…more polished choral singing would be hard to find anywhere
– BBC Music Magazine
The Dream of Herod
The Dream of Herod features music for Advent, anthems for the Mother and Child, music for Christmas, and The Dream of Herod, a semi-dramatic contemporary work by Nigel Short with a particular resonance at Christmas.
…more polished choral singing would be hard to find anywhere
– BBC Music Magazine
- Release Date: 15 November 2002
- Record Label: Signum Classics
- Catalogue Number: SIGCD046
- Location of Recording: St Bartholomew-the-Great, West Smithfield, London
- Total Running Time: 01:00:15
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| Buy | # | Title | Composer | Duration | Price | Listen |
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| 1 | Alleluya | Peter Wishart | 01:55 | £ | Listen | |
| 2 | O Radix Jesse | Plainsong | 01:02 | £ | Listen | |
| 3 | A Spotless Rose | Herbert Howells | 03:38 | £ | Listen | |
| 4 | Rorate Coeli | Plainsong | 06:02 | £ | Listen | |
| 5 | Of The Father's Heart Begotten | Piae Cantiones (arr. David Willcocks) | 03:34 | £ | Listen | |
| 6 | Ave Maria | Plainsong | 00:33 | £ | Listen | |
| 7 | I Sing of a Maiden | Patrick Hadley | 04:00 | £ | Listen | |
| 8 | Puer Natus Est Nobis | Plainsong | 01:19 | £ | Listen | |
| 9 | A Flower Given To My Daughter | Bob Chilcott | 03:01 | £ | Listen | |
| 10 | Silent Night | Franz Gruber (arr. Barry Rose) | 04:26 | £ | Listen | |
| 11 | Sussex Carol | Traditional (arr. David Willcocks) | 01:44 | £ | Listen | |
| 12 | Away In A Manger | Kirkpatrick (arr. Nigel Short) | 04:17 | £ | Listen | |
| 13 | Adeste Fideles | Plainsong | 00:48 | £ | Listen | |
| 14 | O Come All Ye Faithful | Traditional (arr. David Willcocks) | 04:13 | £ | Listen | |
| 15 | The Dream of Herod: Herod's Despair | Nigel Short | 03:03 | £ | Listen | |
| 16 | The Dream of Herod: The visit of the Magi | Nigel Short | 03:00 | £ | Listen | |
| 17 | The Dream of Herod: The chorus of the voiceless infants | Nigel Short | 02:16 | £ | Listen | |
| 18 | The Dream of Herod: The chorus of the parents of Judaea | Nigel Short | 02:49 | £ | Listen | |
| 19 | The Dream of Herod: Mary and Joseph appear to Herod | Nigel Short | 02:49 | £ | Listen | |
| 20 | The Dream of Herod: Jesus appears to Herod | Nigel Short | 05:35 | £ | Listen |
an almost ecstatic tenderness
– Gramophone Magazine
exquisitely understated… singing of sincere simplicity
– International Record Review
