The Promise of Ages : A Christmas Collection

The Promise of Ages : A Christmas Collection

The Promise of Ages : A Christmas Collection
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Brand: Promise
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Composer: Gregorian Chant
Composer: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Composer: Gustav Holst
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Composer: John Jacob Niles
Conductor: Andrew Parrott
Orchestra: Tavenor Consort & Choir
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-10-20
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
  1. C. B. version (Charles Burney?)
  2. Nos galan (New Year's Eve), carol (Welsh)
  3. Lullay Thou Tiny Little Child
  4. Ther is no rose of swych vertu
  5. I Sing of a Maiden
  6. Ther Is No Ros' (English, Trinity Roll, 15th c.), carol
  7. O Magnum Mysterium, 4 carols for SATB chorus, with two instrumental son
  8. Verses 1-3
  9. Work(s)
  10. Verses 4-6
  11. O Magnum Mysterium, 4 carols for SATB chorus, with two instrumental son
  12. Lullay, lullow: I saw a swete semely syght, christmas carol for 2 voice
  13. I Wonder As I Wander (American)
  14. Staines Morris "Whitsun Morris Dance"
  15. Hail, Mary, full of grace
  16. Seven Joys of Mary
  17. Illuminare, Jerusalem, carol
  18. The Wexford Carol ("Good People All, This Christmastime") (Enniscorthy Caro
  19. Sing We the Virgin Mary
  20. O Little Town of Bethlehem, carol (arr. from English traditional, "Fore
  21. Christmas Eve
  22. Hodie Christus, antiphon to the Magnificat
  23. Old English Carols (4), for chorus & piano, Op. 20b, H. 82
  24. As Dew in Aprille
  25. Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending

Music reviews of The Promise of Ages : A Christmas Collection

Music Review: A "top ten" Christmas album
Rating: 5 Stars

If this album contained nothing but it's splendid rendition of Madan's Lo! He Comes, with Clouds Descending, the album would be worth owning. Fortunately, the entire album is a brillant mix of voices, instrumentals and performance styles; the resulting album can be played several times in successiion without becoming repetative - no small feat for a Christmas album.

The album ranges from the 13th century Nuns of Chester to contemporary composers - Judith Weir - or nearly comtemporary - Britten, Holst ... with excellent sequencing so that no piece seems out of place.

The instrumentation varies from the traditional organ with SATB choir to fiddle, flute, concertina and cello. This provides the variety that makes the album so listenable.

For traditional Christmas music this album is a must.

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Media Type: CD
Artist: TAVERNER CONSORT
Title: PROMISE OF AGES-CHRISTMAS COLL
Street Release Date: 10/20/1998
Domestic
Genre: XMAS CLASSICAL VOCAL

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