…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.
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
Purchase Options
You have the option to either buy the physical CD, or download the full recording or individual tracks in a choice of formats. The prices listed below will update when you change the following format:
# | Title | Composer | Duration | Price | Listen | Add to Cart |
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1 | Alleluia | 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 | 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 | arr. David Willcocks | 01:44 | £ | Listen | |
12 | Away In A Manger | arr. Nigel Short | 04:17 | £ | Listen | |
13 | Adeste Fideles | Plainsong | 00:48 | £ | Listen | |
14 | O Come All Ye Faithful | 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 | |
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…more polished choral singing would be hard to find anywhere
BBC Music Magazine
an almost ecstatic tenderness
Gramophone Magazine
exquisitely understated… singing of sincere simplicity
International Record Review