Voktett Hannover gives us "Tidings of Joy"

 

Voktett Hannover gives us "Tidings of Joy"

Rondeau Production ROP6220
Release: 20 October 2023

Like twinkling starlight, the joyful tidings of Christmas run through centuries of music – from Bethlehem's night sky to the present day. In their new album 'Tidings of Joy', the eight singers of the Voktett Hannover present a selection of Christmas music in sophisticated a cappella settings. The recording contains works by well-known composers such as Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Gottfried Wolters, Hugo Distler, Heinrich Schütz, Michael Praetorius, Max Reger and Peter Cornelius, arranged by Clytus Gottwald (1925-2023). Contemporary settings and equally familiar melodies come from Sebastian Knappe (born 1989), David Willcocks (1919-2015), James Lord Pierpont (1822-1893) and Irving Berlin (1888-1989), among others, in the arrangement by Jeremy Davies.

1. Sech Spruche, Op. 79: Im Advent

2. Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland

3. Veni, Emmanuel

4. Zwolf deutsche geistliche Gesange WoO VI/13

5. Sechs Spruche, Op. 79 Weihnachten

6. Kommet, ihr Hirten

7. Kie Konige

8. Maria durch ein Dornwald ging

9. Die Weihnachtsgeschichte, Op. 10 (Ausgewahte Chorale)

10. Ein Kind ist uns geboren

11. In dulci jubilo

12. Tomorrow Shall be My Dancing Day

13. Tiding of Comfort and Joy

14. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

15. Jingle Bells

16. White Christmas

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