Sing We Now Of Christmas - Six Centuries Of European Christmas Music

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Label
Revels Records
Release Date
October 1, 1995
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      TRADITIONAL HOLMES BARRETT
    • PERFORMER
      The Christmas Revels
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 01, 1995
    • UPC
      738871109125
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      REVCD1091
    • LABEL
      Revels Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Christmas / Chanukkah
    Works ⌄

    1. The Somerset Wassail (arr. B. Holmes for choir and wind ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Revels Chorus, Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble

    2. The Sans Day Holly Carol

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Jamie Jaffe, Kathy Fitzgerald, Carl Corey, Robin Rohrabacher

    3. Alleluia

      Composer: William Boyce

      Ensemble: The Christmas Revels

    4. Nowel Syng We Bothe Al and Some

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: John Fleagle, Lawrence Rosenwald, Susan Ward

    5. St. Patrick's Breastplate (arr. B. Holmes for choir and wind ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Revels Chorus, Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble

    6. Alleluya Psallat

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Christmas Revels

    7. Orientis Partibus

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: John Fleagle

    8. Alleluia

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: The Christmas Revels

    9. The Friendly Beasts

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Revels Children's Chorus

    10. Make We Mery

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Revels Chorus

    11. Strike Up Your Instruments of Joy (arr. B. Holmes for choir and wind ensemble)

      Composer: John Barrett

      Ensemble: The Revels Chorus, Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble

    12. Aro Que Nostre Seign'Es Nat

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Revels Chorus

    13. Amen

      Composer: Johannus Franchois de Gembloux

      Ensemble: The Christmas Revels

    14. Ave Rose in Jericho

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: John Fleagle

    15. Kol Slaven (arr. D. Gay for choir)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Revels Chorus

    16. Poslan Jest Od Boha Andel

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Revels Chorus

    17. Maoz Tzur (arr. J. Epstein for choir and wind ensemble)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Revels Chorus, Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble

    18. Missa L'homme arme

      Composer: Josquin des Prez

      Ensemble: Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble

    19. Belle Qui Tiens Ma Vie

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Christmas Revels

    20. J'ay Ouy La Voix

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: John Fleagle, Chris Rua, Hannah Davidson

    21. Il est ne le divin enfant

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Christmas Revels

    22. Voici Le Noel

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Revels Children's Chorus

    23. Hosanna

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: The Christmas Revels

    24. Les Anges Dans Nos Campagnes

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Christmas Revels

    25. Jesus Christ s'Habille En Pauvre

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: John Fleagle, Lawrence Rosenwald, Susan Ward

    26. Guillaume, Prends Ton Tambourin

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Christmas Revels

    27. Pour Nous Remettre En Son Paradis

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: John Fleagle, Chris Rua

    28. J'ai Vu Le Loup, Le Renard, Le Lievre

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Christmas Revels

    29. Ding-Dong Merrily On High

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Christmas Revels

    30. Vive Le Roi

      Composer: Josquin des Prez

      Ensemble: Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble

    31. Missa L'homme arme (arr. J. Epstein for choir)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The Revels Chorus

    32. Sing We Noel

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Revels Chorus, Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble

      Performer: Sarah Tenney


Personnel includes: George Emlen, David Gay, Roberta Humez (conductor); John Langstaff (conductor, vocals); Jerome Epstein (conductor, concertina); The Revels Chorus, Youth Pro Musica (vocals); John Fleagle (vocals, gaita, medieval harp, lyzarden, rebec, pipe, tabor); Chris Rua (vocals, recorder, shawm, bass viol); Hannah Davidson (alto recorder, bass dulcian, bass viol); The Cambridge Symphonic Brass Ensemble (horns); Sarah Tenney (timpani, percussion).
Recorded at Paine Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts and Houghton Chapel, Wellesley College, Boston, Massachusetts in Spring, 1991. Includes liner notes by Susan Cooper.