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A Traditional Christmas Carol Collection from The Sixteen

6/19/2006, 21 Tracks, 1:11:00

Featuring

  • Harry Christophers
  • Ruth Dean
  • David Roy
  • Nicola Jenkin
  • Deborah Miles-Johnson
  • Andrew Carwood
  • Sally Dunkley
  • Jeremy White
  • Neil MacKenzie
  • The Sixteen
  • Anonymous (Christmas)
  • Henry John Gauntlett
  • Anonymous (Traditional)
  • Anonymous
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Franz Xaver Gruber
  • Robert Lucas Pearsall
  • Gustav Holst
  • John Goss
  • William Hayman Cummings

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Recording & Production

This album was recorded in April 1991 at St Giles' Church, Cripplegate, London, with Peter Hayward as Recording Producer and Mike Hatch (Floating Earth) as Recording Engineer.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Sixteen, the vocal ensemble on this recording, is recognized as one of the world's greatest vocal ensembles.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

The harmonisations for this album's carols are generally adopted from 'Carols for Choirs' and 'The Oxford Book of Carols', both published by Oxford University Press.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

The album includes occasional descants by Sir David Willcocks, which are now almost as well known as the carols themselves.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Sixteen has a special reputation for performing early English polyphony, Renaissance masterpieces, and diverse 20th-century music, driven by conductor Harry Christophers.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

For 'Silent Night', a simple harmony and unobtrusive guitar accompaniment were provided, as the carol is often misquoted in books.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

This collection of traditional Christmas carols aims to preserve their original texts and tunes, avoiding modern elaborations.

Source: Booklet

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