A Medieval Christmas

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Album Summary

Performer

• Sospiri

Composers

• Anonymous, Ritson Manscript (1460 - 1510)
• Anonymous, English
• Leonel Power (circa 1370-1385 - 1445)
• Anonymous, English Polyphony
• Adrian Le Roy (circa 1520 - 1598)
• Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179)
• Christmas Traditional
• English Traditional
• Anonymous

Notes & Reviews:

Only the smallest amount of medieval music survives: musicians and composers were largely anonymous and their work often went unrecorded. But thankfully a handful of manuscripts have come down to us, filled with rich and varied music for instruments and voices on touching themes which tell the stories of the boy Christ and his mother, Mary.

Notes & Reviews:

Personnel: Nicholas Perry, William Lyons (hurdy-gurdy, pipes, shawm, recorder).

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Works Details

Traditional, Christmas : Work(s) :: Noël I

• Performer: Sospiri
• Running Time: 1 min. 25 sec.

Traditional, Christmas : Riu, riu, chiu!, carol (Spanish)

• Performer: Sospiri
• Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1556

Traditional, Christmas : There Is No Rose of Such Virtue (English)

• Performer: Sospiri
• Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1420

Anonymous, Ritson Manscript : Lullay, lullow :: I saw a swete semely syght, christmas carol for 2 voices

• Performer: Sospiri
• Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1475

Anonymous, English Polyphony : Verbum Patris

• Performer: Sospiri
• Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Traditional, English : Alleluya! A Nywe Werk Is Come on Honde!

• Performer: Sospiri
• Running Time: 3 min. 54 sec.
• Form: Choral

Anonymous, English : Angelus ad Virginem

• Performer: Sospiri
• Running Time: 2 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Choral
• Written: by 1360

Traditional, Christmas : Work(s) :: Noël II

• Performer: Sospiri
• Running Time: 1 min. 21 sec.

Traditional, Christmas : Coventry Carol (2) :: "Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child"

• Performer: Sospiri
• Running Time: 3 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1498

Traditional, Christmas : Nowel :: Owt of your slepe aryse

• Performer: Sospiri
• Running Time: 3 min. sec.

Roy, Adrian Le : Branle de L'Official

• Performer: Sospiri
• Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Anonymous : Puer Natus Est Nobis

• Performer: Sospiri
• Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Power, Leonel : Sanctus

• Performer: Sospiri
• Running Time: 4 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral

Traditional, Christmas : Edi Beo Thu, Hevene Queene, carol (English)

• Performer: Sospiri
• Running Time: 1 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1500

Hildegard of Bingen : O virga ac diadema purpurae regis

• Performer: Sospiri
• Running Time: 6 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Written: circa 1140-1179

Traditional, Christmas : Work(s) :: Noël III

• Performer: Sospiri
• Running Time: 1 min. 40 sec.

Anonymous : Gaudete!

• Performer: Sospiri
• Running Time: 1 min. 46 sec.

Traditional, English : Hail Mary Full of Grace (15th Century)

• Performer: Sospiri
• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Christmas

Anonymous : Work(s) :: Viderunt Omnes

• Performer: Sospiri
• Running Time: 4 min. 5 sec.

Traditional, Christmas : Synge We to Thys Mery Cumpane, carol (English)

• Performer: Sospiri
• Running Time: 2 min. 47 sec.

Traditional, Christmas : Work(s) :: English Carols

• Performer: Sospiri
• Running Time: 4 min. 37 sec.