Huw Williams, Conductor - Choir Of The Chapel Royal, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
David Willcocks, Composer - Henry John Gauntlett, Composer - Arthur Henry Mann, Composer - Huw Williams, Conductor - Choir Of The Chapel Royal, MainArtist - Martyn Noble, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
David Willcocks, Composer - Huw Williams, Conductor - Choir Of The Chapel Royal, MainArtist - Martyn Noble, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
John Tavener, Composer - Huw Williams, Conductor - Choir Of The Chapel Royal, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Andrew Carter, Composer - Huw Williams, Conductor - Choir Of The Chapel Royal, MainArtist - Martyn Noble, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Thomas Weelkes, Composer - Huw Williams, Conductor - Choir Of The Chapel Royal, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Ivor Atkins, Composer - Huw Williams, Conductor - Jonathan Dove, Composer - Choir Of The Chapel Royal, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Andrew Carter, Composer - Huw Williams, Conductor - Choir Of The Chapel Royal, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
George Guest, Composer - Huw Williams, Conductor - Choir Of The Chapel Royal, MainArtist - Martyn Noble, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Huw Williams, Conductor - Choir Of The Chapel Royal, MainArtist - Martyn Noble, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Huw Williams, Conductor - Choir Of The Chapel Royal, MainArtist - Martyn Noble, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
David Willcocks, Composer - Huw Williams, Conductor - Choir Of The Chapel Royal, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Michael Head, Composer - Huw Williams, Conductor - Choir Of The Chapel Royal, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Charles Wood, Composer - Huw Williams, Conductor - Choir Of The Chapel Royal, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Benjamin Britten, Composer - Huw Williams, Conductor - Choir Of The Chapel Royal, MainArtist - Martyn Noble, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Huw Williams, Conductor - Choir Of The Chapel Royal, MainArtist - Richard Popplewell, Composer
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Igor Stravinksy, Composer - Huw Williams, Conductor - Choir Of The Chapel Royal, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
John Francis Wade, Composer - Huw Williams, Conductor - Choir Of The Chapel Royal, MainArtist - Martyn Noble, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Peter Cornelius, Composer - Huw Williams, Conductor - Choir Of The Chapel Royal, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Malcolm Sargent, Composer - Huw Williams, Conductor - Choir Of The Chapel Royal, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
John Gardner, Composer - Huw Williams, Conductor - Choir Of The Chapel Royal, MainArtist - Martyn Noble, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Herbert Howells, Composer - Huw Williams, Conductor - Choir Of The Chapel Royal, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - David Willcocks, Composer - Huw Williams, Conductor - Choir Of The Chapel Royal, MainArtist - Martyn Noble, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Andrew Gant, Composer - Huw Williams, Conductor - Choir Of The Chapel Royal, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Album review
The English choral Christmas album has tended toward innovation, and it's good to hear that there's still a place for the traditional kind, with lightly embroidered traditional hymns, just ever so slightly wobbly, but utterly endearing, boy sopranos, and strongly diatonic Christmas compositions that are consistently and simply rapt in mood. That's what you get here from the Choir of Her Majesty's Chapel Royal, whose 17 "gentlemen" and "boys" under director Huw Williams are a smaller group than most of their competition and lend an attractively intimate quality to the proceedings. There's a high proportion of well-known carols, and O Little Town of Bethlehem, in the harmonization by Vaughan Williams with a new top line for the youngsters, makes a good place to start when sampling. Even the slightly contemporary pieces, such as Stravinsky's 1934 Ave Maria, are resolutely simple in style. This release follows in the steps of the choir's 2006 Carols from Buckingham Palace release, but is even more modest and calmer in its effect. Probably the album covers no new ground, but it is expertly recorded in the Chapel Royal itself, and it is entirely satisfying.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 26 track(s)
- Total length: 01:12:17
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Choir Of The Chapel Royal
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Signum Records
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Improve album information
Why buy on Qobuz...
-
Stream or download your music
Buy an album or an individual track. Or listen to our entire catalogue with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions.
-
Zero DRM
The downloaded files belong to you, without any usage limit. You can download them as many times as you like.
-
Choose the format best suited for you
Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF...) depending on your needs.
-
Listen to your purchases on our apps
Download the Qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go.
