A Cello Christmas
Performed By: The 24 Cellos Of The London Cello Sound; The Choir Of Clare College, Cambridge
Conducted By: Geoffrey Simon
TRAD.: Introit: Once in Royal David's City
TRAD.: God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
TRAD.:Gaudete
TCHAIKOVSKY: Three Dances from The Nutcracker
Trepak • Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy • Pas de Deux
KIRKPATRICK: Away in a Manger
PROKOFIEV: Troika/O Little Town of Bethlehem
J.S. BACH/CORNELIUS: The Three Kings
VARIOUS: Medley: Christmas in America
SCHUBERT: Ave Maria
TRAD.: Ding Dong Merrily on High
VARIOUS: Medley: An Olde English Christmas
BERLIN: White Christmas
ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride
TRAD.: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
RUNSWICK: Fantasia: The Coventry Carol/In Dulci Jubilo

An unforgettable blend of velvet and virtuosity. Building on the acclaim of the bestselling ‘London Sound’ series of recordings (CACD0104-0113), Geoffrey Simon now combines the sonorous warmth of twenty-four cellos with the angelic quality of the award winning Choir of Clare College, Cambridge University. This innovative, richly rewarding Christmas CD contains a wide selection of English and American seasonal favourites, arranged especially for Cala by Daryl Runswick London’s finest cellists, including five orchestral principals and London’s top orchestral and session musicians, supported by percussion, harp, celeste and two double basses create a totally unique and arresting atmosphere, a trade mark of the unforgettable and unparalleled richness of sound that is 'The London Sound’.

“...a feat as logically and technically astonishing as it is musically satisfying.” CD Review (USA)

On The Choir Of Clare College, Cambridge: “...finely honed voices which are bell-clear.” Gramophone