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The Choir of Bath Abbey, Shean Bowers organ, directed by Huw Williams

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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
2:52
O come, O come Emmanuel! – French medieval melody, arr David Willcocks g l
3:48
The Lamb – Henry Walford Davies g
2:24
In the bleak mid-winter – Harold Darke b l 
4:38
Mary had a baby* – Trad Spiritual, arr Malcolm Sargent
2:07
Long the night – Trad Ukrainian, arr Roy Massey g l
3:10
Ding dong! merrily on high – French 16th century, arr Mack Wilberg 
2:42
No small wonder – Paul Edwards b l
2:42
O magnum mysterium – Morten Lauridsen g l
5:59
Once in royal David’s city – Henry John Gauntlett, arr Arthur Henry Mann and David Willcocks
3:10
Adam lay ybounden – Roy Massey b l 
1:53
Joy to the world – Lowell Mason, arr John Rutter
1:59
Away in a manger – Normandy melody, arr Edgar Pettman g l
2:32
Lux aurumque – Eric Whitacre g l
3:12
Lully, lulla, lullay – Philip Stopford g l 
4:22
I saw three ships – Trad English, arr Simon Preston g l
2:23
The Sans Day Carol – Trad Cornish, arr John Rutter
3:29
The Sussex Carol – Trad English, arr Philip Ledger
2:08
O come, all ye faithful – John Francis Wade, arr David Willcocks
4:03
Away in a manger – William James Kirkpatrick, arr Huw Williams g
2:26
Hark! the herald-angels sing – Felix Mendelssohn, descant David Willc
3:05

All 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

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Production credits

Recorded in Bath Abbey 15–17 January 2020

Recording producer and engineer: Gary Cole. Assistant engineer: Andrew Gammon

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Ρ and © 2020 Regent Records Ltd, PO Box 528, Wolverhampton, WV3 9YW www.regentrecords.com

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


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