A Carol Symphony |
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Artist:
Victor Hely-Hutchinson,
City of Prague Symphony Orchestra,
Gavin Sutherland
List Price: £6.99
Our Price: £2.60
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Disc 1:
| 1. Bryan Kelly - Improvisations on Christmas Carols | | 2. Victor Hely-Hutchinson - A Carol Symphony | | 3. Peter Warlock - Bethlehem Down, a carol for strings | | 4. Philip Lane - Wassail Dances | | 5. Patric Standford - A Christmas Carol Symphony |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
This new recording on the Naxos label makes a pleasant change from the usual seasonal compilations of hymns or pop songs. It takes its name from the most substantial work on the disc--Victor Hely-Hutchinson's A Carol Symphony--which is complemented with three other symphonic pieces based on Christmas music. First up is Bryan Kelly's Improvisations on Christmas Carols, a five-movement work based on well-known tunes such as "Past three o'clock" and "I saw three ships". Hely-Hutchinson's work follows. It is symphonic in structure and based on popular carols too, the highlight being the slow third movement where the spine-tingling "Coventry Carol" melts into a magical arrangement of "The First Nowell". Arrangements by Philip Lane of Warlock and traditional English wassails break up the carolling before Patric Standford's A Christmas Carol Symphony rounds off the disc. It's rousing opening movement combines three jolly carols--"Deck the Halls", "Ding dong merrily on high" and "God rest ye merry gentlemen"--before "Away in a manger" takes over for the second. The grand finale brings together a myriad of carols and songs--I counted nine, but there could be more. --Rebecca Agnew
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0747313209927
Label: Naxos
Manufacturer: Naxos
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Naxos
Release Date: 2002-11-04
Running Time: 69
Studio: Naxos |
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