DESCRIPTION:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958): Hodie, Christmas Cantata per soli, coro e orchestra (1954).

I. Prologue: Nowell ! Nowell !
II. Narration: Now is the Birth of Jesus Christ [03:49]
III. Song: It was the winter wild [08:42]
IV. Narration: And it came to pass in those days [13:29]
V. Choral: The blessed son of God [15:24]
VI. Narration: And there were in the same country [17:50]
VII. Song: The Oxen [24:57]
VIII. Narration: And the shepherds returned [28:17]
IX. Pastoral: The shepherds sing [29:26]
X. Narration: But Mary kept all these things [32:32]
XI. Lullaby: Sweet was the song the Virgin sang [33:04]
XII. Hymn: Bright portals of the sky [35:39]
XIII. Narration: Now when Jesus was born [39:34]
XIV. The March of the Three Kings; From kingdoms of wisdom [42:32]
XV. Choral: No sad throught his soul affright [50:05]
XVI. Epilogue: In the beginning was the Word [52:24]

Janice Watson, soprano
Peter Hoare, tenore
Stephen Gadd, baritono
Guildford Choral Society
St Catherine's School Middle Chamber Choir
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra diretta da Hilary Davan Wetton.

Cover image: painting by William Adolphe Bouguereau.

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