St Martin’s Voices & Andrew Earis – A Winter Breviary: Choral Works for Christmas (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

St Martin’s Voices & Andrew Earis – A Winter Breviary: Choral Works for Christmas (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:06:04 minutes | 2,36 GB | Genre: Classical
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In this, their debut recording with Resonus Classics, St Martin’s Voices presents a selection of contemporary choral works for the Christmas season. With settings of poetry from the fifteenth century to the present day, these new carols explore themes of winter snowscapes, the anticipation and contemplation of Advent, the Christmas story as seen by the women at its heart, and the joy of coming in from the cold to celebrate together. In a programme made entirely of premiere recordings, this album features works by Cecilia McDowall, Roderick Williams and Lucy Walker, among others. The album also boasts a major new carol suite by Bob Chilcott, with libretto by Georgia Way entitled Mary, Mother, which was premiered by the ensemble in 2022.

Tracklist:
1-1. St Martin’s Voices – All and Some (02:03)
1-2. St Martin’s Voices – There Is No Rose (03:30)
1-3. St Martin’s Voices – A Winter Breviary: I. We Look For You (03:09)
1-4. St Martin’s Voices – A Winter Breviary: II. The Year’s Midnight (03:11)
1-5. St Martin’s Voices – A Winter Breviary: III. The Unexpected Early Hour (02:43)
1-6. St Martin’s Voices – The Manger is Empty: I. Like the Snow in Winter (03:05)
1-7. St Martin’s Voices – The Manger is Empty: II. As Among Broken Glass (01:50)
1-8. St Martin’s Voices – The Manger is Empty: III. The Manger is Empty (03:16)
1-9. St Martin’s Voices – Advent Calendar (04:20)
1-10. St Martin’s Voices – Love is the Answer (05:32)
1-11. St Martin’s Voices – The Christmas Life: I. The Christmas Life (03:14)
1-12. St Martin’s Voices – The Christmas Life: II. We Shall Walk (02:56)
1-13. St Martin’s Voices – The Christmas Life: III. The Angels’ Song (01:45)
1-14. St Martin’s Voices – When God made Eve (02:40)
1-15. St Martin’s Voices – Queen Elizabeth’s Winchester Carol (03:17)
1-16. St Martin’s Voices – Mary, Mother: I. A Child in Galilee (03:39)
1-17. St Martin’s Voices – Mary, Mother: II. Carpentry Carol (02:53)
1-18. St Martin’s Voices – Mary, Mother: III. After the Angel (03:21)
1-19. St Martin’s Voices – Mary, Mother: IV. Walking Carol (03:01)
1-20. St Martin’s Voices – Mary, Mother: V. Dear Heart (03:42)
1-21. St Martin’s Voices – Mary, Mother: VI. Hymn (02:51)

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