The young professional singers of Michael Waldron's London Choral Sinfonia open fresh perspectives on the music of Christmas with a captivating debut album for Orchid Classics. O Holy Night unites familiar carols - arranged by Sir David Willcocks, Andrew Carter and Max Pappenheim - with little-known seasonal treasures by, among others, Peter Maxwell Davies, Humphrey Clucas, Robert Saxton and ex-Swingle Singer, Carol Canning. The tracklist also includes Lo, He comes with clouds descending and O Holy Night in spellbinding arrangements by composer and theatre sound designer Max Pappenheim, former organ scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge. London Choral Sinfonia's Musical Director, Michael Waldron, built his Christmas album around five traditional carols. The recording's repertoire mix includes Martin Neary's fresh take on We Three Kings, a dramatic setting of the Coventry Carol by Jonathan Rathbone, Richard Pantcheff's haunting A Christmas Carol, and the beguiling No Small Wonder by Paul Edwards. Within the span of twenty tracks, the London Choral Sinfonia embraces everything from the radiant beauty of Gabriel Jackson's Tomorrow go ye forth and Thomas Wilson's There is no rose to the exuberant energy of Sir ChristÃ¨mas by William Matthias.

Tracklist:

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Arr. A. Carter)
Sir Christèmas (Arr. W. Mathias)
Lullay My Liking, Op. 34 No. 2, H. 129 (Arr. C. Canning)
Silent Night, H. 145 (Arr. J. West)
Once In Royal David’s City (Arr. D. Willcocks)
Adam Lay Ybounden
Alma Redemptoris Mater, Op. 5
A Christmas Carol
O Come All Ye Faithful (Arr. D. Willcocks)
There Is No Rose
The Child Of Light
Coventry Carol (Arr. J. Rathbone)
Love Came Down At Christmas
We Three Kings (Arr. M. Neary)
No Small Wonder, Op. 204
Festgesang, Woo 9, Mwv D 4: II. Lied. Vaterland, In Deinen Gauen (Arr. D. Willcocks) [Sung In English]
Preludes: No. 3, The Holy Boy (Version For Choir)
O Holy Night (Arr. M. Pappenheim)
Tomorrow Go Ye Forth
Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending (Arr. M. Pappenheim)

UPC: 5060189561100
Label: Orchid Classics
Release Date: 11.15.19
Format: CD

O Holy Night / Various - O Holy Night (CD)