034571174433

Nativity - Christmas Music From Georgian England

Peter Holman: Psalmody

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Cat No: CDA67443
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Release Date:  01 October 2003

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571174433

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

Composer/Series:  Nativity - Christmas Music from Georgian England

  • Description

    As the season of turkey and stuffing looms in our minds, there could be no more homey a disc for Christmas than this unusual collection championing the village genius of local composers, whose settings of carols and hymns kept the congregations warm all those years ago—a time when the commercial excesses of today's Christmas were unknown. Modern cliches about community values have nothing in comparison to the humble pride and unity of villagers and townsfolk who gathered to sing settings that were the labour of love and skill on the part of the local composer or choirmaster ... or even excise officer! The foibles and fondness of community life combine here with all manner of interesting tastes in compositional technique, be it idiosyncratic fugal treatment or instrumentation designed to keep busy whatever musicians could be mustered. The organ on the recording dates from 1789 and the old temperament is used.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Strike! Seraphs, Strike Your Harps Of Gold
      • 2. Arise And Hail The Sacred Day
      • 3. The Branch, The Mighty Branch Behold
      • 4. The People That Walked In Darkness
      • 5. Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending
      • 6. Angelic Hymns Thy Natal Day
      • 7. Variations On Adeste Fideles
      • 8. Come Celebrate Th' Auspicious Morn
      • 9. Hosanna To King David's Son
      • 10. In Bethlem Fields As Shepherds Kept
      • 11. Light Of Those Whose Dreary Dwelling
      • 12. How Beauteous Are Their Feet
      • 13. Joy To The World
      • 14. Hark! What Mean Those Holy Voices?
      • 15. Christians, Awake, Salute The Happy Morn
      • 16. Angels From The Realms Of Glory
      • 17. O Come, All Ye Faithful

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