The Choir of St John's College, Oxford - News of Great Joy - Christmas from St John's College, - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Choir of St John's College, Oxford, directed by David Bannister, sings music associated with Christmas, together with youthful work by Imogen Holst and Benjamin Britten. Looking towards the sixtieth anniversary of Elizabeth Poston's Penguin Book of Carols (1965), initially undertaken with Ralph Vaughan Williams, the recording presents music associated with these two composers and the works they edited, alongside newer pieces exemplifying and revivifying the English carol tradition. Album Tracks 1. What cheer? Good cheer! 2. Nowell and Nowell 3. Lully, lulla, lullay 4. Sussex Carol 5. All the Stars Looked Down 6. In the bleak midwinter 7. I saw a fair maiden 8. Puer nobis 9. Canon on Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen 10. Song of the Nuns of Chester 11. Boy was Born~Corpus Christi Carol 12. There is no Rose 13. Jesus Christ the Apple Tree 14. Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen 15. Mass in A minor~Gloria 16. Ave Maria 17. Shepherd's Carol