The London-based chamber choir Sonoro, with conductor Neil Ferris, follow up their acclaimed debut album with an absorbing and characterful programme of works for Christmas. Striking a balance between new compositions, re-setting of familiar texts and new arrangements of familiar tunes, topped off with a few festive favorites, Sonoro bring their distinctive warm and rounded tone to the festive season. Sonoro, one of the UK's most impressive professional chamber choirs founded in 2016 by Neil Ferris and Michael Higgins, has attracted attention for it's warm tone, rich blend of colors and vibrancy in performance. Sonoro's distinctive sound has propelled the ensemble to secure engagements at major national and international festivals and venues including the London Chamber Music Series at Kings Place, the Wimbledon International Music Festival, the St Magnus International Festival, Orkney and in St Gallen, Switzerland. "A rich, robust texture, abundant in vibrant colour and undoubted excitement." (The Guardian)

Tracklist:

A Little Child There Is Yborn
O Oriens
In A Field As I Lay
The Angel Gabriel
There Is No Rose
Blessed Be That Maid Marie
A Spotless Rose
In The Bleak Midwinter
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
The Holly And The Ivy
In The Stillness
Suantraí Ár Slánaitheora
Coventry Carol
Bethlehem Down
Wexford Carol
My Lord Has Come
Silent Night
Ding Dong! Merrily On High

UPC: 5060262791332
Label: Resonus Classics
Release Date: 10.5.18
Format: CD

Archer / Sonoro / Higgins - Christmas with Sonoro (CD)