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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...

Pipings and Bowings: Lyrical English Chamber Music / Michael Hurd, Robin Milford, Dick Blackford

1 CD / Metier / 2011-08-04

Works: Michael Hurd: Sonata for violin & piano; Preludes (5), for piano; Sonatina for recorder & piano; Three-Piece Suite, for recorder & string orchestra; Robin Milford: Prelude for violin, cello & piano, ...
Performers: Howarth, Richard; Jonathan Price [Composer/Cello]; Lawson, Peter; Turner, John; Whittingham, Sarah
Conductors:
Ensemble: Manchester Chamber Ensemble

Recorder player John Turner offers a program of lyrical English chamber music for recorder and assorted ensembles. He has appeared with the Early Music Consort...continue...
Recording information: Whiteley Hall, Chethams School, Manchester (11/29/2009/11/19/2009)....continue...

Glosas: des Prez; Verdelo; de Rore; Parrilla / Vincent Parilla, recorder

1 CD / Carpe Diem / 2011-07-26

Works: Anonymous: De tous biens playne; Marchetto Cara: Chi me dara più pace; Bartolomeo Tromboncino: Per dolor mi bagno il viso, song; Luys de Narváez: Mille regretz (after Josquin), for vihu...
Performers: Alqhai, Fahmi; Andueza, Raquel; Garrido, Alvaro; Parrilla, Vicente; Rincon, Miguel
Conductors: Parrilla, Vicente
Ensemble: ; More Hispano

Vincent Parilla, together with his ensemble, More Hispano, explores the 16th century art of musical ornamentation, diminution and improvisation in this latest release. His virtuoso...continue...
Recording information: Oratorio de la Escuela de Cristo, Sevilla (Spain) (04/26/2009-04/29/2009)....continue...

Chansons a plaisir - le Roy, Morlaye, Arcadelt, Sermisy, etc / Fires of Love, et al

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2011-01-11

Works: Adrian Le Roy: Puis que vivre (Second Livre, 1552-1555); Pimontoyse; Laissez la verte couleur (Second Livre, 1552-1555); Oyez tous amoureux (Second Livre, 1552-1555); Work(s); L'ennuy que me tormente...
Performers: Claridge, Marcus; Cooper, Frances; Ferries, Gordon; Hugh-Jones, Jonathan
Conductors:
Ensemble: Fires of Love

Amid religious strife and social turmoil, the 16th century saw France emerge as a humanist culture with a unique musical voice. This world of contrasts...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...

Libera - Angel Voices

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-10-31

Works: Tagatsugu Muramtsu: Far Away; Robert Prizeman: Locus iste; Ave Maria; Going Home; Salva me; Libera; Always With You; We are the lost; I am the day; Recordare; Jean Sibelius: Be still my soul; Gustav ...
Performers: Anderson, John [Classical]; Dodd, Chris; Geraghty, Steven; Pears, Fiona; Prizeman, Robert; Tilley, Ian
Conductors: Prizeman, Robert
Ensemble: Libera

Libera's 'Angel Voices' collection includes the best of past tracks combined with some new tracks-the deeply moving "Going Home," employing the melody of Dvorak's Largo...continue...

Simply Christmas - Home for the Holidays

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-09-26

Works: Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (German); As I out rode this enderes night (The Coventry Shepherds' Carol) (16th century); I Wonder As I Wa...
Performers: Cafe; Douglas, Bill; Galway, James [Flute]; Gomez, Eddie [Bassist]; Mitchell, Emily; Petri, Michala; Samuels, Dave; Shinozaki, Ayako; Stoltzman, Richard [Clarinet]; Wall, Jeremy
Conductors: ; Pople, Ross; Neary, Martin; Georgiadis, John
Ensemble: Canadian Brass; London Festival Orchestra; Munich Radio Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra

Includes work(s) by Christmas Traditional....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...

Shushan The Palace

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2004-05-04

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Jane Siberry: A Star Shall Rise Up Out of Jacob (after Mendelssohn)...
Performers: Benson, Sally; Dube, Martine; Friedman, Mark; Geggie, John; Hutchenreuther, David; Kiesewaiter, Peter; Kiesewalter, Tob; Kirwan, Jill; Lafrance, Manon; Lane, Christopher; Roe, Jim; Roseman, Leah; Sar...

Building on an international reputation as one of the great creators and innovators in contemporary popular music, legendary Canadian artist Jane Siberry goes a step...continue...
Personnel: Jane Siberry (vocals, keyboards); Mark Friedman , Martine Dubé (violin); Sally Benson (viola); Peter Kiesewalter (clarinet, keyboards); Jim "Eno" Roe (oboe); Chris Lane, Manon Lafrance...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...

Chip Davis' Renaissance Holiday / Roth, Berkey, Layton

1 CD / American Gramophone / 1998-10-06

Works: Thoinot Arbeau: Orchésographie; Traditional: What child is this?; Patapan; I saw three ships; Good King Wenceslas; God rest ye merry, gentlemen; Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry ...
Performers: Berkey, Jackson; Layton, Roxanne; Roth, Arnie
Conductors: ; Davis, Chip; Roth, Arnie
Ensemble: Asbury Brass Quintet; Chicago Chamber Musicians Brass Quintet; London Symphony Orchestra members; Musica Anima; Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

Ancient Noëls / Maggie Sansone and Ensemble Galilei

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 1998-07-11

Works: Alfonso el Sabio: Cantigas de Santa María; Traditional: The Gloucester Wassail Song; Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; On Christmas Night "Sussex Carol"; O Bethlehem; Bethlehem's stall; A maiden...
Performers: Brooks, Jim; Diehl, Marcia; Harms, Ben; McCleod, Zan; Richards, Sue; Rideout, Bonnie; Sansone, Maggie; Surrick, Carolyn Anderson
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Galilei

Ancient carols, Renaissance rhythms and haunting medieval hymns bring to life images of desert landscapes, stone monasteries and the origins of Christmas. Maggie Sansone on...continue...

O Holy Night - Christmas Favorites / Galway, Stoltzman, etc

1 CD / RCA Records / 1997-09-23

Works: James Pierpont: Jingle Bells; Traditional: The Holly and the Ivy; Deck the hall; A child is born in Bethlehem; What child is this?; David Overton: Fantasia on "I saw three ships"; Louis-Claude Daquin...
Performers: Birch, John; Douglas, Bill; Galway, James; Grady, John; Hirt, Al; Mitchell, Emily; Petri, Michala; Stoltzman, Richard; Wall, Jeremy
Conductors: ; Galway, James; Neary, Martin; Fiedler, Arthur
Ensemble: Boston Pops; Canadian Brass; Guildhall String Ensemble; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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)."

These ...continue...

Grace / Kathleen Battle

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-03-18

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Joshua; Hugo Wolf: Schlafendes Jesuskind ("Sohn der Jungfrau"), song for voice & piano (Mörike Lieder); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Laudate Dominum; Johann Seb...
Performers: Allen, Nancy [Harp]; Arak, Alan; Baker, Timothy; Battle, Kathleen; Baumer, Bruce R.; Bennion-Feeney, Krista; Bushman, Robin; Caplin, Martha; Carroll, David; Church, Sandra [Flute]; Curtis, Charles; D...
Conductors: Sadin, Robert

Bright Day Star / Baltimore Consort

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1990-08-21

Works: William Sandys: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; Traditional: Cherry Tree Carol; The Wren Song; Ding Dong! Merrily on high; The Old Year now away is fled; Christmas Day in da Mornin'; Wir singen dir...
Performers: Ballard, Mary Anne; Cudek, Mark; LaRue, Custer; Lipkis, Larry; McFarlane, Ronn; Norman, Chris; Wiggins, Webb
Conductors:
Ensemble: Baltimore Consort