Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr – Nowell Sing We: Contemporary Carols, Vol. 2 (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr – Nowell Sing We: Contemporary Carols, Vol. 2 (2014)
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Choir of Worcester College, Oxford & Stephen Farr following on from the universal critical acclaim of their first album with Resonus (This Christmas Night), the Choir of Worcester College, Oxford – under the direction of Stephen Farr – return with a second album of contemporary Christmas Carols.

Entitled Nowell sing we, this new selection contains works from a wide variety of celebrated composers including Gabriel Jackson, Peter Maxwell Davies, Lennox Berkeley, Colin Matthews, Francis Pott, Edmund Rubbra, Richard Rodney Bennett & Herbert Howells among many others, with no fewer than nine world premieres. Also featured throughout the programme are the seven O Antiphon Preludes for solo organ by Nico Muhly, performed here by Stephen Farr on the organ of Keble College, Oxford.

Recorded June 30-July 2, 2014 in Keble College Chapel in Oxford, England.

Producer, recording and editing engineer: Adams Binks

Tracklist:
01. Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr – Nowell Sing We (01:54)
02. Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr – The Virgin’s Cradle Hymn (01:12)
03. Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr – Sweet Was The Song (03:41)
04. Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr – O Antiphon Preludes: I. O Sapientia (01:52)
05. Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr – Puer Nobis (02:00)
06. Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr – Nova! Nova! (02:15)
07. Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr – O Antiphon Preludes: II. O Adonai (02:01)
08. Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr – The Angel’s Carol (01:50)
09. Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr – O Mortal Man (Sussex Mummers’ Carol) (02:41)
10. Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr – O Antiphon Preludes: III. O Radix Jesse (02:18)
11. Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr – Kings and Shepherds (02:06)
12. Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr – Lo, That is a Marvellous Change (03:15)
13. Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr – O Magnum Mysterium (01:51)
14. Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr – O Antiphon Preludes: IV. O Clavis David (01:48)
15. Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr – Christ Was Born On Christmas Day (03:19)
16. Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr – I Saw Three Ships (02:38)
17. Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr – Lute-Book Lullaby (03:00)
18. Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr – O Antiphon Preludes: V. O Oriens (03:02)
19. Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr – This Is The Record of John (04:17)
20. Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr – Drop Down, Ye Heavens (06:44)
21. Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr – O Antiphon Preludes: VI. O Rex Gentium (02:59)
22. Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr – Ave regina coelorum (04:39)
23. Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr – Nowell, Nowell, Tidings True (04:57)
24. Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr – As I Lay Upon A Night (03:23)
25. Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr – O Antiphon Preludes: VII. O Emmanuel (02:40)

Personnel:
The Choir of Worcester College, Oxford
Nicholas Freestone (on tracks 9, 13 & 20)
Alex Goodwin (on track 3)
Ben Cunningham (on track 19)
Stephen Farr, conductor & solo organ

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