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Track(s) taken from CDA67716

Dormi, Jesu

composer
1999; for Stephen Cleobury and the choir of King's College, Cambridge
author of text
Latin, origin unknown
translator of text

Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor), Robert Quinney (organ)
Recording details: February 2008
Westminster Abbey, London, United Kingdom
Produced by David Trendell
Engineered by Simon Eadon
Release date: October 2008
Total duration: 4 minutes 56 seconds

Cover artwork: Westminster Hall and Abbey. Daniel Havell (1785-1826)
Coloured aquatint by John Gendall (1790-1865) published by Rudolph Ackermann (1764-1834) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Art Library, London
 

Other recordings available for download

Polyphony, City of London Sinfonia, Stephen Layton (conductor)
The Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter (conductor)
St John's College Choir Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha (conductor), Joseph Wicks (organ)
King's College Choir Cambridge, Sir Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

Reviews

‘The best newly recorded Christmas CD by a country mile … terrific’ (The Mail on Sunday)

‘A must-have addition to any choral collection’ (Choir & Organ)

‘The Abbey choir's splendid performance … an ambitious and superbly sung programme, sympathetically framed within the choir's spaciously atmospheric home acoustic’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘The Christmas Eve carol service at Westminster Abbey is one of the most warming events in the festive calendar, and this CD captures the atmosphere beautifully … the singing is a constant delight’ (The Daily Telegraph)

‘Westminster Abbey Choir commands top spot among this year's Christmas vocal releases. James O'Donnell and his choristers are on splendid form, upholding the character of each piece in a compelling programme without false sentiment or wanton display’ (Classic FM Magazine)
Dormi, Jesu (1999) was written for the choir of King’s College, Cambridge, and its director of music Stephen Cleobury—for performance during the college’s Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols which is broadcast around the world on Christmas Eve. The words of Dormi, Jesu (also known as The Virgin’s Cradle Hymn) come from a German print depicting the Virgin Mary which was discovered by the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

from notes by Andrew Green © 2001

Dormi, Jesu (1999) et l’exquis What sweeter music? (1988) furent tous deux écrits pour le chœur de King’s College de Cambridge et son directeur musical Stephen Cleobury—afin d’être exécutés durant leur Festival des neuf leçons et carols diffusé de par le monde entier durant la veillée de Noël. Les mots de Dormi, Jesu (également connus comme The Virgin’s Cradle Hymn) sont tirés d’un ouvrage allemand dépeignant la Vierge Marie, ouvrage découvert par le poète Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

extrait des notes rédigées par Andrew Green © 2001

Dormi, Jesu (1999) und das entzückende What sweeter music? (1988) sind beide für den Chor des King’s College Cambridge und dessen musikalischen Leiter Stephen Cleobury geschrieben—zur Aufführung beim Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, das am Weihnachtsabend weltweit ausgestrahlt wird. Der Text von Dormi, Jesu (das auch als The Virgin’s Cradle Hymn bekannt ist) rührt von einem deutschen Druck her, einer Abbildung der Jungfrau Maria, den der Dichter Samuel Taylor Coleridge ausfindig gemacht hatte.

aus dem Begleittext von Andrew Green © 2001

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