Hyperion CDA66925 · October 1996
Various - O magnum misterium Twentieth-century carols
Polyphony, Stephen Layton (conductor)
Press
The Independent on Sunday2005A sequence of modern music to ancient texts, linked by austere insertions of Sarum plainchant, that surveys the renaissance of interest in the art-carol among most of the leading British composers of the first half of this…Read the review 
Organists Review2005The choir conveys Warlock’s genius quite irresistibly. These are superlative performances, beautifully recorded. A first-rate production.Read the review
Recorded: August 1996
Produced by Andrew Lucas
Engineered by Ken Blair
Release date: October 1996
Total duration: 76 minutes 31 seconds
Track list
- O Radix JesseAnonymous - liturgical0'44
- O Radix Jesse: Alleluya, a new Work is come on HandAnonymous - liturgical1'50
- Three Carol-Anthems: A Spotless RoseHerbert Howells (1892-1983)3'21
- Five Carols: Out of your sleepSir Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012)1'39
- Of a rose is all my songKenneth Leighton (1929-1988)5'45
- Five Carols: There is no roseSir Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012)2'14
- As dew in Aprylle I syng of a maydenPeter Warlock (1894-1930)1'49
- O magnum misteriumAnonymous - liturgical1'35
- Bethlehem Down When he is king we will give him the kings' giftsPeter Warlock (1894-1930)4'26
- Five Carols: That younge childSir Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012)1'14
- I saw a fair maidenPeter Warlock (1894-1930)4'02
- Three Carol-Anthems: Sing lullabyHerbert Howells (1892-1983)3'10
- Ave MariaAnonymous - liturgical1'29
- Five Carols: Sweet was the songSir Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012)2'17
- A Hymn of the NativityKenneth Leighton (1929-1988)6'23
- Lullaby my JesusPeter Warlock (1894-1930), Andrew Carter (b1939)2'55
- Hodie Christus natus estAnonymous - liturgical0'54
- All and someDr John Byrt (1940-2021)2'01
- Three Carols Op 25: An ode of the birth of our SaviourKenneth Leighton (1929-1988)3'45
- Five Carols: Susanni A little child there is ybornSir Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012)1'20
- Puer natus est nobisAnonymous - liturgical1'03
- Benedicamus Domino Procedenti pueroPeter Warlock (1894-1930)1'23
- A Cornish Christmas CarolPeter Warlock (1894-1930)4'27
- Reges TharsisAnonymous - liturgical0'55
- Three Carol-Anthems: Here is the little doorHerbert Howells (1892-1983)3'29
- Three Carols Op 25: The Star-songKenneth Leighton (1929-1988)4'29
- What cheer?Sir William Walton (1902-1983)1'04
- Three Carols Op 25: Lully, lulla, thou little tiny childKenneth Leighton (1929-1988)3'13
- Verbum caro factum estAnonymous - liturgical3'35
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