Gareth Malone – A Great British Christmas (2016) [Qobuz FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Christmas is a time for being together with family or friends. It’s a time for reaching out to those in need and it can be a time to remember those who are no longer with us. At the heart of those moments, music is there to help us make sense of it all.

Gareth Malone embarks on a journey around the UK, bringing together musicians from local communities for his new album ‘A Great British Christmas’, which will be released on Decca on 2nd December. This is Gareth’s first Christmas album, and aims to unite the country through music.

The nation’s favourite choirmaster conducts recording sessions with a variety of musicians in different locations – from Perranarworthal Handbell Ringers in Cornwall, to the Hornsey Girls School Steel Pans Band in London, and the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band in West Yorkshire.

The album features contributions from stars including Ricky Wilson on the track ‘Paradise Street’, Fyfe Dangerfield on ‘Silent Night’ and Welsh harpist Catrin Finch on ‘Walking in the Air’. Gareth does what he does best – working with a host of singers, including the London Youth Choir, Belfast Community Gospel Choir, Birmingham Gospel Choir, plus the Invictus Choir in a rendition of the Dire Straits classic ‘Brothers in Arms’. His own choir, Voices, can be heard singing on every track? apart from one – ‘Only You’ – which features Gareth’s own voice, stacked up to form a choir!

The album includes a mixture of winter favourites, including the music to Frozen, plus traditional Christmas songs in new arrangements, and even a performance of Gareth’s own carol ‘A Child is Born’ – the first piece he ever wrote. It was composed by a young Gareth while he was still at school and his old music teacher shares the writing credit.

You will know many of the songs but they have been reimagined for my choir ‘Voices’ and this extraordinary line-up of British musicians both professional and amateur. From Glasgow to Cornwall, Cardiff to Belfast I found a tapestry of musical delights with bell ringers, brass bands, community choirs, children’s voices and some of my musical friends as soloists. I wish you a very happy Christmas and all the joy that music can bring.” (Gareth Malone)

Tracklist:
01. Walking In The Air (From “The Snowman”)
02. A Spaceman Came Travelling
03. A Child Is Born
04. O Holy Night
05. Brothers In Arms
06. Silent Night
07. Paradise Street
08. My Lord Has Come
09. Restless
10. Heimr Arnadalr / Vuelie (From “Frozen” / Choral Suite)
11. Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
12. Keeping The Dream Alive [feat. Naomi Banks]
13. Only You
14. O Come All Ye Faithful

Download:

mqs.link_GarethMalneAGreatBritishChristmas20162496Qbuz.part1.rar
mqs.link_GarethMalneAGreatBritishChristmas20162496Qbuz.part2.rar

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