Feminine Voices at Christmas

Name: Feminine Voices at Christmas
Brand: Alpha Classics
SKU: ALPHA1182
Price: 19.99 EUR
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Artists: Ensemble Altera · Lowrey, Christopher

Description

The album "Feminine Voices" celebrates the female voice and the Christmas season with the Magnificat, the Ave Maria and a selection of Christmas carols - each one more beautiful than the next. The program, compiled by Christopher Lowrey and the singers of the Altera Ensemble, focuses on eight female composers: Hildegard von Bingen, Imogen Holst, Germaine Tailleferre, Cecilia McDowall, Joanna Marsh, Barbara Strozzi, Elizabeth Poston and Kerensa Briggs with a world premiere. Her male colleagues are also represented, including John Rutter, who has written many Christmas carols, as well as Benjamin Britten with his famous "Ceremony of Carols". This work is now mostly performed by boys' choirs, but was originally written for the women of the Fleet Street Choir. The version recorded here is Britten's original: "Seven Christmas carols for women's voices and harp! Very lovely and full of charm". Altera and harpist Li Shan Tan present this magical and enchanting music with great joy.

Number	Title	Playing time
1	O viridissima, virga	00:02:11	listen
2	Welcome joy and welcome sorrow (Excerpt)
2 . 1	1. Welcome joy and welcome sorrow	00:01:45	listen
3 . 2	4. Shed no tear	00:01:28	listen
4	Choral hymns from the Rig Verda (3rd group) (Excerpt)
4 . 1	Hymn to the dawn	00:03:30	listen
5	St. Paul's Service (Excerpt)
5 . 1	Magnificat	00:05:52	listen
6	Latin motets No. 1-3 (Excerpt)
6 . 1	Ave Maria	00:03:40	listen
7	There is no rose	00:03:16	listen
8	I sing if a maiden	00:02:21	listen
9	Sacri Musicali Affetti (Excerpt)
9 . 1	O Maria quam pulchra es	00:03:11	listen
10	Coventry Carol	00:04:18	listen
11	Jesus Christ The Apple Tree	00:03:41	listen
12	A New Year Carol	00:02:44	listen
13	Sonate für Harfe (Excerpt)
13 . 1	Lento	00:04:06	listen
14	Ceremony of Carols No. 1-12 op. 28
14 . 1	No. 1 Procession	00:01:48	listen
15 . 2	No. 2 Wolcum yole!	00:01:22	listen
16 . 3	No. 3 There is no rose	00:02:51	listen
17 . 4	No. 4a. That yongë child	00:01:56	listen
18 . 5	No. 4b. Balulalow	00:01:29	listen
19 . 6	No. 5 As dew in Aprille	00:00:58	listen
20 . 7	No. 6 This little babe	00:01:22	listen
21 . 8	No. 7 Interlude	00:04:17	listen
22 . 9	No. 8 In freezing winter night	00:03:49	listen
23 . 10	No. 9 Spring carol	00:01:14	listen
24 . 11	No. 10 Adam lay i-bounded	00:01:07	listen
25 . 12	No. 11 Recession	00:03:05	listen
26	Dancing Day (arr. for women's choir and chamber ensemble by John Rutter) (Excerpt)
26 . 1	No. 1 Prelude	00:03:44	listen
27 . 2	No. 8 Tomorrow shall be my dancing day	00:03:06	listen