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Track(s) taken from SIGCD291

Bethlehem Down

First line:
When he is king we will give him the kings' gifts
composer
author of text

Voces 8
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Recording details: August 2011
St George's Church, Chesterton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Produced by Nicholas Parker
Engineered by Andrew Mellor
Release date: September 2012
Total duration: 4 minutes 34 seconds
 

Other recordings available for download

St George's Chapel Choir Windsor, James Vivian (conductor)
Westminster Cathedral Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor)
Polyphony, Stephen Layton (conductor)
The King's Singers
Tim Travers-Brown (countertenor), Jeremy Filsell (piano)
The Rodolfus Choir, Ralph Allwood (conductor)
Jesus College Choir Cambridge, Mark Williams (conductor)

Reviews

'Voces8—smart-suited, slickly branded, but can they sing? Yes: this selection of arrangements for eight voices shows the group's undoubted vocal pedigree (it was founded by ex-Westminster Abbey choristers)' (BBC Music Magazine)
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'Another winner from Signum is Voces 8's Christmas. As the name implies, these are eight young singers: two sopranos, two counter-tenors, two tenors, a baritone and a bass, who present a cappella arrangements of popular carols, with verve and finesse. I loved hearing such familiar stuff dressed up in new ways that are invariably sophisticated and sensitively done' (Daily Mail)
Peter Warlock was the pseudonym of the composer, critic and writer Philip Heseltine (1894–1930). His interest in music was encouraged during his schooldays at Eton, and a high point of his early life was his introduction to Delius by an uncle who lived near Grez-sur-Loing. He came under the influence also of Bernard van Dieren and in 1920 he edited the musical journal, The Sackbut. He is best known for his songs and for the Capriol suite for strings, the latter based on dances from Arbeau’s Orchésographie. Bethlehem Down is a flowing strophic carol, to be sung unaccompanied. The dynamics reflect the changing moods of the text.

from notes by Wadham Sutton © 1993

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