O magnum misterium: 20th Century Christmas Carols

Polyphony, Peter Wishart, Stephen Layton, Herbert Howells, Richard Rodney Bennett, Kenneth Leighton, Peter Warlock, John Byrt & William Walton

29 SONGS • 1 HOUR AND 17 MINUTES • OCT 01 1996

1

Anonymous: O Radix Jesse

00:45

2

P. Wishart: 3 Carols, Op. 17: No. 3, Alleluya, a New Work Is Come on Hand

Stephen Layton, Polyphony & Peter Wishart

01:57

3

Howells: 3 Carol-Anthems: No. 2, A Spotless Rose

Stephen Layton, Polyphony & Herbert Howells

03:23

4

Richard Rodney Bennett: 5 Carols: No. 2, Out of Your Sleep

Stephen Layton, Polyphony & Richard Rodney Bennett

01:43

5

Leighton: Of a Rose Is All My Song

Stephen Layton, Polyphony & Kenneth Leighton

05:51

6

Richard Rodney Bennett: 5 Carols: No. 1, There Is No Rose

Stephen Layton, Polyphony & Richard Rodney Bennett

02:20

7

Warlock: As Dew in Aprylle

Stephen Layton, Polyphony & Peter Warlock

01:54

8

Anonymous: O magnum misterium

Stephen Layton & Polyphony

01:35

9

Warlock: Bethlehem Down

Stephen Layton, Polyphony & Peter Warlock

04:33

10

Richard Rodney Bennett: 5 Carols: No. 3, That Younge Child

Stephen Layton, Polyphony & Richard Rodney Bennett

01:16

11

Warlock: I Saw a Fair Maiden

Stephen Layton, Polyphony & Peter Warlock

03:56

12

Howells: 3 Carol-Anthems: No. 3, Sing Lullaby

Stephen Layton, Polyphony & Herbert Howells

03:16

13

Anonymous: Ave Maria

01:27

14

Richard Rodney Bennett: 5 Carols: No. 4, Sweet Was the Song

Stephen Layton, Polyphony & Richard Rodney Bennett

02:20

15

Leighton: A Hymn of the Nativity

Stephen Layton, Polyphony & Kenneth Leighton

06:31

16

Warlock: Lullaby My Jesus

Stephen Layton, Polyphony & Peter Warlock

03:00

17

Anonymous: Hodie Christus natus est

Stephen Layton & Polyphony

00:54

18

Byrt: All and Some

Stephen Layton, Polyphony & John Byrt

01:58

19

Leighton: 3 Carols, Op. 25: No. 3, An Ode of the Birth of Our Saviour

Stephen Layton, Polyphony & Kenneth Leighton

03:47

20

Richard Rodney Bennett: 5 Carols: No. 5, Susanni

Stephen Layton, Polyphony & Richard Rodney Bennett

01:24

21

Anonymous: Puer natus est nobis

Stephen Layton & Polyphony

01:02

22

Warlock: Benedicamus Domino

Stephen Layton, Polyphony & Peter Warlock

01:28

23

Warlock: A Cornish Christmas Carol

Stephen Layton, Polyphony & Peter Warlock

04:32

24

Anonymous: Reges Tharsis

Stephen Layton & Polyphony

00:58

25

Howells: 3 Carol-Anthems: No. 1, Here Is the Little Door

Stephen Layton, Polyphony & Herbert Howells

03:32

26

Leighton: 3 Carols, Op. 25: No. 1, The Star-Song

Stephen Layton, Polyphony & Kenneth Leighton

04:28

27

Walton: What Cheer?

Stephen Layton, Polyphony & William Walton

01:08

28

Leighton: 3 Carols, Op. 25: No. 2, Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child

Stephen Layton, Polyphony & Kenneth Leighton

03:17

29

Anonymous: Verbum caro factum est

Polyphony & Stephen Layton

03:32

℗© 1996 Hyperion Records Limited