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Label:
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Catalog #: 1217
Composer: John Francis Wade, Traditional, Henry Walford Davies, William J. Kirkpatrick, Franz Xaver Gruber, Lowell Mason, Richard Storrs Willis, Felix Mendelssohn, John Jacob Niles, John Henry Hopkins Jr., William Billings, Benjamin Britten, Guillaume Costeley, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Johann Sebastian Bach Performer: Sara Mae Endich, Florence Kopleff, Laura Newell, Rodney Hansen, Raymond Murcell, Jon Humphrey Conductor: Robert Shaw Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale
Number of Discs: 2  ( 2 Customer Reviews )
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This double set, originally released in 1994, contains the complete contents of three classic holiday albums from the Robert Shaw chorale: Christmas Hymns & Carols, Volume I ("Living Stereo" LSC-2139) [1957] Christmas Hyns & Carols, Volume II ("Orthophonic" LM-1711) [1952] Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Festival Te Deum & Rejoice in the Lamb ("Dynagroove" 2759) [1963] This reissue was remastered directly from the original RCA Victor Red Seal Master tapes. |
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Adeste fideles "O come, all ye faithful" by John Francis Wade |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Period: Classical Written: by 1782; England |
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The first nowell by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Written: England |
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O little town of Bethlehem by Henry Walford Davies |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Period: 20th Century Written: England |
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O come, O come Emmanuel by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Period: Renaissance Written: 15th Century; France |
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Away in a manger by William J. Kirkpatrick |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Period: 20th Century Written: USA |
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Silent Night by Franz Xaver Gruber |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Period: Classical Written: 1818; Austria |
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Joy to the World by Lowell Mason |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Period: Romantic Written: 19th Century; USA |
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It came upon the midnight clear by Richard Storrs Willis |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Period: Romantic |
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Angels we have heard on high by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Written: France |
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Christmas Hymn by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale |
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Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing" by Felix Mendelssohn |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Period: Romantic Written: 1840; Germany |
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God rest ye merry, gentlemen by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Written: England |
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My dancing day by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Written: England |
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I wonder as I wander by John Jacob Niles |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Period: 20th Century Written: USA |
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Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Written: France |
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Patapan by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Period: Renaissance Written: Burgundy, France |
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We three kings by John Henry Hopkins Jr. |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Period: 20th Century Written: England |
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Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Carol" by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Period: Renaissance Written: 16th Century; England |
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Methinks I see an heav'nly host "The Shepherd's Carol" by William Billings |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Period: Classical Written: 18th Century; USA |
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Go tell it on the mountain by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Period: Romantic Written: USA |
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Carol of the Bells by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Written: Ukraine |
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Wassail Song by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Period: Renaissance Written: 16th Century; England |
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Deck the Halls by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Written: Wales, UK |
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A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28 by Benjamin Britten |
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Performer:
Sara Mae Endich (Soprano),
Florence Kopleff (Alto),
Laura Newell (Harp)
Conductor: Robert Shaw Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Period: 20th Century Written: 1942; England |
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Festival Te Deum in E major, Op. 32 by Benjamin Britten |
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Performer:
Sara Mae Endich (Soprano),
Rodney Hansen (Organ)
Conductor: Robert Shaw Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Period: 20th Century Written: 1944; England |
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Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30 by Benjamin Britten |
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Performer:
Raymond Murcell (Baritone),
Sara Mae Endich (Soprano),
Jon Humphrey (Tenor),
Florence Kopleff (Alto), Rodney Hansen (Organ) Conductor: Robert Shaw Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Period: 20th Century Written: 1943; England |
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I saw three ships by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Written: England |
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O Tannenbaum by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Written: Westphalia, Germany |
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Allons, gay bergères by Guillaume Costeley |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Period: Renaissance Written: 16th Century; France |
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The Holly and the Ivy by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Written: England |
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Fum, fum, fum by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Written: Mexico |
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Hacia Belén va un borrico by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Written: Spain |
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Ya viene la vieja by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale |
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La Virgen Lava Pañales by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Written: Mexico |
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Cherry Tree Carol by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Written: England |
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Mary had a baby by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale |
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So blest a sight by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Written: England |
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How Unto Bethlehem? by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Written: Italy |
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A virgin unspotted by William Billings |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Period: Classical Written: 18th Century; USA |
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The Twelve Days of Christmas by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Written: England |
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Good King Wenceslas by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Written: England |
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Boar's Head Carol by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Written: England |
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Christ was born on Christmas Day by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale |
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How far to Bethlehem? by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Written: England |
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March of the Kings by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale |
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Here betwixt ass and oxen mild by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Period: Classical Written: 18th Century; France |
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Touro-louro-louro by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale |
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Carol of the Birds by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale |
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O magnum mysterium by Tomás Luis de Victoria |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Period: Renaissance Written: by 1572; Spain |
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What child is this? by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Period: Renaissance Written: 16th Century; England |
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Masters in this hall by Traditional |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Written: France |
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Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: no 12, Brich an, du schönes Morgenlicht by Johann Sebastian Bach |
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Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Period: Baroque Written: 1734-1735; Leipzig, Germany |
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The Story Behind This Reissue December 19, 2011
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| By Mark Stenroos (Aliso Viejo, CA) -- See All My Reviews | |||||
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As the person responsible for this 1994 BMG CD reissue, let me take this opportunity to provide some background on how this CD reissue came to be: 1. The CD set was first issued in 1994 through the BMG Classical Music Service, which is the record club division of what was at the time BMG Direct Marketing, a division of Bertlesmann Music Group. The CDs were mastered directly from the master tapes. Some of the tracks were mastered from various working parts rather than the final master if those working parts were in better shape than the final master AND if they contained the same mastering. Every effort was made to present the very best source material available, and as we had access to everything that came out of the Xmas carol recording sessions, our job was made all the easier when it came to using the very best sources. In the case of the Britten LP, there were no working parts. They had either gone missing or had been destroyed. There were two complete masters. One master had (obviously to us at the time once we listened to it) been used as the source for earlier LP issues, and it was a bit worse for wear. The other master was pristine. Our CD transfer was mastered off this pristine master. Unfortunately, there were a few spots of tape saturation on both masters that we could not improve without employing noise reduction technologies that we felt would be intrusive (this was 1994, after all, when noise reduction technologies were fairly primitive compared to what they are today). We felt that collectors who knew these recordings would appreciate our not adding insult to injury by further compromising what were - at best - questionable calls made by the team that produced the original master back in 1963. While various tracks from Xmas Carols Volume I have appeared on various RCA CDs over the years, this CD set represents the one and only time the Britten selections have been made available on CD. And, this is the only CD issue that includes the entirety of Volume I PLUS the never-before-released-on CD Volume II. 2. Sequencing of the tracks for CD: CD 1 contains the entirety of the stereo Vol 1, followed by the Britten Ceremony of Carols and the Festival Te Deum. The other piece on the Britten LP - Rejoice in the Lamb - begins CD 2. The order of these tracks on the original RCA LP had Ceremony of Carols occupying Side A, with Rejoice in the Lamb starting Side B and with Festival Te Deum as the final track on Side B. We had to change the order of the LP Side B selections to fit all of the music on 2 well-packed CDs. This reordering - which involved nothing beyond flipping the LP order for Rejoice in the Lamb and Festival Te Deum - was the only concession made to changing track order, or of splitting one of the original LPs between the two CDs. CD 2 of this set begins with Rejoice in the Lamb, followed by Christmas Hymns & Carols Vol 2 in its uninterrupted entirety. We felt that it was a good idea to place the Britten recordings between the two Xmas Carol albums, as the Britten works employ instrumental accompaniment (harp in the Ceremony of Carols, organ in the others) while the carol albums are sung entirely a cappella. Having the instrumentally accompanied LP in between the a cappella LPs gives the ear a change of pace from what could have been 100+ minutes of a cappella singing had we sequenced the CDs differently. With a total timing of 147 minutes for the 3 LPs, it's obvious that more than one CD was needed to contain all of the tracks. All things considered, I think we made a pretty good decision about where to split the selections between the two CDs. 3. The very early mono "Christmas Hymns and Carols" (that Shaw discusses in the interview found in the CD booklet that accompanies this reissue) was not included in this set due to marketing and licensing considerations. That recording had already been issued on an RCA Camden CD in its entirety and was being heavily marketed by the BMG Special Products group. As the CD was widely available at a very cheap price, and as BSP did not want competition from a sister company selling a recording they had already issued, the decision was made to not include these very early recordings in the BMG Club issue. There's also the fact that many of carols would have been duplicated had all three volumes appeared in the set under discussion, albeit in different arrangements. 4. CD booklet/liner notes. The CD set includes all of the original liner notes from the 3 LPs, which were penned by Alice Parker and Robert Shaw. Also included are the sung texts for all of the 70-odd tracks that make up the two CDs. I would note that while texts were included as a song sheet inside the original LP jacket of the Britten LP, no texts had ever been included with any of the various 78 and LP issues of the two Xmas carol albums, so music lovers who purchase this 2-CD are getting something of a bonus compared to what was NOT included in the LP issues. The CD booklet also contains detailed information from the original recording sessions, including Matrix numbers, recording dates and venues and a complete listing of the performers involved in the recording sessions. This information was gleaned from the meticulous records kept at the BMG archives, and is presented to the general public for the first time ever via this CD reissue. It's heartening to realize that this 2-CD set has remained in print for 17 unbroken years since it was first issued in 1994, chiefly through the admirable work done by ArkivMusic and their valuable reissue series. How many other CDs have enjoyed such a long shelf life?! Thanks to ArkivMusic for making this wonderful set available on a continuing basis. Now, go we all a-caroling! Report Abuse |
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The Christmas of my youth comes alive again! December 8, 2011
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| By John Plant (Head of Jeddore, Nova Scotia) -- See All My Reviews | |||||
| The two Robert Shaw Chorale volumes of 'Christmas Hymns and Carols' was an integral part of the season in my youth. These superb a capella performances have not aged a bit; the arrangements are brilliant, with just the right degree of contrapuntal intricacy, never obtrusive and always true to the spirit of the music. And the solo performances by Florence Kopleff, Russell Oberlin and others are deeply moving. A group of Spanish and Catalan carols is particularly gripping: La virgen lava pañales, Fum fum fum, Hacia Belén, and the haunting Carol of the Birds - no subsequent version has ever been able to match them. I recently paid a small fortune for scratchy copies of these LPs on line! - and was delighted to rediscover them. How wonderful that they're now available on CD - they will certainly enhance your Christmas. Report Abuse | |||||
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