First Nowell: Carols from Westminster Cathedral

Winchester Cathedral Ch Hill (Artist), Peter Hill (Artist), Alexander Choir (Artist), Fanfare Trumpets (Artist), Carl Thiel (Composer), Christmas Traditional (Composer), Harold Darke (Composer), Franz Xaver Gruber (Composer), Henry John Gauntlett (Composer), Peter Warlock (Composer), Patrick Hadley (Composer), Felix [1] Mendelssohn (Composer), Louis Vierne (Composer), Hill (Composer), Wood (Composer), Pearsall (Composer), David Hill (Conductor), James O'Donnell (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: James O'Donnell
• Conductor: David Hill
• Composer: Carl Thiel, Christmas Traditional, Harold Darke, Franz Xaver Gruber, Henry John Gauntlett, et al.
• Audio CD (June 8, 2010)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Griffin Records
• ASIN: B00005REQA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #226,062 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas at Westminster Cathedral, December 24, 2009

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C. Rileigh "disc collector" (Madison Hts, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: First Nowell: Carols from Westminster Cathedral (Audio CD)

Westminster Cathedral is the Roman Catholic Cathedral in London, England. The choirs at the Cathedral are excellent and have made many compact discs. One of the earlier discs (once available on MCA on vinyl) is the one under discussion. First, the sound is fantastic! (I heard the vinyl disc today, and the sound, even in the late 1980s, was enough to "blow the roof off the house".) The CD is every bit as good in sound.

The Westminster Choir is well-trained and well-rehearsed. The accompanying brass performers send chills down the spine, and the organ playing is deep and rich. Hill's conducting of these traditional pieces, in various arrangements, is first-rate.

If anything distracts from the disc, it would be that the disc ends too quickly. I could have listened again and again to it!

Highly recommended to all lovers of music for the Feast of Christmas!