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Christmas Present From Polyphony | 
| Artists: Polyphony, Stephen Layton
Label: Hyperion UK
Category: Music
List Price: $12.98
Buy New: $8.85
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 126881
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 10027
UPC: 034571100272
EAN: 0034571100272
ASIN: B00030NU4A
Release Date: October 12, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | No. 3. Sing Lullaby | | • | All this time | | • | O Morgenstern | | • | No. 2. A Spotless Rose |
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| Customer Reviews:
Choral perfectionists. February 19, 2007
Benjamin L. Filippone (Pittsburgh, PA United States)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
This is an essential Christmas choral CD. The program itself is fabulous and unique, lacking the tacky "favorites" found on most recordings of this type. Entirely a cappella except for two Rutter arrangements with orchestra. Not a single track is lacking in depth and sincerity.
Polyphony is one phenomenal choir. For its small size, it has truly unmatched sustaining power and control (demonstrated most astonishingly in Lauridsen's O Magnum Mysterium and the end of Howells' A Spotless Rose). The only disappointment on the entire disc is Grieg's gorgeous "Ave Maris Stella" in which, for whatever reason, the men sing with a rather unblended and even wobbly sound while the women are almost entirely straight-tone. "Sing Lullaby" by Howells is a priceless gem worth several times the cost of this CD....a powerfully haunting piece performed here to utter perfection and taste. You will also find what is most assuredly the most perfect and definitive recording of "O Magnum Mysterium" to be found anywhere. The balance and length of line this incredibly gifted ensemble achieves in this too-often-performed piece will leave you breathless.
Sublimely beautiful! February 1, 2005
Jan in NC
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
Heavenly music, beautifully captured in a location with fantastic acoustics. This is music that needs to be heard on headphones or outstanding surround sound to be really appreciated. Here I am in February still listening to this CD of Xmas music... it's very calming to the soul. I can't recommend this highly enough.
Pleasurable listening long after other music bores May 8, 2009
A. COOLIDGE
If the Yuletide season seems to be a combination of tidal wave (shopping and rush) and excruciating boredom from musical tracks that should have, long-ago, worn out and died, this CD is probably the best candidate there is for relaxing from the rush and enlivening the season with renewed listening pleasure.
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