Hyperion CDA66925 · October 1996
Various - O magnum misterium Twentieth-century carols
Polyphony, Stephen Layton (conductor)
Reviews
The Independent on Sunday2005A sequence of modern music to ancient texts – linked by austere insertions of Sarum plainchant – that surveys the renaissance of interest in the art-carol among most of the leading British composers of the first half of this…Read the review 
Organists Review2005The choir conveys Warlock’s genius quite irresistibly. These are superlative performances, beautifully recorded. A first-rate production.Read the review
Recorded: August 1996
Produced by Andrew Lucas
Engineered by Ken Blair
Release date: October 1996
Total duration: 76 minutes 31 seconds
Track list
- O Radix JesseAnonymous - liturgical0'44
- O Radix Jesse: Alleluya, a new Work is come on HandAnonymous - liturgical1'50
- Three Carol-Anthems: A Spotless RoseHerbert Howells (1892-1983)3'21
- Five Carols: Out of your sleepSir Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012)1'39
- Of a rose is all my songKenneth Leighton (1929-1988)5'45
- Five Carols: There is no roseSir Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012)2'14
- As dew in Aprylle I syng of a maydenPeter Warlock (1894-1930)1'49
- O magnum misteriumAnonymous - liturgical1'35
- Bethlehem Down When he is king we will give him the kings' giftsPeter Warlock (1894-1930)4'26
- Five Carols: That younge childSir Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012)1'14
- I saw a fair maidenPeter Warlock (1894-1930)4'02
- Three Carol-Anthems: Sing lullabyHerbert Howells (1892-1983)3'10
- Ave MariaAnonymous - liturgical1'29
- Five Carols: Sweet was the songSir Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012)2'17
- A Hymn of the NativityKenneth Leighton (1929-1988)6'23
- Lullaby my JesusPeter Warlock (1894-1930), Andrew Carter (b1939)2'55
- Hodie Christus natus estAnonymous - liturgical0'54
- All and someDr John Byrt (1940-2021)2'01
- Three Carols Op 25: An ode of the birth of our SaviourKenneth Leighton (1929-1988)3'45
- Five Carols: Susanni A little child there is ybornSir Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012)1'20
- Puer natus est nobisAnonymous - liturgical1'03
- Benedicamus Domino Procedenti pueroPeter Warlock (1894-1930)1'23
- A Cornish Christmas CarolPeter Warlock (1894-1930)4'27
- Reges TharsisAnonymous - liturgical0'55
- Three Carol-Anthems: Here is the little doorHerbert Howells (1892-1983)3'29
- Three Carols Op 25: The Star-songKenneth Leighton (1929-1988)4'29
- What cheer?Sir William Walton (1902-1983)1'04
- Three Carols Op 25: Lully, lulla, thou little tiny childKenneth Leighton (1929-1988)3'13
- Verbum caro factum estAnonymous - liturgical3'35
Recording details from Hyperion Records.