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| | Fantasia on Christmas Carols/ The First Nowell/ On Christmas Night | | | Music Artist : | | Vaughan Williams | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Chandos | | Release Date : | | 2006-10-03 | | Store Price : | | $18.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $18.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Fantasia On Christmas Carols - Joseph Cullen
2. Prelude. God Rest You Merry - Allegro Agitato -
3. Marley's Ghost. Allegro Moderato E Pesante -
4. The Spirit Of Christmas. Lento -
5. Fezziwig's Christmas Party. Molto Moderato -
6. Fezziwig's Parlour: Scene 2. Allegro -
7. Morris Jig. Allegro Molto -
8. The Triumph. Allegro Moderato -
9. Roger De Coverley -
10. Midnight. Lento -
11. A Procession. Lento -
12. Victorian Drawing Room. Andante Sostenuto -
13. Bob Cratchit's Christmas Party -
14. Bob Cratchit's Toast. Lento -
15. Black Nag. Allegro -
16. Procession Of the Nativity. Lento
17. Prelude. God Rest You Merry And the Truth From Above Baritone Solo And Chorus
18. Angelus Ad Virginem
19. The Salutation Carol
20. The Cherry Tree Carol: Part One
21. The Cherry Tree Carol: Part Two
22. Joseph And Mary
23. 'In Bethlehem City' (A Virgin Most Pure)
24. The Sussex Carol
25. 'Tidings True There Be Come New' (The Salutation Carol)
26. How Brightly SHone the Morning Star
27. (Interlude)
28. The First Nowell
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 vaughan williams fest
Submitted on: 2009-06-29 |
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| Great cd-arrived in record time and am looking forward to listening to it this christmas |
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This Will Get You In The Christmas Spirit
Submitted on: 2008-01-24 |
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| This CD includes Vaughan Williams' classic "Fantasia On Christmas Carols", an old favorite which I was familiar with, but here appearing in an exciting alternate arrangement featuring strings and organ. This album also has two pieces that were new to me: one is "On Christmas Night" which is a ballet score based on Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." The other which I really enjoyed a whole lot is "The First Nowell", a nativity play for soloists, chorus, and orchestra. This latter piece features some heartbreakingly lovely arrangements of some old English Christmas folk songs. The performances and production are exemplary. And if you are an Anglophile/Vaughan Williams fan like me, there's no better Christmas music. As one critic said, with this composer "one is never quite sure whether one is listening to something very old or very new." This makes for music which is at once vital and timeless. This is one of my new favorite recordings. |
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RVW loved Christmas
Submitted on: 2006-12-07 |
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| In the early 1980s, I purchased a used, record club LP of Vaughan Williams' nativity play "The First Nowell." I've played the LP several times each Christmas and hoped eventually for a CD version to appear. This new performance under Richard Hickox's direction should bring a similar joy to listeners as I've experienced! The CD also includes the familiar "Fantasia on Christmas Carols" but in a previously unrecorded arrangement for organ and strings. The other premier recording is Vaughan Williams' "On Christmas Night," a lovely masque from 1926 based on Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." Sarah Fox and Roderick Williams give fine performances. |
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