Choir Of The Queen's College Oxford & Owen Rees
Release Date: 06 November 2015
Label: Avie
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 822252234527
Composer/Series: Carols From Queen's
Description
'Carols from Queen's' is a true celebration of The Choir of Queen's College, Oxford, presenting popular holiday favourites that have deep associations with the renowned institution, including The Boar's Head Carol, A spotless Rose, In the bleak midwinter, and The Three Kings.
The Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford is one of the world's most renowned choral institutions. Carols from Queen's presents the choir in all its luxuriant glory. This blockbuster holiday album celebrates the Choir's illustrious history, and offers some of the most beloved carols from throughout the ages.
Several of the composers and arrangers of the popular carols featured on this album had associations with The Queen's College. This is truly 'Carols from Queen's'. The Boar's Head Carol is the work most strongly associated with the heritage of the College. It originated in the 14th century at Queen's and has been sung every year since at the Christmas time Boar's Head Feast in the College Hall. Kenneth Leighton (Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child) and Herbert Howells (A spotless Rose), two prominent 20th-century British composers of sacred choral music, both studied at The Queen's College. Harold Darke (In the bleak midwinter) and Ivor Atkins (The Three Kings) were both members of Queen's. Atkins's ever-popular arrangement of The Three Kings appeared in the much-used anthology Carols for Choirs I, compiled in part by Reginald Jacques, a student at Queen's who become Organist of the College from 1926 - 1936, and a Fellow. Several best-loved carols from this volume are featured on this album. Rounding out Carols from Queen's are such popular favourites as O Holy Night, Coventry carol, O Come all Ye Faithful, and many more.
Personnel: Choir of the Queen's College, Oxford, Owen Rees (director)
Critical acclaim for 'A. Scarlatti / Handel: Dixit Dominus':
"Performances of the highest quality." - Choir & Organ
"performed with real spirit and élan, with Owen Rees drawing strongly projected work from his choir." - Early Music Today
Tracklisting
Elena Ruehr; Stephen Salters; Donald Berman; David Zobel
Vancouver Chamber Choir & Contemporary Orchestra, Clyde Mitchell
Anthony de Mare; Conrad Tao
Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen; John Churchwell
Danbi Um; Juho Pohjonen
Christopher Tyler Nickel, Sarah Jackson
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
The Choir of Merton College, Oxford, Britten Sinfonia, Benjamin Nicholas
Magnificat; Philip Cave
David Hill, The Choir of Durham Cathedral, Joseph Beech, Daniel Cook
Choir of New College Oxford; Robert Quinney
Torsten Mossberg; Jerry Adbo; Stina Hellberg Agback; Ann-Marie Henning; Jonas Isaksson; Isak Josefs
New York Polyphony; LeStrange Viols
Miriam Feuersinger; Natasha Schnur; Alex Potter; Marie Henriette Reinhold; Benedikt Kristjansson; D
ChengCheng Ma; The Choir of the Church of the Advent, Boston; Mark Dwyer
