The Wonder of Christmas

by Elora Festival Singers, Noel Edison, Michael Bloss

Overview

Canada's acclaimed chamber choir the Elora Festival Singers lend their dulcet voices to this 2014 collection of Christmas carols. Once again under the directorship of the esteemed Noel Edison, they offer up a variety of different styles and sources ranging from contemporary pieces to obscure Middle Ages carols to well-established seasonal classics. Featuring organ accompaniment by frequent collaborator Michael Bloss, this is a subtle, stirring, and lovingly arranged collection that is richly evocative of the season. ~ Timothy Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	11/11/2014
Label:	Naxos
UPC:	0747313342174
Rank:	160919

Tracks

1. Once in Royal David's City
2. My Dancing Day
3. What Child is This?
4. A Boy was Born
5. The Holly and the Ivy
6. Who is He in Yonder Stall
7. Nesciens Mater Virgo Virum
8. Away in a Manger
9. Ding Dong! Merrily on High
10. O Holy Night
11. Adam lay y-Bounden
12. Ecce Concipies
13. Rocking
14. Gabriel's Message
15. I Wonder as I Wander
16. There is a Flower
17. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
18. The First Nowell

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Elora Festival Singers   Primary Artist,Choir/Chorus
Noel Edison   Primary Artist,Conductor
Michael Bloss   Primary Artist,Organ

Technical Credits

Arthur Henry Mann   Harmony
David Willcocks   Arranger
William Chatterton Dix   Text
John Rutter   Composer
William James Kirkpatrick   Composer
Bonnie Silver   Editing,Producer
Paul Halley   Arranger,Composer
Norbert Kraft   Engineer,Producer
Benjamin Britten   Composer
Michael Praetorius   Original Material
Henry John Gauntlett   Composer
Gerald Brown   Arranger
George Ratcliffe Woodward   Text
Cecil Frances Alexander   Text
Theodore Baker   Text
Jean Mouton   Composer
Benjamin Russell Hanby   Text
Jan Sandstroem   Composer
Percy Dearmer   Text Translation
Howard Skempton   Composer
John Sullivan Dwight   Text
Graham Wade   Liner Notes
John Audelay   Text
Sophie Hogan   Photography
Mark Sirett   Composer
Robert H. Young   Composer
Leonard Enns   Arranger
Mack Wilberg   Arranger
Adolphe Adam   Composer
Stuart Thompson   Composer
Bob Chilcott   Arranger
John Tavener   Composer