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Bill Ives leads the famed Choir of Magdalen College Choir in this selection of choral favorites for Advent and Christmas.The music on this recording ranges from quiet reflection and anticipation to the excitement and celebration of the birth of Jesus and the coming of the Wise Men. Magdalen College is one of the oldest choral foundations in England, with an unbroken tradition stretching back to 1480.The Choir retains much the same shape as it had in the 15th-century, with 16 boy Choristers (educated at Magdalen College School) and 12 adult Academical Clerks (undergraduates of the College).

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Anon.: Ninna nanna di Gesù bambino(arr. Grayston Ives)
Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV659 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland'
Chorale Prelude BWV662 'Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr'
Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin
Buxtehude: Fantasia on 'Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern', BuxWV223
Byrd: An earthly tree
Gardner, J: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
Gregorian Chant: Creator alme siderum
Guerrero: Pastores loquebantur
Ives, G: Sweet was the song
Mathias: Sir Christèmas
Mendelssohn: Hark! the herald angels sing
Palestrina: I look from afar
Rorate coeli
Reger: Mariä Wiegenlied, Op. 76 No. 52
Stainer: How beautiful upon the mountains
Trad.: O come, o come, Emmanuel
In Dulci Jubilo(arr. Pearsall)
Of the Father's heart begotten
Vaughan Williams: The truth sent from above
The blessed Son of God
Warlock: Benedicamus Domino
Wood, C: View me, Lord

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