TY  - SOUND
TI  - A Robert Shaw Christmas: angels on high
SN  - 8940804612
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Cleveland, OH
PB  - Telarc
KW  - Christmas music
KW  - Carols
KW  - Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices)
KW  - Choruses, Sacred (Women's voices, 3 parts) with harp
N1  - Compact disc; Texts with English translations (23 p.) inserted in container; O come Emmanuel : plainsong / arr. Alice Parker (William Wilder, percussion) (2:44) -- Alleluia / Randall Thompson (4:52) -- The first Nowell : English carol / arr. Robert Shaw, Alice Parker (1:39) -- The carol of the birds : Spanish carol / arr. Robert Shaw, Alice Parker (Janice Chandler, soprano) (3:59) -- Allon, gay bergr̈es / Guillaume Costeley ; ed. Robert Shaw, Alice Parker (Donna Carter, soprano; Pamela Elrod, mezzo-soprano; Frank Timmerman, tenor; William Borland, bass) (1:40) -- A hymn to the Virgin / Benjamin Britten (Donna Carter, soprano; Nannette Soles, alto; Sean Mayer, tenor; Charles Sprawls, bass) (3:31) -- O magnum mysterium / Morten Lauridsen (6: 13) -- Rejoice and sing : from "Christmas oratorio" / J.S. Bach ; ed. Robert Shaw (:50) -- Ave Maria / Franz Biebl (Nannette Soles, alto; Sean Mayer, tenor; Charles Sprawls, bass) (5:21) -- What is this lovely fragrance? : old French carol / arr. Healy Willan (3:42) -- Lo, how a rose e'er blooming / Michael Praetorius ; ed. Robert Shaw, Alice Parker (1:21) -- Sing lullaby / Herbert Howells (2: 59) -- While by my sheep : German carol / arr. Hugo Jüngst (Patricia Nealon, Anne-Marie Spalinger, sopranos; Katherine Murray, Nannette Soles, altos; David Blalock, Frank Timmerman, tenors; William Borland, Charles Sprawls, basses) (1:24) -- Break forth, O wondrous heavenly light : from Christmas oratorio / J.S. Bach ; ed. Robert Shaw, Alice Parker (1:08) -- Heavenly light / Alexander Kopylov ; arr. Peter J. Wilhousky (2:56) -- Adeste fideles / arr. Alice Parker (3:51) -- Ceremony of carols / Benjamin Britten (Janice Chandler, soprano; Nannette Soles, mezzo- soprano; Elisabeth Remy, harp) (22:08); Vocal soloists; Robert Shaw Chamber Singers; Norman Mackenzie, organ; Robert Shaw, conductor; Recorded June 28-30, 1997, in Symphony Hall, Woodruff Memorial Arts Center, Atlanta, Ga
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