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After our first cd for Channel Classics: ‘The Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal’,
with English Polyphony of the Renaissance, we now present ourselves in a
completely different guise: on this Christmas cd we give you a glimpse of our
taste for the lighter styles. You will hear a wide selection of the ‘personal
favourites’ of our singers, such as ‘Follow that star’, ‘A wonderful
Christmastime’, and ‘Jingle bell rock’. In addition to other popular Christmas
Ballads from the American Songbook, such as ‘Have yourself a merry little
Christmas’ and ‘White Christmas’, we have put a new spin on a couple of
‘traditional’ carols, like ‘Silent Night’ and ‘Es ist ein Ros entsprungen’.
Most of the arrangements were written especially for The Gents, and the addition
of instruments gives several of the pieces a completely different atmosphere,
such as, for example, the opening number, ‘Gaudete Christus est natus’: at first
it’s as though you were listening to a track from our earlier cd, with old
English music, but gradually it changes with the addition of the marimbas, and
finally it ends in a sparkling, swinging conclusion…!
Musicians: Vocal Ensemble: The Gents; Peter Dijkstra, conductor; with Marimba
Quartet Carrefour; Rubens Quartet; Mazym Minakov, double bass.
Selections:
1. Follow That Star - Peter Gritton
2. Gaudete Christus est natus - Anonymous
(from: Piae Cantiones 1582), arr: Bouwe de Jong
3. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen - Anonymous
(from: Alte geistliche Kirchengesang 1599), arr: Rene Veen
4. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane, arr: Peter Gritton
5. White Christmas - Irving Berlin, arr: Tijs Krammer
6. Walking In The Air - Howard Blake, arr: Tijs Krammer
7. Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney, arr: Tijs Krammer
8. Hijo de la luna - Jose Maria Cano, arr: Tijs Krammer
9. Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Fred Coot, arr: Peter Gritton
10. Just Another Star - Karl Jenkins & Carol Barratt, arr: Peter Gritton
11. Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms, arr: Tijs Krammer
12. Let It Snow - Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne, arr: Bouwe de Jong
13. The Christmas Song - Mel Torme & Robert Wells, arr: Peter Gritton
14. Sleighride (instrumental) - Leroy Anderson
15. Winter Wonderland - Felix Bernard, arr: Peter Gritton
16. Silent Night - Franz Gruber, arr: Euwe de Jong
Total Time: 52:41
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