Bringing together the same engineering team that recorded the Phoenix Chorale’s Grammy-winning recording “All Night Vigil,” the Chorale announces the release of “The Christmas Album.”

This will be the first recording featuring Phoenix Chorale’s Artistic Director Christopher Gabbitas, and the first partnership with Signum Classics. The album will be available for purchase and digital download at lnk.to/PhoenixChoraleChristmas beginning Friday, Oct. 13.

“The Christmas Album” is the Phoenix Chorale’s seventh album and was recorded earlier this year by producer Blanton Alspaugh and engineer John Newton. Alspaugh and Newton are the same team from Soundmirror who recorded “All Night Vigil,” which won a Grammy for “Best Choral Performance” in 2016.

On “The Christmas Album” there is Hispanic influence in the repertoire choices, which include Catalan folksongs as well as Hispanic Renaissance music, according to a press release.

The album features a commissioned piece, “Trinity Triptych,” from Cecilia McDowall, which celebrated the 2021 centenary of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Phoenix Chorale’s home in downtown Phoenix, as well as two pieces from local composers, Tom Peterson’s original composition, “A Quiet Chamber” and Kira Zeeman Rugen’s arrangement of traditional “Irish Wexford Carol,” both recorded for the first time.

The album also includes several songs originally arranged for the famed King’s Singers, which have been newly adapted for the Phoenix Chorale by Gabbitas, himself a former King’s Singer.

The new “The Christmas Album” is available for downloading Friday, Oct. 13.

(Photo provided by The Phoenix Chorale)