Audio Recordings
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NEW RELEASE! Benjamin Britten’s iconic work in 12 movements. Capella Regalis Boys Choir directed by Nick Halley, with Lori Gemmell (harp). Recorded live in performance in December 2019, remastered for CD release in 2023. Beautiful booklet includes bespoke liner notes by concert host Tom Allen (CBC).

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Track list:

A Ceremony of Carols - Benjamin Britten

• Procession: Hodie Christus Natus Est            
• Wolcum Yole!    
• There Is No Rose
• That Yonge Child     
• Balulalow
• As Dew In Aprille                       
• This Little Babe
• Interlude (harp solo)         
• In Freezing Winter Night
• Spring Carol       
• Deo Gracias!          
• Recession: Hodie Christus Natus Est 

Released in 2019 to celebrate Capella Regalis Men & Boys Choir's 10th Christmas season, and featuring 18 carols selected from the choir’s first decade of live Christmas performances. Directed by Nick Halley, with guest musicians Paul Halley (pipe organ) and Maritime Brass Quintet, the collection includes heartwarming chestnuts of the traditional Christmas repertoire as well as lesser-known gems, and fresh arrangements by Paul Halley for choir, brass, organ and percussion. Recorded in the Cathedral Church of All Saints, Halifax, by award-winning engineer John D.S. Adams/Stonehouse Sound, the physical CD comes with a booklet featuring photos by Nova Scotia-based photographer Béatrice Schuler. The package makes for a beautiful and uniquely Nova Scotian Christmas gift!

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Track list (listen to sample tracks below):

• Joy to the World / arr. P. Halley           

• In the Bleak Midwinter / Darke         

• A Great and Mighty Wonder / Praetorius   

• Magnificat in G / Stanford       

• The Infant King / arr. Willcocks

• Myn Lyking / Terry                         

• Il Est Né le Divin Enfant / arr. P. Halley

• Sans Day Carol / arr. Rutter          

• See Amid the Winter’s Snow / arr. Willcocks

• Suo Gân (Lullaby) / arr. Guest         

• O Magnum Mysterium / Handl               

• Small Wonder the Star / Edwards       

• God Rest You Merry / arr. Willcocks

• Lute-Book Lullaby / arr. Shaw

• Personent Hodie / arr. Holst

• There Is No Rose of Such Virtue / Anon. (1420)

• Love Came Down at Christmas / Morris, adapt. Graham

• Ere Zij God! / arr. P. Halley

Released in 2017, this wallet CD is a wonderful sequel to the choir's debut recording, My Eyes for Beauty Pine, with five tracks selected from repertoire sung at Evensong services and on tour during the 2016-17 season. 

Greater Love is available from our online Shop for $10 on its own, or get the pair of wallet CDs (My Eyes for Beauty Pine + Greater Love) for $15. 

Also available on digital platforms such as iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, and more.

Track List (listen to a sample track below):

• Magnificat (from the St Paul's Service) / Howells

• Turn Thy Face From My Sins / Attwood

• Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes / arr. P. Halley

• Greater Love Hath No Man / Ireland

• Panis Angelicus / Franck

Released in 2014 ahead of the choir's five-year anniversary celebration, this debut recording is a wallet CD featuring six pieces chosen from the choir's Evensong repertoire. 

My Eyes for Beauty Pine is available from our online Shop for $10 on its own, or get the pair of wallet CDs (My Eyes for Beauty Pine + Greater Love) for $15. Visit our Shop to purchase.

Also available on digital platforms such as iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, and more.

Track List (listen to a sample track below):

• My Eyes for Beauty Pine / Howells

• Magnificat / Sumsion

• Nunc Dimittis / Sumsion

• Wash Me Throughly / Handel

• Let All The World In Every Corner Sing / P. Halley

• Litany To The Holy Spirit / Hurford