Spotless [CD]
Artistic Director Matthew Guard leads a luminous Christmas program on Spotless, a festive release from Skylark Vocal Ensemble. Built around Hugo Distler's ethereal variations on Lo How a Rose, this recording ushers in the holiday season through Skylark's trademark virtuosity and warmth. Based on the critically acclaimed program Winter's Night, this newly re-mastered and substantially expanded album stands as a testament to Skylark's engrossing performances. Holiday choral classics sit alongside several world premiere recordings, including The Shepherd Girl by Ben Rowarth. Distler's seven variations on Lo How a Rose weave throughout the album, serving as a unifying stylistic thread throughout this celebratory new release.
Tracklist:
- Traditional, Arr. Michael Praetorious: Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen
- Gregorio Allegri: Salvatorem Expectamus (Ed. By John K. Cox)
- Anonymous: Corde Natus Ex Parentis Divinum Mysterium
- Hugo Distler: Die Weihnachtsgeschichte, Op. 10: Var. 1, Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen
- Herbert Howells: A Spotless Rose
- Hugo Distler: Die Weihnachtsgeschichte, Op. 10: Var. 2, Das Röslein, Das Ich Meine
- Tomás Luis de Victoria: O Magnum Mysterium
- Giovanni Bernardino Nanino: Salve Regina (Ed. By John K. Cox)
- Arvo PÄRT: Bogoróditse Djévo
- Pierre Villette: Hymne À la Vierge, Op. 24
- Hugo Distler: Die Weihnachtsgeschichte, Op. 10: Var. 3, Meine Seele Erhebt Gott, Den Herren
- John Tavener: Today the Virgin
- Hugo Distler: Die Weihnachtsgeschichte, Op. 10: Var. 4, Das Blümelein So Kleine
- Jean Mouton: Nesciens Mater
- Traditional, Arr. Reginald Jacques: Away in a Manger
- Traditional, Arr. David Willcocks ; Matthew Guard: Quelle Est Cette Odeur Agréable?
- Hugo Distler: Die Weihnachtsgeschichte, Op. 10: Var. 5, Die Hirten Zu Der Stunden
- Georges Dupuy de Méry: Marie Berçant L'enfant Jésus
- Hugo Distler: Die Weihnachtsgeschichte, Op. 10: Var. 6, Lob, Her Sei Gott Dem Vater
- Bob Chilcott: The Shepherd's Carol
- Ben Rowarth: The Shepherd Girl
- Peter Warlock: Bethlehem Down
- Hugo Distler: Die Weihnachtsgeschichte, Op. 10: Var. 7, So Singen Wir All Amen
- Elizabeth Poston: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
- Traditional, Arr. Michael Praetorius ; Jan Sandström: Det ÄR en Ros Utsprungen
UPC: 5030822000723
Label: Arlos Records
Release Date: 12.4.26
Format: CD
Spotless [CD]
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