Christmas from Saint Louis
The Saint Louis Chamber Chorus, Philip Barnes (director)
Christmas from Saint Louis
The Saint Louis Chamber Chorus, Philip Barnes (director)
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The third release on Regent from this acclaimed US chamber choir. A most unusual collection of Christmas fayre! New carols commissioned by the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus by composers from Europe, USA, and Russia, including works by British composers Sasha Johnson Manning (composer of The Manchester Carols) and David Bednall, interspersed with American carols well-known to the the UK listener sung to their original American tunes.
Contents and tracklist
1 Joseph and the Angel (Scenes from The Holy Infancy I) Virgil Thomson (Missouri, USA) 3:59
2 It came upon the midnight clear# Richard Storrs Willis (USA) 3:49
3 Ye sons of men* Patrick Zuk (Ireland) 5:01
4 If ye would hear the angels sing* Martha Shaffer (USA) 2:37
5 The Lord at first did Adam make Philip Barnes (UK) 4:13
6 O little town of Bethlehem (tune: St Louis)# Lewis Redner (USA) 3:20
7 Susannine* Clare Maclean (Australia) 5:45
8 O my deir hert Virgil Thomson 2:01
9 Away in a manger# James Murray (USA) 1:51
10 The crown of roses Peter Tchaikovsky (Russia) 3:11
11 The garden of roses* Yakov Gubanov (Russia) 4:54
Two Tree Carols* Sasha Johnson Manning (UK)
12 The tree of life 4:23
13 Christbaum 5:29
14 The wise men (Scenes from The Holy Infancy II) Virgil Thomson 4:36
15 Hostis Herodes* Guillaume Dufay/Martha Shaffer 8:13
16 We three kings# John Henry Hopkins Jr. (USA) 3:43
17 The flight into Egypt (Scenes from The Holy Infancy III) Virgil Thomson 4:44
18 From heaven I come* David Bednall (UK) 7:41
# American carol, sung to original American tune
* written for the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus
