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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: Hodie & Fantasia on Christmas Carols

Janice Watson (soprano), Peter Hoare (tenor) & Stephen Gadd (baritone)

Guildford Choral Society, St Catherine’s School Choir & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton

Vaughan Williams: Hodie & Fantasia on Christmas Carols

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These are…engaging performances… in spacious modern sound…

BBC Music Magazine, December 20074 out of 5 stars

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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: Hodie & Fantasia on Christmas Carols

Janice Watson (soprano), Peter Hoare (tenor) & Stephen Gadd (baritone)

Guildford Choral Society, St Catherine’s School Choir & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton

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These are…engaging performances… in spacious modern sound…

BBC Music Magazine, December 20074 out of 5 stars

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  • Release date: 29th Oct 2007
  • Label: Naxos
  • Catalogue number: 8570439
  • Length: 70 minutes
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Contents and tracklist

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Work length11:47
Vaughan Williams: Hodie (This Day)
Work length59:03
Prologue: Nowell! Nowell!
Track length3:49
Narration: Now Is the birth of Jesus Christ
Track length4:52
Song. It was the winter wild
Track length4:47
Narration: And It came to pass in those days
Track length1:55
Choral. The blessed son of God
Track length2:25
Narration: And there were in the same country
Track length7:06
Song. The Oxen
Track length3:19
Narration: And the shepherds returned
Track length1:09
Pastoral: The shepherds sing
Track length3:05
Narration: But Mary kept all these things
Track length0:32
Lullaby: Sweet was the song the Virgin sang
Track length2:33
Hymn: Bright portals of the sky
Track length3:55
Narration: Now when Jesus was born
Track length2:58
The March of the 3 Kings: From kingdoms of wisdom
Track length7:32
Choral. No sad thought his soul affright
Track length2:19
Epilogue. In the beginning was the Word
Track length6:47

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  • Presto Recording of the Week
    19th November 2007

December 2007

These are…engaging performances… in spacious modern sound…
4 out of 5 stars

This is a work that should be done far more often… The clamour of bells, large and small, and of celebration prepare any audience to go out glowing into the snowy night and home.
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