Cantique de Noël - Beautiful Songs of Christmas / Michael Calmès, John Finney

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	Cantique de Noel (O Holy Night) (Sung in English) - Cantique de Noel (O Holy Night) (Sung in English)
	8 Traditional English Carols (version for voice and piano) - 8 Traditional English Carols: No. 6. The truth sent from above (version for voice and piano)
	Quelle est cette odeur agreable (arr. J. Finney) - Quelle est cette odeur agreable (arr. J. Finney)
	Personent hodie (arr. G. Holst) - Personent hodie (arr. G. Holst)
	The Wexford Carol (arr. I. Callanan) - The Wexford Carol (arr. I. Callanan)
	What Strangers Are These (arr. R. Purvis) - What Strangers Are These (arr. R. Purvis)
	Suo-Gan - Suo-Gan
	In the Bleak Mid-winter - In the Bleak Mid-winter
	The Little Road to Betlehem - The Little Road to Betlehem
	Rise Up, Shepherds, and Follow (arr. M. Hayes) - Rise Up, Shepherds, and Follow (arr. M. Hayes)
	Some Children See Him - Some Children See Him
	Evergreen - Evergreen
	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
	Gesu bambino - Gesu bambino
	Silent Night - Stille Nacht (Silent Night)
	Weihnachten - Weihnachten
	Cantique de Noel (O Holy Night) - Cantique de Noel (O Holy Night)
	Friday Afternoons, Op. 7 - Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: No. 5. A New Year Carol

Album Summary

Performers

• Gary DiPerna (Percussion)
• John Finney (Piano)
• Michael Calmès
• Hermann Hudde (Guitar)

Composers

• Welsh Traditional
• Alfred S. Burt (1920 - 1954)
• Pietro Yon (1886 - 1943)
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
• Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856)
• Eric Thiman (1900 - 1975)
• Daniel Pinkham (Organ) (1923 - 2006)
• Franz Gruber (Composer) (1787 - 1863)
• Christmas Traditional
• Michael Head (2 (Classical Composer)) (1900 - 1976)
• Hugh Martin / Ralph Blane
• Engelbert Humperdinck (Classical) (1854 - 1921)

Notes & Reviews:

With a voice praised as "beautiful" -; "thrilling" -; and "rich" -; tenor Michael CalmEs has achieved a distinguished record of performances in concerts, recitals, oratorio, and opera. Since his 1982 Boston Lyric Opera Company debut in Puccini's Madame Butterfly, he has been acclaimed by audiences and critics alike in operas and operettas ranging from the sophistication of Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos to the effervescent comic genius of Johann Strauss's Die Fledermaus.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Blink Music Studios, Cambridge, MA (07/2008-08/2008).

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Works Details

Adam, Adolphe : Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night")

• Performers: Gary DiPerna (Percussion); John Finney (Piano); Michael Calmès; Hermann Hudde (Guitar)
• Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1851

Traditional, Christmas : This is the truth sent from above (English)

• Performers: Michael Calmès; Gary DiPerna (Percussion); Hermann Hudde (Guitar); John Finney (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.

Traditional, Christmas : Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (Whence is that goodly fragrance?) (French)

• Performers: Hermann Hudde (Guitar); John Finney (Piano); Michael Calmès; Gary DiPerna (Percussion)
• Notes: Composition written: Circa 1717.
• Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1717

Traditional, Christmas : Personent hodie (On this day Earth shall ring) (Piae Cantiones)

• Performers: Michael Calmès; Gary DiPerna (Percussion); Hermann Hudde (Guitar); John Finney (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1582

Traditional, Christmas : The Wexford Carol ("Good People All, This Christmastime") (Enniscorthy Carol) (Irish)

• Performers: Michael Calmès; Gary DiPerna (Percussion); John Finney (Piano); Hermann Hudde (Guitar)
• Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 12th Century

Traditional, Christmas : What Stranger Are These? (Scottish)

• Performers: Hermann Hudde (Guitar); John Finney (Piano); Gary DiPerna (Percussion); Michael Calmès
• Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.

Welsh Traditional : Suo Gân (Lullaby), song

• Performers: Hermann Hudde (Guitar); John Finney (Piano); Gary DiPerna (Percussion); Michael Calmès
• Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Thiman, Eric : In The Bleak Mid-Winter, for voice & piano

• Performers: Michael Calmès; Hermann Hudde (Guitar); John Finney (Piano); Gary DiPerna (Percussion)
• Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Head, Michael : The Little Road to Bethlehem

• Performers: Michael Calmès; John Finney (Piano); Hermann Hudde (Guitar); Gary DiPerna (Percussion)
• Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas

Traditional, Christmas : Rise Up, Shepherd

• Performers: Michael Calmès; Gary DiPerna (Percussion); John Finney (Piano); Hermann Hudde (Guitar)
• Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1867

Burt, Alfred S. : Some Children See Him, carol for voice & piano

• Performers: John Finney (Piano); Michael Calmès; Gary DiPerna (Percussion); Hermann Hudde (Guitar)
• Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1951

Pinkham, Daniel [Organ] : Evergreen

• Performers: Hermann Hudde (Guitar); John Finney (Piano); Gary DiPerna (Percussion); Michael Calmès
• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Hugh Martin / Ralph Blane : Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (for the film Meet Me in St. Louis)

• Performers: John Finney (Piano); Michael Calmès; Hermann Hudde (Guitar); Gary DiPerna (Percussion)
• Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1944

Yon, Pietro : Gesù bambino

• Performers: John Finney (Piano); Michael Calmès; Gary DiPerna (Percussion); Hermann Hudde (Guitar)
• Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1917

Gruber, Franz : Silent Night

• Performers: Gary DiPerna (Percussion); John Finney (Piano); Hermann Hudde (Guitar); Michael Calmès
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1818

Humperdinck, Engelbert : Weihnachten ("Leise weht's durch alle Lande"), for voice & piano

• Performers: Hermann Hudde (Guitar); John Finney (Piano); Michael Calmès; Gary DiPerna (Percussion)
• Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1898

Adam, Adolphe : Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night")

• Performers: Hermann Hudde (Guitar); John Finney (Piano); Gary DiPerna (Percussion); Michael Calmès
• Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1851

Britten, Benjamin : Op. 7 :: A New Year Carol

• Performers: Michael Calmès; John Finney (Piano); Gary DiPerna (Percussion); Hermann Hudde (Guitar)
• Running Time: 2 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1935