This Yool: A Medieval Christmas / Martin Best Ensemble

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Label
Nimbus
Release Date
September 1, 2017
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      TRADITIONAL
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Martin Best Ensemble
    • PERFORMER
      MARTIN BEST ENSEMBLE
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 01, 2017
    • UPC
      710357710322
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      NI7103
    • LABEL
      Nimbus
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Personent Hodie

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Martin Best Ensemble

    2. Judas - Wenceslas

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Martin Best Ensemble

    3. Hier matin a l'enjournee (arr. M. Best)

      Composer: Gautier de Coincy, Martin Best

      Ensemble: The Martin Best Ensemble

    4. Miri it is while sumer ilast

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The Martin Best Ensemble

    5. Man mei longe him liues wene

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The Martin Best Ensemble

    6. Thys Yool

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The Martin Best Ensemble

    7. Tapster, drynker

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The Martin Best Ensemble

    8. Ja pour yver (arr. M. Best)

      Composer: Gautier de Coincy

      Ensemble: The Martin Best Ensemble

    9. Gabriel from heven-king

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The Martin Best Ensemble

    10. Song of the Nuns of Chester

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The Martin Best Ensemble

    11. Hail Mary full of grace

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The Martin Best Ensemble

    12. As I lay on Yoolis night

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The Martin Best Ensemble

    13. Edi be thu

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The Martin Best Ensemble

    14. Peperit virgo

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: The Martin Best Ensemble

    15. O Virgo splendens

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The Martin Best Ensemble

    16. Cantigas de Santa Maria: Loor de Santa Maria (arr. M. Best)

      Composer: Alfonso X

      Ensemble: The Martin Best Ensemble

    17. Polorum Regina

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The Martin Best Ensemble

    18. Mariam Matrem

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The Martin Best Ensemble

    19. I pray you all

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The Martin Best Ensemble

    20. Ther is no rose

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The Martin Best Ensemble

    21. Caligo Terrae Scinditur

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The Martin Best Ensemble

    22. Princeps Pacis

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The Martin Best Ensemble

    23. Mors vitae Propitia

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The Martin Best Ensemble


Thys Yool is a four-part programme of medieval music in which four images central to the Christmas story are brought together. Beginning with a sometimes melancholy picture of earth-bound humanity (Winter and Wassail), the record moves through nativity songs (A Child Is Born) towards the point at which Christian and pagan traditions come together in an adoration of the Virgin which is often expressed in the passionate language of the courtly lover. A sense of human perceptions being profoundly altered by the events of Christmas is evoked in Mary’s Son, Goodwill on Earth and a French 12th century conductus touches on the theme of Rebirth. Thys Yool has been a popular Christmas title in the Nimbus catalogue for many years. The Martin Best Ensemble, led by English singer, lutenist, and guitarist Martin Best, specializes in early music, minstrel songs, and French troubadour traditions.