BE MERRY! Gloriæ Dei Cantores Advent Christmas Reviewed by Mary Katherine May

I recommend this CD
be merry!
Celebrate Advent and Christmas with
Gloriæ Dei Cantores
Director Elizabeth C. PattersonISBN 978-1-55725-625-6
UPC 709887004629
Total Time 67:51
Retail Price $18.95


There are a lot of Christmas CDs available for sale in a multitude of styles. If your style includes the best of traditional seasonal music, if your preference is for music done well, with energy and convincingly -- this will be a recording that you will enjoy. From traditional harmonies to more current sound, each of the 24 songs is a pleasurable listening experience.


I recommend this CD.

1. What Cheer? ... Seagull Seven (speech choir)
2. Adam Lay Ybounden ... Boris Ord
3. Noël Nouvelet ... arr. John Rutter
4. Down in Yon Forest ... arr. John Rutter
5. Today the Virgin ... John Tavener
6. Gaudete ... arr. Richard Lakey
7. Go, Tell It on the Mountain ... arr. Cynthia Dobrinksi, Extol Handbell Choir
8. Patapan ... arr. Reginald Jacques
9. All this Time ... William Walton
10. Immortal Babe, Who in Thine Own Way ... David Campbell
11. Shepherd's Pipe Carol ... arr. John Rutter
12. In a Humble Cattle Shed ... Theodora Hall, arr. Seagull Seven
13. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen ... arr. Valerie W. Stephenson, Extol Handbell Choir
14. What Child Is This? ... arr. Seagull Seven
15. A Boy was Born ... Benjamin Britten
16. My Dancing Day ... Gerald Near
17. Joys Seven ... arr. Stephen Cleobury
18. Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow ... arr. Cynthia Dobrinski, Extol Handbell Choir
19. Go, Tell It on the Mountain ... arr. John Rutter
20. The Snow Lay on the Ground ... Alfred Burt, arr. Beth P. McCoy
21. Ah, Bleak and Chill the Wintry Wind
22. We'll Dress the House
23. Caroling, Caroling
24. Deck the Hall ... arr. Seagull Seven, Gabriel V Brass Quintet

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