Par TEMPERLEY N.. Both a dedicated carol singer and an authority on the history of English music, Nicholas Temperley here offers a unique book of 37 carols dating from the fifteenth century to the present. For over fifty years he has sung, edited and composed carols each Christmas, and in Christmas is Coming the fruit of his enthusiasm is combined with his wealth of knowledge to produce an outstanding and original new collection. As John Rutter observes in his Foreword, the book does not pointlessly duplicate what can be found in many other carol books, but has a personality and purpose of its own. Twenty-two fresh and practical arrangements include carols from Austria, France, Germany, Mexico, Poland and the USA, alongside music both rare and familiar from the rich heritage of the English carol tradition. As well as eight of his personal favourites, from J. S. Bach to Charles Ives, the author includes seven new compositions of his own, settings of medieval and traditional texts that reveal his skill as a choral composer whose command of style ranges from the humorous to the profound. In addition to sample programmes and translations, there are invaluable notes on the performance and history of individual items, plus an historical summary of the genre as a whole: everything in fact to make Christmas is Coming an indispensable companion for singers who wish to enrich the seasonal repertoire for concerts, churches and traditional Yuletide carolling./ Recueil / Chorale

Par PURCELL HENRY. A shortened version of Purcell's Fairy Queen for concert performance devised by Peter Pears, with the words taken from an anonymous adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream./ Répertoire / Chorale

Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. Schubert's much-loved masterpiece is a mainstay of the classical choral repertoire. Prepared from the composer's autograph manuscript, Brian Newbould's authoritative new performing edition takes account of invaluable additional source material in Schubert's hand, discovered recently and held in the Monastery Library at Klosterneuburg./ Répertoire / Chorale

Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. Prepared from the composer's autograph manuscript, Brian Newbould's authoritative new performing edition of Schubert's celebratory Magnificat brings this little-known masterpiece to light. A short, perfectly crafted setting, written by the young composer in 1815, it provides the ideal concert opener or partner to other more extended concert works. A full score is also available (0-571-52009-X)/ Répertoire / Chorale

Par CHARPENTIER MARC-ANTOINE. Through the well-known first theme of its opening Prelude , Charpentier's spectacular Te Deum has become the best-known of all French baroque grands motets. Prepared by the distinguished French baroque scholar Lionel Sawkins from the composer's original manuscript, this is the first authoritative performing edition of the work. / Niveau : Assez Facile / Répertoire / Chorale

Par BRALEY BERNARD. Edited by Bernard Braley Bernard Braley's fascinating anthology begins with the Biblical premise, from Micah, that we are required to offer our work itself as living worship and living prayer. To this is added Teilhard de Chardin's modern insight that in the work of spirit, conducted through an individual's profession or vocation, lies 'the very bonework of society'. A wealth of quotations, extracts, prayers, hymns and interviews challenges both Christian and secular interpretations of work, at a time when changes wrought by new technology are daily transforming our fundamental concepts of human labour. ISBN 0 85249 831 4/ Livre / Livre