CD: Mendelssohn, Bach and Vaughan Williams / Jurowski
JS BACH (1685-1750) Cantata 63 FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Vom Himmel hoch RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958) The First Nowell
The festival of Christmas is rich in music for worship and for concert performance, much of it rooted in seasonal hymns or traditional melodies. This recording of festive choral music includes one of Bach’s richly scored cantatas and Mendelssohn’s Christmas song Vom Himmel hoch which was inspired by his admiration for the music of Bach. Vaughan Williams’s nativity play The First Nowell incorporates arrangements of many traditional English carols.
£9.99 1 Audio CD
"Here’s a delightful disc of Christmas music by three major composers … Warmly recommended." Nigel Simeone, International Record Review, December 2010
JS BACH (1685-1750) Cantata 63 FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Vom Himmel hoch RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958) The First Nowell
VLADIMIR JUROWSKI conductor LISA MILNE soprano RUXANDRA DONOSE mezzo soprano ANDREW STAPLES tenor CHRISTOPHER MALTMAN baritone LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA and CHOIR
These works were recorded at the LPO 2009 Christmas concert,w hich also included a work by Honegger. Vladimir Jurowski describes why he chose this music:
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