Choir of Worcester College Oxford

Choir of Worcester College, Oxford; Stephen Farr – Nowell Sing We: Contemporary Carols, Vol. 2 (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:12:34 minutes | 1,12 GB | Genre: Classical
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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

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