Label: Signum Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212064320
Catalog number: SIGCD 643
Releasedate: 16-10-20
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212064320
Catalog number: SIGCD 643
Releasedate: 16-10-20
- The post-production phase of this recording project took place as the world grappled with the outbreak of COVID-19.
- American composer Linda Kachelmeier’s piece – We Toast the Days – serves as a reminder of the strength, love and hope that resonates throughout the world not simply at Christmastide but also during periods of hardship.
- American composer Linda Kachelmeier’s piece – We Toast the Days – serves as a reminder of the strength, love and hope that resonates throughout the world not simply at Christmastide but also during periods of hardship.
Be all Merry is one of three new pieces especially composed for the Choral Scholars. This lively carol for choir, orchestra and violin by Irish composer Eoghan Desmond evokes the joyful play of Christmas in the lines ‘Be all merry in this house/Exultet celum laudibus!’. The recording contains a remarkable setting of the Advent plainsong hymn Christe Redemptor Omnium for tenor solo, chorus, violin and violoncello by Ivo Antognini, crafted for Choral Scholars with the kind support of the Swiss Embassy in Dublin. The Adoration of the Magi by American composer Timothy Stephens is a breathtaking setting of W. B. Yeats’ poetry. A beautiful Irish-language lullaby – Cró na Nollag – set by father and son, Adhamhnán and Uinseann Mac Domhnaill, and the much-loved Scottish tune simply titled Suantraí, are also included. The Irish Chamber Orchestra are also featured on a number of tracks including The Wexford Carol and Carol of the Bells. The choir closes the album with the song most associated with friendship, hope and the promise of a new year, Auld Lang Syne.
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1In Dulci Jubilo03:34
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2Be All Merry03:20
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3God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen01:54
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4Curoo Curoo03:15
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5The Adoration of the Magi05:53
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6Suantrai?02:34
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7The Wexford Carol04:52
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8O Magnum Mysterium04:33
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9Christe, Redemptor Omnium05:24
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10Cro? na Nollag02:37
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11Carol of the Bells02:09
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12Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas02:57
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13We Toast the Days02:53
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14Auld Lang Syne03:52