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This album appeared in 2015 in response to the seemingly insatiable appetite for a cappella Christmas music in Britain and beyond. But it has several strong points that would seem to promise strong interest for years to come. "Queen's" is Queen's College, Oxford, whose choir (mixed gender, young adult) has a history centuries long; the famous Boar's Head Carol included on this set seems to have originated here. One strong point is that Avie's engineers recorded Carols from Queen's in the smaller Keble College Chapel rather than in the acoustically and emotionally more distant Queen's College Chapel. This puts the focus on the vocal blend of these young singers, which is smoothly flawless without being rarefied, and on their diction and ability to communicate the sense of well-worn texts. Sample the limpid, devotional Bethlehem Down of Peter Warlock. Most of the music is tonal and simple; the contemporary composer represented (twice) is John Tavener, whose O, do not move opens the program on a note of hushed mystery. A reverential, but not stuffy, Christmas album by one of England's very best collegiate choirs.
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John Tavener, Composer - Owen Rees, Conductor - Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford, Ensemble - Oxford, MainArtist - Choir of The Queen's College, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford (P) 2015 Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford
Traditional, Composer - Owen Rees, Conductor - Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford, Ensemble - Bernadette Johns, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford (P) 2015 Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford
Traditional, Composer - Owen Rees, Conductor - Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford, Ensemble - Harry Meehan, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford (P) 2015 Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford
Herbert Howells, Composer - Owen Rees, Conductor - Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford, Ensemble - Robert Holbrook, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford (P) 2015 Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford
Owen Rees, Conductor - Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford, Ensemble - Philip Stopford, Composer - Caroline Halls, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford (P) 2015 Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford
Owen Rees, Conductor - Adolf Adam, Composer - Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford, Ensemble - Harry Meehan, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford (P) 2015 Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Owen Rees, Conductor - Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford, Ensemble - Harry Meehan, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford (P) 2015 Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford
Owen Rees, Conductor - Peter Warlock, Composer - Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford, Ensemble - Oxford, MainArtist - Choir of The Queen's College, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford (P) 2015 Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford
Herbert Howells, Composer - Owen Rees, Conductor - Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford, Ensemble - Oxford, MainArtist - Choir of The Queen's College, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford (P) 2015 Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford
Traditional, Composer - Owen Rees, Conductor - Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford, Ensemble - Harry Meehan, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford (P) 2015 Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford
Anonymous, Composer - Owen Rees, Conductor - Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford, Ensemble - Oxford, MainArtist - Choir of The Queen's College, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford (P) 2015 Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford
Harold Darke, Composer - Owen Rees, Conductor - Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford, Ensemble - Bernadette Johns, MainArtist - Harry Meehan, MainArtist - Laurence Jeffcoate, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford (P) 2015 Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford
Anonymous, Composer - Owen Rees, Conductor - Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford, Ensemble - Oxford, MainArtist - Choir of The Queen's College, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford (P) 2015 Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford
Anonymous, Composer - Owen Rees, Conductor - Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford, Ensemble - Oxford, MainArtist - Choir of The Queen's College, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford (P) 2015 Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford
John Tavener, Composer - Owen Rees, Conductor - Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford, Ensemble - Oxford, MainArtist - Choir of The Queen's College, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford (P) 2015 Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford
Traditional, Composer - Owen Rees, Conductor - Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford, Ensemble - George Parris, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford (P) 2015 Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford
Kenneth Leighton, Composer - Owen Rees, Conductor - Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford, Ensemble - Caroline Halls, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford (P) 2015 Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford
Hector Berlioz, Composer - Owen Rees, Conductor - Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford, Ensemble - Rebecca Baker, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford (P) 2015 Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford
Owen Rees, Conductor - Jonathan Dove, Composer - Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford, Ensemble - Oxford, MainArtist - Choir of The Queen's College, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford (P) 2015 Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford
Owen Rees, Conductor - Peter Cornelius, Composer - Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford, Ensemble - Robert Holbrook, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford (P) 2015 Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford
Traditional, Composer - Owen Rees, Conductor - Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford, Ensemble - Harry Meehan, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford (P) 2015 Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford
Traditional, Composer - Owen Rees, Conductor - Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford, Ensemble - Harry Meehan, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford (P) 2015 Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford
Albumbeschreibung
This album appeared in 2015 in response to the seemingly insatiable appetite for a cappella Christmas music in Britain and beyond. But it has several strong points that would seem to promise strong interest for years to come. "Queen's" is Queen's College, Oxford, whose choir (mixed gender, young adult) has a history centuries long; the famous Boar's Head Carol included on this set seems to have originated here. One strong point is that Avie's engineers recorded Carols from Queen's in the smaller Keble College Chapel rather than in the acoustically and emotionally more distant Queen's College Chapel. This puts the focus on the vocal blend of these young singers, which is smoothly flawless without being rarefied, and on their diction and ability to communicate the sense of well-worn texts. Sample the limpid, devotional Bethlehem Down of Peter Warlock. Most of the music is tonal and simple; the contemporary composer represented (twice) is John Tavener, whose O, do not move opens the program on a note of hushed mystery. A reverential, but not stuffy, Christmas album by one of England's very best collegiate choirs.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 01:14:09
- Main artists: Choir of The Queen's College Oxford
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Avie Records
- Genre: Klassiek
(C) 2015 Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford (P) 2015 Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford
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