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Poston: Carols & Anthems
Naxos

Poston: Carols & Anthems

$19.99

Details

Composer
Elizabeth Poston
Artist
Alexandra Mcphee, Nina Vinther, Izzi Blain, Oliver Martin-Smith, Ciaran Yeo, Oliver Morrell, St Alba
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Nov 24, 2023
Catalog #
8574576
UPC
747313457670

About

Tom Winpenny conducts this album of choral works by Elizabeth Poston (1905–1987) – an English composer renowned for her great sensitivity of word setting, a profound appreciation of ancient folk-song traditions, and timeless melodic charm. Performed by the Cathedral Girls Choir and Lay Clerks from St Albans Cathedral, located in her native Hertfordshire – this is the first album to be dedicated entirely to Poston’s work. Includes many world premiere recordings.

Tracklist 27 tracks

  1. 1 The Boar's Head Carol (arr. E. Poston for choir) 03:08
    Track
    1
    Title
    The Boar's Head Carol (arr. E. Poston for choir)
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Ciaran Yeo
    Ensemble
    St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Lay Clerks St Albans Cathedral Choir
    Conductor
    Tom Winpenny
  2. 2 O Bethlehem (arr. E. Poston for choir as 2 Carols in Memory of Peter Warlock: No. 2) 02:37
    Track
    2
    Title
    O Bethlehem (arr. E. Poston for choir as 2 Carols in Memory of Peter Warlock: No. 2)
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Lay Clerks St Albans Cathedral Choir
    Conductor
    Tom Winpenny
  3. 3 Praise our Lord (arr. E. Poston for choir and organ as 2 Carols in Memory of Peter Warlock: No. 1) 01:43
    Track
    3
    Title
    Praise our Lord (arr. E. Poston for choir and organ as 2 Carols in Memory of Peter Warlock: No. 1)
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Oliver Morrell
    Ensemble
    St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir
    Conductor
    Tom Winpenny
  4. 4 Jesus Christ the Apple Tree 03:39
    Track
    4
    Title
    Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Elizabeth Poston
    Ensemble
    St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Lay Clerks St Albans Cathedral Choir
    Conductor
    Tom Winpenny
  5. 5 This is the truth sent from above (Female Narrator, Chorus) [Herefordshire folk carol, collected R. Vaughan Williams] 01:44
    Track
    5
    Title
    This is the truth sent from above (Female Narrator, Chorus) [Herefordshire folk carol, collected R. Vaughan Williams]
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Elizabeth Poston
    Performer
    Nina Vinther, Oliver Morrell
    Ensemble
    St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Lay Clerks St Albans Cathedral Choir
    Conductor
    Tom Winpenny
  6. 6 O Joseph being an old man truly (Female Narrator, Chorus) [Herefordshire folk tune, collected R. Vaughan Williams] 01:58
    Track
    6
    Title
    O Joseph being an old man truly (Female Narrator, Chorus) [Herefordshire folk tune, collected R. Vaughan Williams]
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Elizabeth Poston
    Performer
    Nina Vinther, Oliver Morrell
    Ensemble
    St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Lay Clerks St Albans Cathedral Choir
    Conductor
    Tom Winpenny
  7. 7 And while they lived in joy and bliss - Angelus ad Virginem (Male Narrator, Chorus, Angel, Mary) [13th century, Dublin Troper Manuscripts, transcribed by D.A. Hughes] 05:02
    Track
    7
    Title
    And while they lived in joy and bliss - Angelus ad Virginem (Male Narrator, Chorus, Angel, Mary) [13th century, Dublin Troper Manuscripts, transcribed by D.A. Hughes]
    Duration
    05:02
    Composer
    Elizabeth Poston
    Performer
    Oliver Martin-Smith, Izzi Blain, Alexandra McPhee, Oliver Morrell
    Ensemble
    St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Lay Clerks St Albans Cathedral Choir
    Conductor
    Tom Winpenny
  8. 8 Spoken Carol: I sing of a Maiden (Male Narrator) [15th century, Sloane Manuscript] 00:50
    Track
    8
    Title
    Spoken Carol: I sing of a Maiden (Male Narrator) [15th century, Sloane Manuscript]
    Duration
    00:50
    Composer
    Elizabeth Poston
    Performer
    Roger Mullis
  9. 9 Scena: Joseph and Mary walked (Male Narrator, Mary, Joseph, The Unborn Child, Angel, Female Narrator, Chorus) [Herefordshire folk tune; Traditional tune from a broadside] 05:16
    Track
    9
    Title
    Scena: Joseph and Mary walked (Male Narrator, Mary, Joseph, The Unborn Child, Angel, Female Narrator, Chorus) [Herefordshire folk tune; Traditional tune from a broadside]
    Duration
    05:16
    Composer
    Elizabeth Poston
    Performer
    Oliver Martin-Smith, Alexandra McPhee, Ciaran Yeo, Selma Klemming, Izzi Blain, Nina Vinther, Oliver Morrell
    Ensemble
    St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Lay Clerks St Albans Cathedral Choir
    Conductor
    Tom Winpenny
  10. 10 As Joseph was a-walking (Male Narrator, Angel, Female Narrator, Chorus) [Traditional Cornish tune, adapted] 03:16
    Track
    10
    Title
    As Joseph was a-walking (Male Narrator, Angel, Female Narrator, Chorus) [Traditional Cornish tune, adapted]
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Elizabeth Poston
    Performer
    Oliver Martin-Smith, Izzi Blain, Nina Vinther, Oliver Morrell
    Ensemble
    St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Lay Clerks St Albans Cathedral Choir
    Conductor
    Tom Winpenny
  11. 11 There is no rose of such virtue (Chorus) [15th century, Cambridge Manuscript] 02:03
    Track
    11
    Title
    There is no rose of such virtue (Chorus) [15th century, Cambridge Manuscript]
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Elizabeth Poston
    Ensemble
    St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Lay Clerks St Albans Cathedral Choir
    Conductor
    Tom Winpenny
  12. 12 I saw a fair maiden sitten and sing - Jesu, sweet son (Male Narrator, Chorus, Mary) [15th century, adapted, Harleian Manuscript] 02:58
    Track
    12
    Title
    I saw a fair maiden sitten and sing - Jesu, sweet son (Male Narrator, Chorus, Mary) [15th century, adapted, Harleian Manuscript]
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Elizabeth Poston
    Performer
    Oliver Martin-Smith, Alexandra McPhee, Oliver Morrell
    Ensemble
    St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Lay Clerks St Albans Cathedral Choir
    Conductor
    Tom Winpenny
  13. 13 Spoken Carol: A lovely lady thus did sing (Female Narrator) [14th century, adapted, Oxford Manuscript] 01:25
    Track
    13
    Title
    Spoken Carol: A lovely lady thus did sing (Female Narrator) [14th century, adapted, Oxford Manuscript]
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Elizabeth Poston
    Performer
    Alisha Ardeshna
  14. 14 Qui creavit coelum (Chorus) [c. 1425, Chester Manuscript] 03:17
    Track
    14
    Title
    Qui creavit coelum (Chorus) [c. 1425, Chester Manuscript]
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Elizabeth Poston
    Ensemble
    St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Lay Clerks St Albans Cathedral Choir
    Conductor
    Tom Winpenny
  15. 15 Christo paremus cantica (Chorus) [15th century, Harleian Manuscript] 02:20
    Track
    15
    Title
    Christo paremus cantica (Chorus) [15th century, Harleian Manuscript]
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Elizabeth Poston
    Performer
    Oliver Morrell
    Ensemble
    St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Lay Clerks St Albans Cathedral Choir
    Conductor
    Tom Winpenny
  16. 16 Sheepfolds (version for choir and piano) 01:37
    Track
    16
    Title
    Sheepfolds (version for choir and piano)
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Elizabeth Poston
    Performer
    Tom Winpenny
    Ensemble
    St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir
    Conductor
    Tom Winpenny
  17. 17 Balulalow 01:58
    Track
    17
    Title
    Balulalow
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Elizabeth Poston
    Performer
    Tom Winpenny
    Ensemble
    St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir
    Conductor
    Tom Winpenny
  18. 18 The Dormouse's Carol (version for choir and piano) 02:05
    Track
    18
    Title
    The Dormouse's Carol (version for choir and piano)
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Elizabeth Poston
    Performer
    Tom Winpenny
    Ensemble
    St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir
    Conductor
    Tom Winpenny
  19. 19 Carol: Salve Jesus, little lad 05:48
    Track
    19
    Title
    Carol: Salve Jesus, little lad
    Duration
    05:48
    Composer
    Elizabeth Poston
    Performer
    Nina Vinther, Izzi Blain, Tom Winpenny
  20. 20 The Princesses' Carol (version for choir and organ) 02:12
    Track
    20
    Title
    The Princesses' Carol (version for choir and organ)
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Elizabeth Poston
    Performer
    Oliver Morrell
    Ensemble
    St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir
    Conductor
    Tom Winpenny
  21. 21 In Bethlehem Town (version for choir and organ) 01:38
    Track
    21
    Title
    In Bethlehem Town (version for choir and organ)
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Elizabeth Poston
    Performer
    Oliver Morrell
    Ensemble
    St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Lay Clerks St Albans Cathedral Choir
    Conductor
    Tom Winpenny
  22. 22 Sing unto the Lord 03:32
    Track
    22
    Title
    Sing unto the Lord
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Elizabeth Poston
    Performer
    Oliver Morrell
    Ensemble
    St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Lay Clerks St Albans Cathedral Choir
    Conductor
    Tom Winpenny
  23. 23 The Queen of Sheba's Song: It was a true report… 02:22
    Track
    23
    Title
    The Queen of Sheba's Song: It was a true report…
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Elizabeth Poston
    Performer
    Nina Vinther, Oliver Morrell
  24. 24 Happy are thy Men (version for choir and organ) 02:29
    Track
    24
    Title
    Happy are thy Men (version for choir and organ)
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Elizabeth Poston
    Performer
    Oliver Morrell
    Ensemble
    St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Lay Clerks St Albans Cathedral Choir
    Conductor
    Tom Winpenny
  25. 25 Song of Wisdom, "Pavane, Passacaglia and Descant on Gosterwood" (version for choir and organ) 07:53
    Track
    25
    Title
    Song of Wisdom, "Pavane, Passacaglia and Descant on Gosterwood" (version for choir and organ)
    Duration
    07:53
    Composer
    Elizabeth Poston
    Performer
    Oliver Morrell
    Ensemble
    St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Lay Clerks St Albans Cathedral Choir
    Conductor
    Tom Winpenny
  26. 26 Antiphon: It came even to pass 02:35
    Track
    26
    Title
    Antiphon: It came even to pass
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Elizabeth Poston
    Performer
    Oliver Morrell
    Ensemble
    St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Lay Clerks St Albans Cathedral Choir
    Conductor
    Tom Winpenny
  27. 27 Psalm: Laudate Dominum: O praise God in his holiness 02:04
    Track
    27
    Title
    Psalm: Laudate Dominum: O praise God in his holiness
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Elizabeth Poston
    Performer
    Oliver Morrell
    Ensemble
    St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Lay Clerks St Albans Cathedral Choir
    Conductor
    Tom Winpenny