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Track(s) taken from CDA66263

Qui creavit caelum

composer
Anonymous - traditional
The Song of the Nuns of Chester. Manuscript c1425
author of text
Anonymous - traditional

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (conductor)
Recording details: May 1987
All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: December 1987
Total duration: 3 minutes 9 seconds
 

Other recordings available for download

Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choristers, Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh (conductor)
The King's Singers

Reviews

‘A most unusual and attractive record’ (The Guardian)
Qui creavit caelum is a macaronic carol (using both Latin and English in alternation) that dates from the early 15th century in the Benedictine nunnery of St Mary, in the north-English city of Chester.

from notes by The King's Singers © 2021

Other albums featuring this work

Christmas Carols with The King's Singers
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Studio Master: SIGCD683Download onlyStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available
Incarnation
Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choristers, Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh (conductor)
Studio Master: SIGCD346Download onlyStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

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