The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Steven Gra - Song for Snow [CD] | CD

The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Steven Grahl – Song for Snow [CD]

Description

A thoughtful yet enchanting album of 20th- and 21st-century Christmas carols from the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge and director Steven Grahl. Particularly welcome is an emphasis on contemporary women composers from across the choral world, including Florence Price, Sally Beamish, Elizabeth Poston, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Lucy Walker and Errollyn Wallen, whose music dovetails with that of John Rutter, Herbert Howells, Gustav Holst, Piers Connor Kennedy and Kenneth Leighton. Those newer carols sit among familiar old friends such as "Stille Nacht," "Carol of the Bells" and "In dulci jubilo." A modern folk classic is found in "The truth from above," which Vaughan Williams transcribed directly from a melody sung to him by a local farmworker as he wandered the England looking for the nation's lost melodies. A similar story pertains to "I wonder as I wander," which came to the world's attention via a collector of folk songs in the Appalachian mountains.

Highlights

• 20 tracks

Track Listing

Disc 1
01. The Truth Sent from Above
02. Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
03. Bogoroditse Devo
04. I Wonder as I Wander (Arr. Carter)
05. In the Bleak Midwinter
06. The Lamb
07. Stille Nacht
08. Carol Of The Bells
09. O Leave Your Sheep (Arr. Leighton)
10. Song for Snow
11. Long, Long Ago
12. In the Stillness
13. Candlelight Carol
14. Balulalow
15. Peace on Earth
16. Hym Worship We Now Borne so Fre
17. Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
18. In dulci jubilo (Arr. Pearsall)
19. Away in a Manger
20. Good Day, Sir Christemas!

Format Details

• Label: Hyperion
• Genre: Holiday
• Format: CD

• Format: CD
• Genre: Holiday
• Released: 2026-11-20