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On sale -50%The general revival of music by women has not done much for Elizabeth Poston (1905-1987), even though she was quite a familiar figure in her own time. She wrote two carols, The Boar's Head Carol and Jesus Christ the Apple Tree, that remain in common use, was a broadcaster on the BBC for some years, and edited several music collections for Penguin publishing that are still in print. This collection of sacred music from two choirs of St. Albans Cathedral and conductor Tom Winpenny adds a substantial chunk to the relative handful of Poston compositions that have been available up to now, and the album made classical best-seller lists in the autumn of 2023. Both of Poston's familiar carols are included, and those not familiar with Jesus Christ the Apple Tree would do well to sample it here; it has a truly mysterious simplicity. All of the music might be described as artfully simple; even the main attraction, the mini Christmas oratorio The Nativity, has an attractive minimal quality, with texts gathered from folk carols. The second half of the program is largely given over to little carols for children sung by the St. Albans Cathedral Girls Choir; there may be smoother choirs in the English cathedral sphere, but few would get into the spirit of The Dormouse's Carol as these young singers do. Essential for collections of music by women, this would also make a good offbeat holiday gift for 2023 and beyond.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Traditional, Composer, Lyricist - Elizabeth Poston, Arranger - Tom Winpenny, Conductor, MainArtist - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher - Lay Clerks of St. Albans Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - St. Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Ciaran Yeo, MainArtist
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Traditional, Lyricist - Elizabeth Poston, Composer, Lyricist - Tom Winpenny, Conductor, MainArtist - Curwen Edition, MusicPublisher - Lay Clerks of St. Albans Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - St. Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Choir, MainArtist
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Traditional, Lyricist - Elizabeth Poston, Composer, Lyricist - Tom Winpenny, Conductor, MainArtist - Curwen Edition, MusicPublisher - St. Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Oliver Morrell, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Elizabeth Poston, Composer - Tom Winpenny, Conductor, MainArtist - Banks Music Publications, MusicPublisher - Lay Clerks of St. Albans Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - St. Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Choir, MainArtist
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Traditional, Lyricist - Elizabeth Poston, Composer - Tom Winpenny, Conductor, MainArtist - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher - Lay Clerks of St. Albans Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - St. Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Oliver Morrell, MainArtist - Nina Vinther, MainArtist
2023 Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd 2023 Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd
Traditional, Lyricist - Elizabeth Poston, Composer - Tom Winpenny, Conductor, MainArtist - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher - Lay Clerks of St. Albans Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - St. Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Oliver Morrell, MainArtist - Nina Vinther, MainArtist
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Traditional, Lyricist - Elizabeth Poston, Composer - Tom Winpenny, Conductor, MainArtist - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher - Oliver Martin-Smith, MainArtist - Isabelle Blain, MainArtist - Lay Clerks of St. Albans Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - St. Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Oliver Morrell, MainArtist - Alexandra McPhee, MainArtist
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Traditional, Lyricist - Elizabeth Poston, Composer - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher - Roger Mullis, Narrator, MainArtist
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Traditional, Lyricist - Elizabeth Poston, Composer - Tom Winpenny, Conductor, MainArtist - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher - Oliver Martin-Smith, MainArtist - Isabelle Blain, MainArtist - Lay Clerks of St. Albans Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - St. Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Ciaran Yeo, MainArtist - Oliver Morrell, MainArtist - Nina Vinther, MainArtist - Alexandra McPhee, MainArtist - Selma Klemming, MainArtist
2023 Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd 2023 Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd
Traditional, Lyricist - Elizabeth Poston, Composer - Tom Winpenny, Conductor, MainArtist - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher - Oliver Martin-Smith, MainArtist - Isabelle Blain, MainArtist - Lay Clerks of St. Albans Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - St. Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Oliver Morrell, MainArtist - Nina Vinther, MainArtist
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Traditional, Lyricist - Elizabeth Poston, Composer - Tom Winpenny, Conductor, MainArtist - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher - Lay Clerks of St. Albans Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - St. Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Choir, MainArtist
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Traditional, Lyricist - Elizabeth Poston, Composer - Tom Winpenny, Conductor, MainArtist - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher - Oliver Martin-Smith, MainArtist - Lay Clerks of St. Albans Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - St. Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Oliver Morrell, MainArtist - Alexandra McPhee, MainArtist
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Traditional, Lyricist - Elizabeth Poston, Composer - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher - Alisha Ardeshna, Narrator, MainArtist
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Traditional, Lyricist - Elizabeth Poston, Composer - Tom Winpenny, Conductor, MainArtist - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher - Lay Clerks of St. Albans Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - St. Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Choir, MainArtist
2023 Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd 2023 Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd
Traditional, Lyricist - Elizabeth Poston, Composer - Tom Winpenny, Conductor, MainArtist - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher - Lay Clerks of St. Albans Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - St. Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Oliver Morrell, MainArtist
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Elizabeth Poston, Composer - Tom Winpenny, Conductor, MainArtist - ELKIN & CO., MusicPublisher - St. Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Mary Madeleva Wolff, Lyricist
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Elizabeth Poston, Composer - John Wedderburn, Lyricist - Tom Winpenny, Conductor, MainArtist - Boosey & Hawkes, MusicPublisher - Robert Wedderburn, Lyricist - James Wedderburn, Lyricist - St. Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Choir, MainArtist
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Elizabeth Poston, Composer - Tom Winpenny, Conductor, MainArtist - Curwen Edition, MusicPublisher - St. Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Hilary Douglas Clark Pepler, Lyricist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Elizabeth Poston, Composer - Tom Winpenny, MainArtist - Isabelle Blain, MainArtist - Nina Vinther, MainArtist - Joseph Williams / Stainer & Bell, MusicPublisher
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Eleanor Farjeon, Lyricist - Elizabeth Poston, Composer - Tom Winpenny, Conductor, MainArtist - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher - St. Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Oliver Morrell, MainArtist
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Elizabeth Poston, Composer - Tom Winpenny, Conductor, MainArtist - Lay Clerks of St. Albans Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - ELKIN & CO., MusicPublisher - St. Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Oliver Morrell, MainArtist - Mary Madeleva Wolff, Lyricist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Elizabeth Poston, Composer - Tom Winpenny, Conductor, MainArtist - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher - Lay Clerks of St. Albans Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - St. Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Oliver Morrell, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Elizabeth Poston, Composer - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher - Oliver Morrell, MainArtist - Nina Vinther, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Elizabeth Poston, Composer - Tom Winpenny, Conductor, MainArtist - Oxford University Press, MusicPublisher - Lay Clerks of St. Albans Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - St. Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Oliver Morrell, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Elizabeth Poston, Composer - Tom Winpenny, Conductor, MainArtist - Boosey & Hawkes, MusicPublisher - George Wallace Briggs, Lyricist - Lay Clerks of St. Albans Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - St. Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Oliver Morrell, MainArtist
2023 Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd 2023 Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd
Anonymous, Lyricist - Elizabeth Poston, Composer - Tom Winpenny, Conductor, MainArtist - Boosey & Hawkes, MusicPublisher - Lay Clerks of St. Albans Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - St. Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Oliver Morrell, MainArtist
2023 Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd 2023 Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd
Anonymous, Lyricist - Elizabeth Poston, Composer - Tom Winpenny, Conductor, MainArtist - Boosey & Hawkes, MusicPublisher - Lay Clerks of St. Albans Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - St. Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Oliver Morrell, MainArtist
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Album review
The general revival of music by women has not done much for Elizabeth Poston (1905-1987), even though she was quite a familiar figure in her own time. She wrote two carols, The Boar's Head Carol and Jesus Christ the Apple Tree, that remain in common use, was a broadcaster on the BBC for some years, and edited several music collections for Penguin publishing that are still in print. This collection of sacred music from two choirs of St. Albans Cathedral and conductor Tom Winpenny adds a substantial chunk to the relative handful of Poston compositions that have been available up to now, and the album made classical best-seller lists in the autumn of 2023. Both of Poston's familiar carols are included, and those not familiar with Jesus Christ the Apple Tree would do well to sample it here; it has a truly mysterious simplicity. All of the music might be described as artfully simple; even the main attraction, the mini Christmas oratorio The Nativity, has an attractive minimal quality, with texts gathered from folk carols. The second half of the program is largely given over to little carols for children sung by the St. Albans Cathedral Girls Choir; there may be smoother choirs in the English cathedral sphere, but few would get into the spirit of The Dormouse's Carol as these young singers do. Essential for collections of music by women, this would also make a good offbeat holiday gift for 2023 and beyond.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 27 track(s)
- Total length: 01:18:43
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: St. Albans Cathedral Girls Choir Lay Clerks of St. Albans Cathedral Choir Tom Winpenny
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Naxos
- Genre: Classical
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