A Ceremony of Carols

by Benjamin Britten

A Ceremony of Carols cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1953
  • Label: Decca
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 27:30
  • Community rating: 3.53/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Presenting the English composer's beloved holiday suite, this recording perfectly captures the ethereal beauty of the complex vocal arrangements. Written for treble voices and harp, the music blends medieval texts with distinct, twentieth-century harmonic invention. It stands as a brilliant, hauntingly beautiful modern contribution to the seasonal choral repertoire.

Genres

Descriptors: choral

Tracklist

  1. Procession
  2. Wolcum Yole!
  3. There Is No Rose
  4. That Yong毛 Child
  5. Balulalow
  6. As Dew In Aprille
  7. This Little Babe
  8. Interlude
  9. In Freezing Winter Night
  10. Spring Carol
  11. Deo Gracias
  12. Recession

Credits

  • Mika Selander - arranged by [bases], music director, guitar
  • Yuke - arranged by [bases], music director
  • Joaqu铆n Lar铆a - backing vocals [colaboraci贸n en coros]
  • Mar铆a Caneda - backing vocals [colaboraci贸n en coros]
  • Alfredo Garrido Jr. - guitar
  • Beatriz Gonz谩lez Ramos - lead vocals
  • Guti - saxophone [saxos]
  • Benjamin Britten - Primary Artist, Composed By
  • David Lumsden - Directed By, Liner Notes, Organ

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