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Deo gracias Anglia! - Medieval English Carols; The Trinity Carol Roll / Andrew Lawrence-King; Michael Grebil; Pamela Thorby

1 CD / Obsidian Records / 2012-09-25

Works: Christmas Traditional: Hail Marye Ful of Grace, carol (English); Nowel, Nowel, Nowel, carol (English); Now May We Syngyn, carol (English); Be Mery, Be Mery, carol (English); Nowell Sing We, carol (En...
Performers: Grebil, Michael; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Thorby, Pamela
Conductors: Skinner, David
Ensemble: Alamire

The Trinity Carol Roll (Trinity College, Cambridge) is the earliest known source for the English polyphony carol. The thirteen works preserved therein include the patriotic...continue...
Recording information: The Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge (09/01/2011-09/03/2011)....continue...

Noel: Music for the Season by Charpentier, Fauré, Gounod, Poulenc, Langlais et al.

1 CD / Westminister Choir College / 2011-11-15

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: In Nativitatem Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Canticum; Christmas Traditional: Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (Whence is that goodly fragrance?) (French); Bring a Torch, ...
Performers: Aronson, Justine; Batsios, Alexandra; Carruth, Amy; Cowan, Ken; Cowan, Lisa; Davis, Trey; Edmonds, David [Percussion]; Gillespie, Fiona; Heijink, Hank; Jackson, Chris [Bass vocals]; Larmore, Jennifer...
Conductors: Miller, Joe
Ensemble: ; Westminster Choir

Praised by American Record Guide as the "gold standard for American academic choirs," the Westminster Choir has performed and recorded with virtually every major orchestra...continue...
Recording information: The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine and St. G (04/2010)....continue...

The Christmas Album / Libera boy choir

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Christmas Traditional: Still, Still, Still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; In...
Performers: Ashley, Charlotte; Coates, Sam; Collins, Luke; Crawley, Ben; De Menezes-Wood, Jakob; Fontannaz, Daniel; Geraghty, Steven; Ingles, Freddie; Leadbeater, Stefan; Madine, Joshua; May, Elizabeth; McCarthy...
Conductors: Prizeman, Robert

The Arts Desk
The singing is generally great - you can detect a very slight rough edge to the boys' sound which is exactly as it...continue...
Recording information: The Music Place, London, England (05/2011-07/2011).

For an act famed for their angelic vocals and heart-warming celestial sound, it's a surprise that The Christmas Album ...continue...

Merry Christmas: World Famous Carols / Bambini Di Praga

1 CD / Supraphon / 2011-11-03

Works: Anonymous, Czech: Cas radosti, veselosti (Time of Joy, Time of Good Cheer) (Tranovsky Hymnal 45); Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); Svatou dobu jiz tu máme (Moravian);...
Performers: Bouskova, Jana; Celbova, Sarka; Havrankova, Veronika; Kalvachova, Katerina; Kovandova, Katerina; Palickova, Jitka; Puterova, Jana; Stedra, Irena; Svoboda, Jiri; Valkova, Julie; Vitova, Veronika
Conductors:
Ensemble: Bambini Di Praga

On 28 June 2011 a significant chapter in the history of Czech music closed with the passing of a legend: after 38 years the Bambini...continue...
Recording information: Czech Radio Studio, Prague, Czech Republic (06/1998)....continue...

The Christmas Album / Libera boy choir [Deluxe Edition]

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Christmas Traditional: Still, Still, Still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; In...
Performers: Ashley, Charlotte; Coates, Sam; Collins, Luke; Crawley, Ben; De Menezes-Wood, Jakob; Fontannaz, Daniel; Geraghty, Steven; Ingles, Freddie; Leadbeater, Stefan; Madine, Joshua; May, Elizabeth; McCarthy...
Conductors: Prizeman, Robert

The Arts Desk
The singing is generally great - you can detect a very slight rough edge to the boys' sound which is exactly as it...continue...
Recording information: The Music Place, London, England (05/2011-07/2011).

For an act famed for their angelic vocals and heart-warming celestial sound, it's a surprise that The Christmas Album ...continue...

Minstrel's Musicke: Medieval Songs & Dances / Banks, Spring, Lindo, Wesseling

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-10-25

Works: Anonymous, Italian: Saltarello no 1 (GB-LBl Add.29987); La Manfredina; Saltarello no 2 (GB-LBl Add.29987); Christmas Traditional: Angelus ad virginem (English); Hyer matin; Anonymous: Amoroso for flu...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Lindo, Sharon; Spring, Matthew; Wandor, Michelene; Wesseling, Lisette

The music of medieval minstrel for voice, harp, pipe, tabor & drum. Lively & cheerful dances, songs, reflective ballads played on authentic instruments from the...continue...

Sing Noel: A European Christmas Revels

1 CD / Revels Records / 2011-10-11

Works: Pierre Passereau: Il est bel et bon; Georges Bizet: L' Arlésienne, incidental music for voices & orchestra; Traditional: Bourrée en Étoile; Muwashah Jalla Men Qad Sawarak; Darj Bayyati...
Performers: Catt, Cristi; Coffin, David; Cole, Julian; Davidson, Hannah; Desbois, Jack; Epstein, Jerome; Fleagle, John; Fuchs, Lee; Gulley, Laura; Jaffe, Jamie; Mackay-Smith, Kyla; McNutt, Salome Sandoval; Meyer...
Conductors: ; Gay, David; Langstaff, John; Epstein, Jerome; Humez, Roberta; Emlen, George
Ensemble: ; Sharq Ensemble

Celebrate the holidays with this new collection of medieval and Renaissance processionals, hymns, carols, songs and dances from France and Spain, and a taste of...continue...
Recording information: Futura Productions, Roslindale, MA....continue...

Provence Mystique: Sacred Songs Of The Middle Ages / Anne Azema, soprano

1 CD / Apex / 2011-07-26

Works: Bohemian Plainchant: Audi tellus; Anonymous, Aquitanian Repertory: Clara sonent organa; Gaucelm Faidit: Ar levatz sus, francha corteza gens!; Anonymous, French: Tantost com fon al loc vengutz (from t...
Performers: Azema, Anne; Brisset, Laurence; Coene, Annelies; Higginson, Kit; Jousselin, Catherine; Mourey, Pasquale; Tindemans, Margriet
Conductors:
Ensemble: Boston Camerata

12th and 13th Century meldoies and texts from Southern France and Spain, by Peire Cardenal, Guilhem Figueira, Peire Espanhol, Alfonso el Sabio and others....continue...
Recording information: Abbaye de Gellone, Saint-Guilhem-le-Déser, France (07/11/1998-07/18/1998)....continue...

Aled's Christmas Gift / boy soprano

1 CD / Demon Tv / 2010-12-07

Works: Buddy Greene: Mary, Did You Know?, song; William James Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger; Gustav Holst: In the bleak mid-winter; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; John Goss: See Amid the Winter's Snow, for cho...
Performers: Aitken, Rob; Ashley, Charlotte; Beston, Simon; Brown, Zoe; Coates, Sam; Crawley, Ben; Flanaghan, Katie; Hale, Simon; Hughes, Emilia; Jones, Aled; Kelly, John; Lole, Simon; May, Elizabeth; Palliser, U...

Recording information: Coombehurst Studio, Kingston University, London; FX YourSpace Studios, London; Greendale Studios, London, England.

Responsible for one of the most iconic and enchanting C...continue...

The Troubador & the Nun - Hildegard von Bingen, Dowland, etc / Tubb, et al

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-09-01

Works: Giraut de Bornelh: Reis glorios, monophonic alba; Hildegard von Bingen: Ave generosa; O clarissima mater, response; O viridissima virga; Beatriz de Dia: A chantar m'er de so qu'en no volria, song; An...
Performers: Fields, Michael; Hatcher, David; Tubb, Evelyn [Soprano Vocals]

Rejoice and Be Merry! / Jessup, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, King's Singers, et al

1 CD / Mormon Tabernacle / 2008-09-30

Works: Christmas Traditional: Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); Carol For The King (French, 15th c.); The First Nowell (English); Deck the Halls (Welsh); El niño querido (The Beloved Child) (Spanish...
Performers: Bradford, Daron; Elliott, Richard [Organ]; Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Square, Bells on Temple
Conductors: Waldron, Thomas

Following the success of their #1 Billboard and Grammy-nominated album Spirit of the Season, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir presents Rejoice and Be Merry!, the next...continue...

Mirabile Mysterium - Christmas Music through the Ages

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2005-09-13

Works: Jacobus Handl: Mirabile Mysterium, for 5 voices (Opus musicum); Ab oriente venerunt magi, for 4 voices (Opus musicum); Sebastián Alfonso: Unidos tres reyes, for chorus & ensemble; Anonymous, Fre...
Performers: Coen, Bart [Recorder]; Delpierre, Beatrice; Watillon, Sophie
Conductors: Van Nevel, Paul

This is a compilation of well - and lesser-known Christmas music, interpreted by the award-winning Netherlands Chamber Choir conducted by Paul van Nevel....continue...

Songs from the Taverne

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2003-01-01

Works: Anonymous, Italian: Saltarello no 1 (GB-LBl Add.29987); La Manfredina; Saltarello no 2 (GB-LBl Add.29987); Anonymous, English: Angelus ad Virginem; Sumer is icumen in; Brawle, for ensemble; Anonymous...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Lindo, Sharon; Spring, Matthew; Wandor, Michelene; Wesseling, Lisette

Ballads and songs from the time of Chaucer. Lively and cosmopolitan, these songs and ballads are performed in an authentic style using period instruments. The...continue...
Includes estampie(s) real by Anonymous, Manuscrit du Roi....continue...

A A Classic Christmas

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2001-11-06

Works: Christmas Traditional: O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (German); The First Nowell (English); Angels We Have Heard on High; Deck the Halls (Welsh); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), car...
Performers: Barry, Michael; Guey, Omar; Kent, Julia; Lallemand, Ariane; Valiente, Jessica

Personnel includes: Michael Barry (guitar); Omar Guey (violin); Jessica Valiente (flute).

Recording information: Studio 900, New York, NY; Uptime Studio, New York, NY....continue...

Sing We Noel / Joël Cohen, Boston Camerata

1 CD / / 1997-09-11

Works: Christmas Traditional: Nowel; Ad cantus leticie, conductus (12th c., English); Angelus ad virginem (English); Synge We to Thys Mery Cumpane, carol (English); Gabriel fram evene king sewnt (Angelus ad...
Performers: Armstrong, Nancy; Baker, Mark; Boston Camerata; Cohen, Joel [Early Music]; Fithian, Bruce; Hallmark, Rufus; Jeppesen, Laura; Klebanow, Susan; Linfield, Nicholas; Roth, Kenneth; Stevens, Charles Robert
Conductors: Cohen, Joel [Early Music]
Ensemble: Boston Camerata

This selection includes two spoken word tracks in which Nicholas Linfield reads the texts "Iesu Sweete Sone Dere (14th cent. English)" and " Make We Mere As We May (16th cent. English)."

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