A Christmas Present from Polyphony

This delightful new collection, available at budget price, brings together favourite tracks from seven acclaimed recordings: Rutter, Howells, Britten, Warlock and others – the very stuff of Christmas. For over a decade Stephen Layton and Polyphony have been astonishing London audiences with their Christmas concert series: ‘nothing crowns the year like the annual, exhilarating eve of Christmas Eve performance of Handel’s Messiah by the choir Polyphony under Stephen Layton’. Alongside extravagant oratorio performances, the group has presented a cappella programmes of Christmas music to audiences enthralled by the range of repertoire available. This compact disc brings together music from many of these acclaimed recordings. Also included is a tantalizing preview of Polyphony’s forthcoming recording of Morten Lauridsen’s choral music

Program:
01 - Silent Night
02 - Sing Lullaby
03 - All this time
04 - Ave, maris stella
05 - Die Koenige
06 - O Morgenstern
07 - Magnificat
08 - Nativity Carol
09 - The Sussex Mummer's Carol
10 - A Hymn to the Virgin
11 - Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
12 - Away in a manger
13 - O magnum mysterium
14 - Bethlehem Down
15 - A Spotless Rose
16 - Chorale after an Old French Carol
17 - What cheer
18 - Lullaby my Jesus
19 - Shepherd's Pipe Carol