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Mindful Mix: Choral Christmas

Rejuvenate body and soul this Christmas time with a selection of warm and reflective choral music.

Rejuvenate body and soul this Christmas time with a selection of warm and reflective choral music to bring in light and cast out the stresses of the everyday.

Featuring serene and uplifting seasonal favourites for voices alongside glowing textures by Morten Lauridsen, Elizabeth Poston and Harry Burleigh.

Produced by James Taylor and Steven Rajam
An Overcoat Media production for 大象传媒 Sounds. MM.

Release date:

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2 hours, 60 minutes

Music Played

  • Trad.

    In Dulci Jubilo

    Music Arranger: Robert Lucas Pearsall. Lyricist: Trad.. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • 101 Christmas.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Nata Lux

    Lyricist: Morten Lauridsen. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Lux.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 11.
  • Trad.

    The Coventry Carol

    Music Arranger: Percy Dearmer. Music Arranger: Martin Shaw. Lyricist: Trad.. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Richard Marlow.
    • Music for Christmas.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 22.
  • Harry Burleigh

    My Lord, What a Mornin'

    Composer: Chattanooga Choral Arts Society. Composer: Robert Bode. Choir: Chattanooga Choral Arts Society. Conductor: Robert Bode.
    • Gothic.
  • Elizabeth Poston

    Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

    Ensemble: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave verum corpus

    Performer: Andrew Fletcher. Choir: Ex Cathedra. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • Ex Cathedra.
  • Anon.

    The First Nowell

    Music Arranger: Ola Gjeilo. Choir: Royal Holloway Choir. Lyricist: Anon..
    • Winter Songs.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.
  • Ola Gjeilo

    Ubi Caritas

    Performer: Ola Gjeilo. Lyricist: Anonymous. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Ola Gjeilo.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Anon.

    Jesu dulcis memoria

    Lyricist: Anon.. Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • The Sacred Flame.
    • Collegium.
    • 13.
  • Olivier Messiaen

    O sacrum convivium!

    Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Lyricist: Anon.. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.
    • Bluebird - Music Of Contemplation.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 18.
  • Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych

    Carol of the Bells

    Choir: National Choir of Ukraine "Dumka".
    • Melodiya.
  • Peter Warlock

    Bethlehem Down

    Ensemble: Voces 8.
    • Classical Christmas Collection.
    • Signum Records.
    • 26.
  • Thomas Tallis

    If Ye Love Me

    Performer: Jeffrey Skidmore. Director: Andrew Fletcher. Choir: Ex Cathedra.
    • The Sound Corporation.
  • Gustav Holst

    In the bleak midwinter

    Performer: Matthew Martin. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Daniel Hyde.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Requiem, Op. 48: 7. In paradisum

    Choir: Orchestre Symphonique de Montr茅al Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al. Lyricist: Trad.. Conductor: Charles Dutoit. Lyricist: Anonymous.
    • 50 Classical Chillout - by Classic FM.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 14.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux Aurumque

    Lyricist: Edward Esch. Conductor: Eric Whitacre. Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers.
    • Light & Gold.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 1.
  • Amy Beach

    Peace I Leave with You

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 10.
  • Kim Andr茅 Arnesen

    Even When He is Silent

    Choir: Cantus. Conductor: Tove Ramlo-Ystad.
    • SPES.
    • 2L.
    • 11.
  • John Tavener

    The Lamb

    Lyricist: William Blake. Choir: The Rodolfus Choir. Conductor: Ralph Allwood.
    • Signum.
  • Philip Stopford

    Do Not Be Afraid

    Conductor: Philip Stopford. Ensemble: Ecclesium Choir.
    • Priory Records Ltd.
  • Bob Chilcott

    The Shepherd's Carol

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Lyricist: Anon.. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • A Christmas Festival.
    • Collegium.
    • 3.
  • Karl Jenkins

    Benedictus

    Performer: Christian Forshaw. Lyricist: Trad.. Music Arranger: Thomas Hewitt Jones. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Eventide.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 11.
  • Trad.

    Herefordshire Carol

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Music Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Lyricist: Trad..
    • Favourite Carols from King's.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 3.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    O magnum mysterium

    Lyricist: Trad.. Conductor: Nicol Matt. Choir: Chamber Choir of Europe.
    • Classical Christmas.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 112.
  • William Byrd

    Miserere mihi, Domine

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • The Deer's Cry.
    • CORO.
    • 6.
  • Kerensa Briggs

    Media Vita

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 6.
  • Frank Ticheli

    Earth Song

    Ensemble: VOCES8. Conductor: Barnaby Smith.
    • After Silence.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 29.
  • Will Todd

    In This Place

    Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Will Todd: Lux Et Veritas - Music for Peace and Reflection.
    • Signum Records.
    • 9.
  • Eleanor Daley

    Grandmother Moon

    Composer: Mary Louise Martin. Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 11.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Alleluia

    Conductor: Eric Whitacre. Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers.
    • Water Night.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 3.
  • John Rutter

    A Choral Amen

    Conductor: John Rutter. Lyricist: Anon.. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.
    • O Praise the Lord of Heaven.
    • Collegium.
    • 12.
  • Caroline Shaw

    and the swallow

    Conductor: Paul Hillier. Choir: Ars Nova Copenhagen.
    • ...and....
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Ivo Antognini

    Come to Me

    Lyricist: Christina Rossetti. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Ivo Antognini: Come to Me in the Silence of the Night - Choral Works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • John Rutter

    What Sweeter Music

    Lyricist: Robert Herrick. Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.
    • Candlelight: Seasonal Reflections & Celebrations.
    • Collegium.
    • 12.
  • Herbert Howells

    A Spotless Rose

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Path茅tique": II. Adagio cantabile

    Choir: S茫o Paulo Symphony Orchestra Choir. Music Arranger: Heitor Villa鈥怢obos. Conductor: Valentina Peleggi.
    • Villa-Lobos: Choral Transcriptions.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Becky McGlade

    Missa Brevis: Sanctus & Benedictus

    Ensemble: Boosey & Hawkes.
    • Boosey & Hawkes.
  • Rebecca Dale

    Materna Requiem: 10. In Paradisum: If I Should Go

    Lyricist: Joyce Grenfell. Choir: Kantos Chamber Choir. Conductor: Clark Rundell.
    • Dale: Requiem For My Mother.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 10.
  • Undine Smith Moore

    We Shall Walk Through The Valley

    Ensemble: Apollo5.
    • Haven.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 7.
  • Sally Beamish

    In the stillness

    Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • In Winter's House.
    • Signum Records.
    • 20.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    The Bluebird

    Ensemble: Crimson Ensemble.
    • Enchantment - 40 Peaceful Classics.
    • Vex.
    • 37.
  • Christopher Harris

    Bring me all your dreams

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Lucy Walker

    Intuition

    Ensemble: 大象传媒 Singers.
  • Joseph Phibbs

    Sleep, little one sleep

    Conductor: Nigel Short. Ensemble: Tenebrae.
    • In Winter's House.
    • Signum Records.
    • 25.
  • Dougie MacLean

    Caledonia

    Music Arranger: Blake Morgan. Lyricist: Dougie MacLean. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Enchanted Isle.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 17.
  • John Rutter

    Requiem: Pie Jesu

    Performer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Timothy Brown. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.
    • Rutter: Requiem - Anthems.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Trad.

    Auld Lang Syne

    Music Arranger: Tom Wilkinson. Ensemble: St Salvator鈥檚 Chapel Choir. Conductor: Tom Wilkinson.
    • Ca鈥 the Yowes - A Traditional Tapestry.
    • SANCTIANDREE.
    • 15.

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