The Christmas Album Phoenix Chorale & Christopher Gabbitas

• Traditional: Veni Veni Emmanuel:
• 1 Traditional: Veni Veni Emmanuel (Arr. for Choir by Philip Lawson) 03:25
• El Nino Querido:
• 2 Traditional: El Nino Querido (Arr. for Choir by Goff Richards & Christopher Gabbitas) 03:16
• Claro Abril Resplandecio:
• 3 Traditional: Claro Abril Resplandecio (Arr. for Choir by Goff Richards & Christopher Gabbitas) 02:06
• Nit de Vetlla:
• 4 Traditional: Nit de Vetlla (Arr. for Choir by Goff Richards & Christopher Gabbitas) 03:11
• Orlando di Lasso (1532 - 1594): Resonet in Laudibus:
• 5 Lasso: Resonet in Laudibus 04:03
• Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951): Trinity Triptych:
• 6 McDowall: Trinity Triptych: O Magnum Mysterium 04:21
• 7 McDowall: Trinity Triptych: O Nata Lux 03:44
• Traditional: Trinity Triptych:
• 8 Traditional: Trinity Triptych: O Virgo Virginum 02:45
• Francisco Guerrero (1528 - 1599): Beati Dei Genitrix Maria:
• 9 Guerrero: Beati Dei Genitrix Maria 03:30
• Traditional: Gaudete:
• 10 Traditional: Gaudete (Arr. for Choir by Brian Kay & Christopher Gabbitas) 01:42
• Tom Peterson: A Quiet Chamber:
• 11 Peterson: A Quiet Chamber 04:40
• Traditional: The Wexford Carol:
• 12 Traditional: The Wexford Carol (Arr. for Choir by Kira Zee man Rugen) 04:55
• Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934): In the Bleak Midwinter:
• 13 Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter (Arr. for Choir by Alexander L’Estrange) 05:33
• Stanford Scriven (b. 1988): Christ the Apple Tree:
• 14 Scriven: Christ the Apple Tree 03:53
• Ariel Ramirez (1921 - 2010): La Peregrinacion:
• 15 Ramirez: La Peregrinacion (Arr. for Choir by Peter Knight & Christopher Gabbitas) 04:03
• Felix Bernard (1897 - 1944): Winter Wonderland:
• 16 Bernard: Winter Wonderland (Arr. for Choir by Alexander L’Estrange) 03:36
• Leroy Anderson (1908 - 1975): Sleigh Ride:
• 17 Anderson: Sleigh Ride (Arr. for Choir by Alexander L’Estrange) 02:40
• Mel Tormé (1925 - 1999): The Christmas Song:
• 18 Tormé: The Christmas Song (Arr. for Choir by Peter Knight & Christopher Gabbitas) 03:31
• James Lord Pierpont (1822 - 1893): Jingle Bells:
• 19 Pierpont: Jingle Bells (Arr. for Choir by Ben Parry) 02:43
• Franz Xaver Gruber (1787 - 1863): Noche de Paz:
• 20 Gruber: Noche de Paz (Arr. for Choir by James Burton) 03:35
• Total Runtime 01:11:12

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This is a Christmas album that has a sense of place, clearly identifying the Chorale as both American and from a border state with Mexico, and something for everyone whether they prefer serious or light festive fare. There is Hispanic influence in the repertoire choices, which include Catalan folksongs as well as Hispanic Renaissance music. It includes a commission by Cecilia McDowall, written for Christmas 2021, new arrangements of all tracks and also some contemporary Christmas favourites such as Sleigh Ride and Jingle Bells. This marks the Chorale’s return to recording following an 8-year hiatus, and their first album with Signum Records.

“Festive repertoire plays an important role in the performance cycle of every choir, and it felt fitting to begin our journey with a Christmas recording that established a sense of place for the ensemble: we chose to record repertoire that is all American or Hispanic in origin, save for the newly-commissioned piece by Cecilia McDow- all that was written to mark the centenary of our home in Phoenix, Trinity Cathedral. Our aim is to translate the warmth of Arizona into our sound, to convey the rhetoric of every text, and celebrate the good health of the American Choral Tradition.” (Christopher Gabbitas)

Phoenix Chorale
Christopher Gabbitas, direction

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