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BAND/ARTIST: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, James Orford, William Vann
- Title: Carols from Chelsea
- Year Of Release: 2016
- Label: SOMM Recordings
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless / flac 24bits - 96.0kHz +Booklet
- Total Time: 01:12:06
- Total Size: 296 / 1205 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
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01. Stille Nacht (Arr. D. Cashmore for Choir)
02. Once in Royal David's City (Arr. D. Willcocks for Choir)
03. 8 Traditional English Carols: No. 6, Truth Sent from Above
04. In dulci jubilo, BWV 729
05. A Spotless Rose
06. O Magnum Misterium
07. Dormi, Jesu
08. Hodie Christus Natus Est
09. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
10. Benedicamus Domino
11. 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122: No. 8, Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
12. In the Bleak Midwinter
13. Ding Dong! Merrily on High
14. O Holy Night (Arr. for Voice, Choir & Orchestra)
15. The Holy Boy
16. The Little Road to Bethlehem
17. O Little Town of Bethlehem
18. Sleigh Ride (Arr. T. Trotter for Organ)
19. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day, Op. 75 No. 2
20. White Christmas (Arr. J. Clements for Choir)
SOMM celebrates Christmas this year with Carols from Chelsea, a delicious offering from the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea under their Director, William Vann. The Royal Hospital, founded in 1682 by Charles II, is the home of the iconic Chelsea Pensioners, who are all retired soldiers of the British Army. The Chapel Choir sings for the Sunday morning Matins service in the Royal Hospital’s Wren Chapel during the year, but in December provides the music for carol services and other Christmas-themed events almost every day. This recording showcases some of the Choir’s most cherished carol repertoire, alongside solo organ music performed by the Royal Hospital’s Organ Scholar, James Orford, and a very special performance with Chelsea Pensioner George Hatton. George is known for his occasional singing in the Chelsea Pensioners’ Club in the evening, and during December he has been known to join forces with the choir for a song or two. It was one of those moments that gave them the idea to record something with him on this album and the last track, White Christmas, could hardly have ended the disc more joyously! This is the first professional recording George has ever made. And, at the age of 88, it gave him great pleasure to sing with such a wonderful choir. Many of the Royal Hospital’s carol services begin with Franz Gruber’s spine-tingling carol Stille Nacht, an especially moving carol to hear in the original German, given its celebrated performance in the trenches on Christmas Day, 1914. Once in Royal David’s City is the first of three carols that are usually sung with the full congregation, opening with the famous solo that captures the mood of Christmas like nothing else. In between that and Irving Berlin’s wonderfully un-wintry White Christmas, performed here in a new arrangement by Jim Clements, we hear mostly the work of English composers, from the Renaissance-era genius William Byrd to the contemporary composers Francis Pott and John Rutter. British organist Thomas Trotter’s arrangement of Leroy Anderson’s light-music classic Sleigh Ride leads us into John Gardner’s thrilling setting of the old text Tomorrow shall be my Dancing Day, the side drum part played on one of the Royal Hospital’s beautifully decorated instruments.
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01. Stille Nacht (Arr. D. Cashmore for Choir)
02. Once in Royal David's City (Arr. D. Willcocks for Choir)
03. 8 Traditional English Carols: No. 6, Truth Sent from Above
04. In dulci jubilo, BWV 729
05. A Spotless Rose
06. O Magnum Misterium
07. Dormi, Jesu
08. Hodie Christus Natus Est
09. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
10. Benedicamus Domino
11. 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122: No. 8, Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
12. In the Bleak Midwinter
13. Ding Dong! Merrily on High
14. O Holy Night (Arr. for Voice, Choir & Orchestra)
15. The Holy Boy
16. The Little Road to Bethlehem
17. O Little Town of Bethlehem
18. Sleigh Ride (Arr. T. Trotter for Organ)
19. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day, Op. 75 No. 2
20. White Christmas (Arr. J. Clements for Choir)
SOMM celebrates Christmas this year with Carols from Chelsea, a delicious offering from the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea under their Director, William Vann. The Royal Hospital, founded in 1682 by Charles II, is the home of the iconic Chelsea Pensioners, who are all retired soldiers of the British Army. The Chapel Choir sings for the Sunday morning Matins service in the Royal Hospital’s Wren Chapel during the year, but in December provides the music for carol services and other Christmas-themed events almost every day. This recording showcases some of the Choir’s most cherished carol repertoire, alongside solo organ music performed by the Royal Hospital’s Organ Scholar, James Orford, and a very special performance with Chelsea Pensioner George Hatton. George is known for his occasional singing in the Chelsea Pensioners’ Club in the evening, and during December he has been known to join forces with the choir for a song or two. It was one of those moments that gave them the idea to record something with him on this album and the last track, White Christmas, could hardly have ended the disc more joyously! This is the first professional recording George has ever made. And, at the age of 88, it gave him great pleasure to sing with such a wonderful choir. Many of the Royal Hospital’s carol services begin with Franz Gruber’s spine-tingling carol Stille Nacht, an especially moving carol to hear in the original German, given its celebrated performance in the trenches on Christmas Day, 1914. Once in Royal David’s City is the first of three carols that are usually sung with the full congregation, opening with the famous solo that captures the mood of Christmas like nothing else. In between that and Irving Berlin’s wonderfully un-wintry White Christmas, performed here in a new arrangement by Jim Clements, we hear mostly the work of English composers, from the Renaissance-era genius William Byrd to the contemporary composers Francis Pott and John Rutter. British organist Thomas Trotter’s arrangement of Leroy Anderson’s light-music classic Sleigh Ride leads us into John Gardner’s thrilling setting of the old text Tomorrow shall be my Dancing Day, the side drum part played on one of the Royal Hospital’s beautifully decorated instruments.
Year 2016 | Classical | FLAC / APE | HD & Vinyl
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