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British composer Bob Chilcott is in the running to become heir to John Rutter with his limpid, well-wrought, harmonically restricted choral pieces drawn on a variety of sources. That's a lucrative niche, and Chilcott is positioning himself well: if you like Rutter, you'll probably like Chilcott. His style is distilled down to its essence with this collection of carols, all composed between 2007 and 2013. Chilcott resets some familiar texts (try O Little Town of Bethlehem, track 12), which given the variable relationship between text and music in general worship music in the past is really not a bad idea; listeners will hear the very familiar texts afresh. Silent Night (track 19) is modified only in the harmonic setting, and elsewhere there are novel choices of texts, not least the use of an Emily Dickinson poem in the midst of the hymn O magnum mysterium (track 22). Perhaps the biggest attraction here is the work of the British chamber choir Commotio. Chilcott came up through the King's College Choir, but the smaller Commotio, beautifully recorded here at Oxford's Keble College Chapel, shows the smoothness of his part-writing even in small details. Provided there is tolerance of sentiment with Christmas music, this is a recommended holiday release.
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Song of the Crib (Bob Chilcott)
Bob Chilcott, Composer - Charles Bennett, Lyricist - Matthew Berry, Conductor - Commotio, Choir
2013 Naxos 2013 Naxos
Les Anges Dans Nos Campagnes (Bob Chilcott)
Bob Chilcott, Composer - Richard Pearce, Performer - Traditional, Lyricist - Matthew Berry, Conductor - Commotio, Choir
2013 Naxos 2013 Naxos
The Advent Candle (Bob Chilcott)
Bob Chilcott, Composer - Tanya Houghton, Performer - Charles Bennett, Lyricist - Matthew Berry, Conductor - Commotio, Choir
2013 Naxos 2013 Naxos
The Rose in the Middle of Winter (Bob Chilcott)
Bob Chilcott, Composer - Charles Bennett, Lyricist - Matthew Berry, Conductor - Commotio, Choir
2013 Naxos 2013 Naxos
The Heart-in-Waiting (Bob Chilcott)
Bob Chilcott, Composer - Kevin Crossley-Holland, Lyricist - Matthew Berry, Conductor - Commotio, Choir
2013 Naxos 2013 Naxos
The Shepherds Sing (Live) (Bob Chilcott)
George Herbert, Lyricist - Bob Chilcott, Composer - Tanya Houghton, Performer - Laurie Ashworth, Performer - Josie Simmons, Performer - Matthew Berry, Conductor - Commotio, Choir
2013 Naxos 2013 Naxos
The Shepherd's Carol (Bob Chilcott)
Bob Chilcott, Composer - Anonymous, Lyricist - Matthew Berry, Conductor - Commotio, Choir
2013 Naxos 2013 Naxos
On Christmas Night (Bob Chilcott)
Josef Mohr, Lyricist - Phillips Brooks, Lyricist - Catherine Winkworth, Lyricist - Bob Chilcott, Composer - Richard Pearce, Performer - John Freeman Young, Lyricist - Cecil Frances Alexander, Lyricist - Traditional, Lyricist - Anonymous, Lyricist - Tanya Houghton, Performer - Laurie Ashworth, Performer - Tim Elton, Performer - Alice James, Performer - Matthew Berry, Conductor - Commotio, Choir - Theodore Baker, Lyricist
2013 Naxos 2013 Naxos
Josef Mohr, Lyricist - Phillips Brooks, Lyricist - Catherine Winkworth, Lyricist - Bob Chilcott, Composer - Richard Pearce, Performer - John Freeman Young, Lyricist - Cecil Frances Alexander, Lyricist - Traditional, Lyricist - Anonymous, Lyricist - Tanya Houghton, Performer - Laurie Ashworth, Performer - Tim Elton, Performer - Alice James, Performer - Matthew Berry, Conductor - Commotio, Choir - Theodore Baker, Lyricist
2013 Naxos 2013 Naxos
Josef Mohr, Lyricist - Phillips Brooks, Lyricist - Catherine Winkworth, Lyricist - Bob Chilcott, Composer - Richard Pearce, Performer - John Freeman Young, Lyricist - Cecil Frances Alexander, Lyricist - Traditional, Lyricist - Anonymous, Lyricist - Tanya Houghton, Performer - Laurie Ashworth, Performer - Tim Elton, Performer - Alice James, Performer - Matthew Berry, Conductor - Commotio, Choir - Theodore Baker, Lyricist
2013 Naxos 2013 Naxos
Josef Mohr, Lyricist - Phillips Brooks, Lyricist - Catherine Winkworth, Lyricist - Bob Chilcott, Composer - Richard Pearce, Performer - John Freeman Young, Lyricist - Cecil Frances Alexander, Lyricist - Traditional, Lyricist - Anonymous, Lyricist - Tanya Houghton, Performer - Laurie Ashworth, Performer - Tim Elton, Performer - Alice James, Performer - Matthew Berry, Conductor - Commotio, Choir - Theodore Baker, Lyricist
2013 Naxos 2013 Naxos
Josef Mohr, Lyricist - Phillips Brooks, Lyricist - Catherine Winkworth, Lyricist - Bob Chilcott, Composer - Richard Pearce, Performer - John Freeman Young, Lyricist - Cecil Frances Alexander, Lyricist - Traditional, Lyricist - Anonymous, Lyricist - Tanya Houghton, Performer - Laurie Ashworth, Performer - Tim Elton, Performer - Alice James, Performer - Matthew Berry, Conductor - Commotio, Choir - Theodore Baker, Lyricist
2013 Naxos 2013 Naxos
Josef Mohr, Lyricist - Phillips Brooks, Lyricist - Catherine Winkworth, Lyricist - Bob Chilcott, Composer - Richard Pearce, Performer - John Freeman Young, Lyricist - Cecil Frances Alexander, Lyricist - Traditional, Lyricist - Anonymous, Lyricist - Tanya Houghton, Performer - Laurie Ashworth, Performer - Tim Elton, Performer - Alice James, Performer - Matthew Berry, Conductor - Commotio, Choir - Theodore Baker, Lyricist
2013 Naxos 2013 Naxos
Josef Mohr, Lyricist - Phillips Brooks, Lyricist - Catherine Winkworth, Lyricist - Bob Chilcott, Composer - Richard Pearce, Performer - John Freeman Young, Lyricist - Cecil Frances Alexander, Lyricist - Traditional, Lyricist - Anonymous, Lyricist - Tanya Houghton, Performer - Laurie Ashworth, Performer - Tim Elton, Performer - Alice James, Performer - Matthew Berry, Conductor - Commotio, Choir - Theodore Baker, Lyricist
2013 Naxos 2013 Naxos
Josef Mohr, Lyricist - Phillips Brooks, Lyricist - Catherine Winkworth, Lyricist - Bob Chilcott, Composer - Richard Pearce, Performer - John Freeman Young, Lyricist - Cecil Frances Alexander, Lyricist - Traditional, Lyricist - Anonymous, Lyricist - Tanya Houghton, Performer - Laurie Ashworth, Performer - Tim Elton, Performer - Alice James, Performer - Matthew Berry, Conductor - Commotio, Choir - Theodore Baker, Lyricist
2013 Naxos 2013 Naxos
What sweeter music (Bob Chilcott)
Bob Chilcott, Composer - Robert Herrick, Lyricist - Matthew Berry, Conductor - Commotio, Choir
2013 Naxos 2013 Naxos
Mid-Winter (version for chorus, flute and harp) (Bob Chilcott)
Christina Rossetti, Lyricist - Bob Chilcott, Composer - Tanya Houghton, Performer - Alice James, Performer - Matthew Berry, Conductor - Commotio, Choir
2013 Naxos 2013 Naxos
The Bethlehem Star (Bob Chilcott)
Bob Chilcott, Composer - Gerard Manley Hopkins, Lyricist - Matthew Berry, Conductor - Commotio, Choir
2013 Naxos 2013 Naxos
Silent night (arr. B. Chilcott for choir and organ) (Franz Xaver Gruber)
Franz Xaver Gruber, Composer - Josef Mohr, Lyricist - Bob Chilcott, Composer - Richard Pearce, Performer - John Freeman Young, Lyricist - Matthew Berry, Conductor - Commotio, Choir
2013 Naxos 2013 Naxos
The night he was born (Bob Chilcott)
Bob Chilcott, Composer - Richard Pearce, Performer - Helen Dunmore, Lyricist - Matthew Berry, Conductor - Commotio, Choir
2013 Naxos 2013 Naxos
Gifts for the Child of Winter (Bob Chilcott)
Bob Chilcott, Composer - Charles Bennett, Lyricist - Matthew Berry, Conductor - Commotio, Choir
2013 Naxos 2013 Naxos
Before the ice (O magnum mysterium) (Bob Chilcott)
Bob Chilcott, Composer - Emily Dickinson, Lyricist - Anonymous, Lyricist - Matthew Berry, Conductor - Commotio, Choir
2013 Naxos 2013 Naxos
Albumbeschreibung
British composer Bob Chilcott is in the running to become heir to John Rutter with his limpid, well-wrought, harmonically restricted choral pieces drawn on a variety of sources. That's a lucrative niche, and Chilcott is positioning himself well: if you like Rutter, you'll probably like Chilcott. His style is distilled down to its essence with this collection of carols, all composed between 2007 and 2013. Chilcott resets some familiar texts (try O Little Town of Bethlehem, track 12), which given the variable relationship between text and music in general worship music in the past is really not a bad idea; listeners will hear the very familiar texts afresh. Silent Night (track 19) is modified only in the harmonic setting, and elsewhere there are novel choices of texts, not least the use of an Emily Dickinson poem in the midst of the hymn O magnum mysterium (track 22). Perhaps the biggest attraction here is the work of the British chamber choir Commotio. Chilcott came up through the King's College Choir, but the smaller Commotio, beautifully recorded here at Oxford's Keble College Chapel, shows the smoothness of his part-writing even in small details. Provided there is tolerance of sentiment with Christmas music, this is a recommended holiday release.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:44
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Commotio
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Naxos
- Genre: Klassiek
2013 Naxos 2013 Naxos
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