01 Benjamin Britten: Hodi Christus natus est, Procession from 'A Ceremony of Carols'
02 Francis Poulenc: O magnum mysterium, No. 1 from 'Quatre motets pour le temps de Noel'
03 Trad.: Ther is no rose of swych vertu
04 John Joubert: There is no rose of such virtue
05 Jan Sandstrom: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
06 David Griffiths: Dormi Jesu
07 Bob Chilcott: Nova! Nova!
08 Francis Poulenc: Quem vidistis, No. 2 from 'Quatre motets pour le temps de Noel'
09 Bob Chilcott: The Shepherd's Carol
10 Franz Gruber: Stille Nacht! heilige Nacht!
11 Francis Poulenc: Videntes stellam, No. 3 from 'Quatre motets pour le temps de Noel'
12 Richard Rodney Bennett: Susanni, No. 5 from 'Five Carols'
13 Jonathan Dove: The Three Kings
14 Herbert Howells: Here is the little door
15 Peter Wishart: Alleluya. A new work is come on hand
16 Trad. arr. Peter Hayward: The Christ-Child's Lullaby
17 Richard Rodney Bennett: Sweet was the song, No. 4 from 'Five Carols'
18 Trad. arr. Arthur Warrell: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
19 Benjamin Britten: Hodi Christus natus est, Recession from 'A Ceremony of Carols'
TOWER Voices New Zealand conducted by Karen Grylls
Morrison Music Trust MMT2053 [recorded February 2004; issued 2004]
[digital download; flacs, cover and booklet scans; Total time: 57'19]
Recording venue: Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Wellington, New Zealand
Recording engineer: Paul McGlashan; Producer: Wayne Laird
A mixed collection of contemporary and traditional Christmas choral music from New Zealand's premiere chamber choir. Made whilst they were sponsored by a Australasian insurance company.
And now for something rather different, but from the same choir under its same long-time conductor and the same production team. Music ranging from the 10th century to the present day. Choral voices sometimes with taonga pūoro (traditional Māori instruments) accompaniment, sometimes unaccompanied, and interspersed with taonga pūoro solos.
01 Hildegard von Bingen: O Viridissima Virga* [4'12]
02 David Childs: Salve Regina [4'16]
03 Pūkaea* [0'40]
04 - 09 Morten Lauridsen: Six Fire Madrigals [20'15]
10 Pūrerehua* [0'37]
11 Helen Fisher: Pounamu* [8'20]
12 Poiawhiowhio, karanga manu* [0'42]
13 Christopher Marshall: To the Horizon - No. 1, Horizon I (Sea and Sky) [2'00]
14 - 18 Benjamin Britten: Five Flower Songs, op.47 [11'30]
19 David Hamiton: Karakia of the Stars*^ [6'34]
20 Pūrerehua* [1'05]
16 Voices from Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir conducted by Karen Grylls with Horomona Horo* and Rowan Johnston^- taonga pūoro (traditional Māori instruments)
Atoll ACD213 [recorded January 2013; issued 2015]
[digital download; flacs, cover, inlay and booklet scans]
Recording venue: Kenneth Myer's Centre, Auckland University, New Zealand
Recording engineer: Paul McGlashan; Producer: Wayne Laird
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