POD-Richard Rodney Bennett's Nowell Nowell Tidings True sets a 15th century carol that tells of the Angel Gabriel's visit to the Virgin Mary. This work is for SATB choir unaccompanied. Duration: 4 minutes 30 seconds. Richard Rodney Bennett's spiky arrangement of the carol Nowell nowell tidings true dating from 1963 is reissued with its alternation of unaccompanied solo-voice verse and differently realised choral refrains following the medieval pattern. - Organists Review December 2017