Armonico Consort – Noel! – CD

Featuring a collection of carols both old and new, Armonico creates the perfect soundtrack for those who love an atmosphere at Christmas. Featuring world premiere recordings by Composer Toby Young and the first ever recording of ‘Star Song’ by Jonathan Dove on a Christmas album, there are also exquisitely sublime versions from ‘Silent Night’ to ‘Away in a Manger’.

It is ten years since our last carols recording, and we have collected some incredible works we have been so keen to record, including several commissioned from our composer in residence. Christmas somehow manages to inspire composers to write the most imaginative, both in terms of creativity and melodiousness, and Toby is an expert at making Christmas music sound just as we want it to be!

Composers: : Franz Xaver Gruber,Toby Young, Traditional, Bob Chilcott, Jonathan Dove, Harold Darke, Elizabeth Poston, Jean Mouton, John Rutter, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Jonathan Roberts.

1. O Adonai
2. On Christmas Night
3. The Shepherd’s Carol
4. The Astronomer’s Carol
5. The Star-Song
6. Away In a Manger
7. In the Bleak Midwinter
8. Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
9. O Little Town of Bethlehem
10. Nesciens Mater
11. Angel’s Carol
12. What Sweeter Music
13. O Magnum Mysterium
14. Hope Finds a Way
15. Silent Night