I saw three ships (Anon/Preston) - from KGS0036-D - Hyperion Records

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I saw three ships

composer

Anonymous - traditional

arranger

Simon Preston (1938-2022)

author of text

Anonymous - traditional

George Hill (treble), King's College Choir Cambridge, Sir Stephen Cleobury (conductor), Henry Websdale (organ)

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Recording details: December 2018
King's College Chapel, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Produced by Simon Kiln
Engineered by Arne Akselberg
Release date: November 2019
Total duration: 2 minutes 15 seconds

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Reviews

‘One senses throughout a judicious maintenance of familiar pillars … balanced with new elements such as the annual commissioned carol … and repertoire ranging from Medieval to composers from other traditions such as Arvo Pärt … the choir is generally in superb form, disciplined yet clearly relishing the music … superbly engineered, the recording vividly conjures the chapel’s unique acoustic’ (BBC Music Magazine)

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‘A very handsome memorial, with the refined, honeyed choir and atmospheric chapel acoustic in fine fettle, and a pleasing commissioned carol by Judith Weir, O mercy divine, accompanied solely by Guy Johnston’s fast-moving cello’ (The Times)

Introduction
English

Some claim this traditional English carol tune is a variant of Greensleeves; at least 500 years old, it exists in many arrangements, one of the most successful in recent decades being that by Simon Preston, who for several years was a successor to William McKie as Organist and Choirmaster at Westminster Abbey.

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