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The Choir of Bath Abbey, Shean Bowers organ, directed by Huw Williams
Description
Recorded in January 2020, this is the first recording of the Bath Abbey choirs in 6 years, and their first under their current Director of Music, Huw Williams.
Track List
Gaudete* – Piae cantiones, 16th century, arr Huw Williams
2:52O come, O come Emmanuel! – French medieval melody, arr David Willcocks g l
3:48The Lamb – Henry Walford Davies g
2:24In the bleak mid-winter – Harold Darke b l
4:38Mary had a baby* – Trad Spiritual, arr Malcolm Sargent
2:07Long the night – Trad Ukrainian, arr Roy Massey g l
3:10Ding dong! merrily on high – French 16th century, arr Mack Wilberg
2:42No small wonder – Paul Edwards b l
2:42O magnum mysterium – Morten Lauridsen g l
5:59Once in royal David’s city – Henry John Gauntlett, arr Arthur Henry Mann and David Willcocks
3:10Adam lay ybounden – Roy Massey b l
1:53Joy to the world – Lowell Mason, arr John Rutter
1:59Away in a manger – Normandy melody, arr Edgar Pettman g l
2:32Lux aurumque – Eric Whitacre g l
3:12Lully, lulla, lullay – Philip Stopford g l
4:22I saw three ships – Trad English, arr Simon Preston g l
2:23The Sans Day Carol – Trad Cornish, arr John Rutter
3:29The Sussex Carol – Trad English, arr Philip Ledger
2:08O come, all ye faithful – John Francis Wade, arr David Willcocks
4:03Away in a manger – William James Kirkpatrick, arr Huw Williams g
2:26Hark! the herald-angels sing – Felix Mendelssohn, descant David Willc
3:05All items performed by the full choir except where otherwise indicated
b Boys g Girls l Lay-clerks
Total Playing time: 65:07
Recorded in Bath Abbey 15–17 January 2020
Production credits
Recorded in Bath Abbey 15–17 January 2020
Recording producer and engineer: Gary Cole. Assistant engineer: Andrew Gammon
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Sample audio extracts
Reviews
‘Reverberant acoustics and clear vocal lines combine in this pleasing collection’ Choir & Organ November/December 2020
‘…the fulsome top line provided by the combined boys and girls of the Abbey Choirs, best heard in the descant to Once in royal David’s city. The recording is most notable for Huw Williams’s salute to his former Hereford Cathedral colleague, the great Roy Massey, including Massey’s arrangements of the Ukrainian carol Long the night and his setting, with strident but austere organ, of Adam lay ybounden. The best showcase for the Klais is Mack Wilberg’s arrangement of Ding dong! merrily on high, played with relish by assistant organist Shean Bowers.’ Gramophone December 2020
