A Christmas Fantasia
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A Christmas Fantasia is a collection of carols and fantasias written (mainly) by Ralph Vaughan Williams and his friends and former students The exception is a new carol composed by the album's director, William Vann, setting a poem by Ivor Gurney. The two most substantial works are Vaughan Williams's own 'Fantasia on Christmas Carols', which has never ceased to be popular since it was first produced in 1912, and Gustav Holst's 'Christmas Day', a 'choral fantasy on old carols' from 1910. There are shorter works by Holst himself and by Herbert Howells, John Ireland, Rebecca Clarke, Armstrong Gibbs, Gerald Finzi, Elizabeth Maconchy and William Vann. William Vann conducts the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. The choir regularly records for Albion Records and featured on two very successful earlier Christmas collections: ALBCD035 A Vaughan Williams Christmas, and ALBCD050 An Oxford Christmas.
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Catalogue Number: ALBCD063Format: CD
Artist: William Vann, Chapel Choir Of The Royal Hospital Chelsea, Jamie Andrews, Ashley Riches
Release Date: 11 October 2024
Genre: Classical Music
Label: Albion Records
Distributor: MGM Music
