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ID: SIGCD228 (EAN: 635212022825) | 1 CD | DDD Released in: 2010
- LABEL:
- Signum Records
- Composers:
- BRITTEN, Benjamin | DEAZLEY, Stephen | POSTON, Elizabeth | SEARLE, Oliver Iredale
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Interprets:
- JONES, Claire (harp)
- Ensembles:
- NYCoS National Girls Choir
- Conductors:
- BELL, Christopher
- Other info:
Another highlight of Scotland’s musical life comes from the National Youth Choir of Scotland (NYCoS) National Girls Choir.
Joined by Claire Jones, the official harpist to HRH The Prince of Wales, Christopher Bell leads performances of Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols, An English Day Book - an exciting rarity by English composer Elizabeth Poston, and two contemporary works by Scottish composer Oliver Iredale Searle and Irish composer Stephen Deazley.
| A Ceremony of Carlos | | | BRITTEN, Benjamin (1913-1976) | | | 1. | Procession | 1:39 | | | 2. | Wolcum Yole! | 1:21 | | | 3. | There Is No Rose | 2:23 | | | 4. | That Yongë Child | 1:49 | | | 5. | Balulalow | 1:23 | | | 6. | As Dew In April | 0:58 | | | 7. | This Little Babe | 1:23 | | | 8. | Interlude | 3:40 | | | 9. | In Freezing Winter Night | 3:15 | | | 10. | Spring Carol | 1:09 | | | 11. | Deo Gracias | 1:07 | | | 12. | Recession | 1:56 | | | An English Day-Book | | | POSTON, Elizabeth (1905-1987) | | | 13. | The Bellman's Song | 1:11 | | | 14. | Te Lucis Ante Terminum | 1:39 | | | 15. | A Night Curse | 1:16 | | | 16. | Lemady: Maying Song | 2:46 | | | 17. | A Charm Against The Bumble Bee | 2:52 | | | 18. | Interlude For Harp | 1:56 | | | 19. | The Noonday Heat | 2:18 | | | 20. | Running Set: Spring | 1:35 | | | 21. | Evening Song | 1:23 | | | 22. | Sweet Suffolk Owl | 1:52 | | | 23. | The Bellman's Song | 0:51 | | | SEARLE, Oliver Iredale (b.1977) | | | 24. | On a Summer Night | 4:03 | | | DEAZLEY, Stephen (b.1969) | | | 25. | The Ears of Mr Tuer | 3:15 | | “This debut recording by Christopher Bell's NYCoS National Girls Choir could so easily have been just another recording of Britten's A Ceremony of Carols, but for two things: the wholesome confidence of the choir itself … and the successful partnering of Britten's masterpiece with Elizabeth Poston's edgy and colourful An English Day-Book.”
The Scotsman*****
“The voices are rich toned, well-balanced and powered by developing teenagevmusculature.”
Classic FM Magazine***
"Clear as a jingle-bell, the NYCoS National Girls Choir take Britten’s unadorned carols without fear or sentiment in a translucent reading … Even lovelier is the companion piece, Elizabeth Poston’s English Day Book."
Norman Lebrecht, Las Scena Musicale
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