Christmas a cappella:
Songs From Around the World
Our most recent recording on the Cedille Records label celebrates the holiday season with Christmas songs from Africa, France, Denmark, Canada, and America, as well as two works on Hebrew texts for Chanukah.
“moving, superbly sung performances of beautiful music…The singing is polished, committed, and fresh….Chicago a cappella [has] a full, expressive tone …one is left to marvel at how these singers sound like a single voice one moment, and separate-but-equal solo voices the next.”
—American Record Guide
Track Listing
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| Amuworo ayi otu nwa Christian Onyeji |
| What Sweeter Music Wayland Rogers |
| Il est Né, le Divin Enfant arr. J. David Moore |
| The Huron Carol arr. Eleanor Daley |
| I Wonder as I Wander John Jacob Niles, arr. Steve Pilkington |
| Splendid Jewel Stephen Paulus |
| Lo Yisa Goy Stacy Garrop |
| Who is the baby? Rosephanye Powell |
| The Christ-child’s Lullaby Gwyneth Walker |
| O Come, O Come Emmanuel arr. Jerry J Troxell |
| Noël Nouvelet arr. Ian Humphris |
| Prayer of the Venerable Bede Richard Proulx |
| En stjerne er sat Per Nørgård |
| Hodie Carol Barnett |
| Nyathi Onyuol Enrico Oweggi |
| Aleih Neiri Chaim Parchi arr. Joshua Jacobson |
| Jingle a cappella arr. James Clemens |
| O Lux Beatissima Howard Helvey |
Additional Details
Cedille Records 90000 107
Running time: 64:10
Includes 32-page booklet with notes, texts and translations
Recorded at Bond Chapel, University of Chicago
Producers: Patrick Sinozich and James Ginsburg
Engineer: Bill Maylone
Performers
Soprano
Mezzo-soprano
- Elizabeth Grizzell
- Susan Schober
Tenor
- Hoss Brock
- Cary Lovett
Bass
- Michael Boschert
- Matt Greenberg
- Benjamin Rivera