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Track(s) taken from SIGCD291

What cheer?

composer
1961
author of text
Richard Hill's Commonplace Book, 16th century

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: 1 minutes 31 seconds
 

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Polyphony, Stephen Layton (conductor)
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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)
RECORDING
PERFORMANCE

'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)
Sir William Walton began his musical life as a chorister at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. His first published composition, A litany, was a short anthem written at the age of 16, and from time to time he returned to church music, though the bulk of his output is orchestral. His handful of church pieces are all of high quality. What cheer?, a carol written in 1960, represents the exuberant, rhythmic side of his musical personality.

from notes by Collegium Records © 1988

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