The Choir of Royal Holloway, directed by Rupert Gough, with Prunella Scales and Timothy West.The Choir of Royal Holloway is one of the finest mixed-voice collegiate choirs in Britain. Its first recording on Edition Peters Sounds brings together the music, atmosphere and ethos of Christmas at Royal Holloway in the Chapel, celebrating with both sacred and secular music.The album presents a broad mix of old and new complete with contemporary arrangements of familiar carols and pieces the Baltic states. Several pieces have not been recorded before, including an upper voice setting of William Blake's The Lamb by American composer George Whitefield Chadwick. New contemporary arrangements include Away in a manger by the Norwegian-born composer Ola Gjeilo. There are three arrangements by Royal Holloway musicians: O little one sweet (by a Royal Holloway choral scholar), Silent Night (by Rupert Gough) and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by a former choral scholar. Also previously unrecorded are original compositions by James Burton and Rihards Dubra. / Choeur Mixte

De Barbra Streisand est Quintuple Platinum un album de Noël, ce favori de vacances brille vraiment dans une nouvelle adaptation choral par Mark Hayes. / Choeur

Dieses Praxisbuch begleitet Kinder ab vier Jahren in Kitas, Grundschulen und Musikschulen durch die Winter- und Weihnachtszeit. Mit Versen, Liedern und Bewegungsvorschlägen, mit Basteltipps und Tanzbeschreibungen bietet das Buch viele Anregungen. So lässt sich die Zeit zwischen Sankt Martin und dem Eislaufen im Januar abwechslungsreich und fantasievoll gestalten.Neben traditionellen Liedern bietet das Werk auch zahlreiche neue Lieder, enthält viele Musiziervorschläge sowie Instrumentalmusik zum Bewegen und Tanzen. Es umfasst vier Kapitel: Sankt Martin - Bald nun ist Weihnachtszeit - Fröhliche Weihnacht überall - Endlich liegt genügend Schnee. Alle Lieder und Musikstücke sind auf der zum Buch gehörenden Begleit-CD enthalten. / Choeur

The 'Christmas Choirbook' is a collection of up-to-date, colorful arrangements of 22 Christmas songs from throughout the world. Among classics, dressed in new harmonic sounds, you will enjoy jazz and pop intonations, as well as gospel renditions of 'Go Tell It' and 'Joyful'. The skandinavien Christmas songs are particularly special: contemplative and musical, even droll as in the story about the Christmas troll in the finnish 'Tomtarnass Julnatt'.The 'Christmas Choirbook' offers many stylistic choices for the Christmas and Advent season choir music, so let the available CD (ED 9896-50) inspire you in the joyful singing of these pieces. Of course the recordings, meant only as a first and hopefully appealing impression, represent only a few of the many possible interpretations you will bring to the arrangements.Full verses were intentionally not recorded, although we did overlay simple instrumental accompaniments to the a cappella movements. In addition, the CD includes pure choire versions as well as some 'sing-a-longs', i.e. instrumental tracks for you to use as half-playback. / Choeur