| Description |
1 sound disc : digital, SACD ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Super audio compact disc (hybrid); multi-channel and stereo sound; playable on CD and SACD players. |
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Principally unaccompanied choruses; the 4th, 7th, and 10th works with continuo, the 14th with Baroque guitar; the 22nd work originally for voice and piano. |
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Program notes by Paul Hillier and biographical notes on the performers, in English with French and German translations, and texts with English, French, and German translations (67 p. : ill.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Advent. Rorate coeli desuper : plainchant (2:31) ; Veni veni Emanuel / arranged Paul Hillier (3:19) ; Es ist ein Ros entsprungen / arranged Paul Hillier (3:26) (Ars Nova Copenhagen) ; Dum deambularet Dominus in Paradisum / Biasio Tomasi (Theatre of Voices) (4:54) ; Adam lay y-bounden / Howard Skempton (1:36) ; In dulci lubilo / arranged R.L. Pearsall (3:21) (Ars Nova Copenhagen) -- Annunciation. Missus est Gabriel / Alessandro Grandi (Theatre of Voices) (7:27) -- Nativity. Puer natus est : plainchant (3:03) ; O magnum mysterium / William Byrd (3:06) (Ars Nova Copenhagen) ; Voi ch'ai notturni rai / Giovanni Francesco Anerio (Theatre of Voices) (6:10) ; Dormi, dormi, o bel bambin / arranged Paul Hillier (2:01) ; Liebe Hirten / arranged Paul Hillier (1:36) ; Andachtsjodler / arranged Paul Hillier (2:26) (Ars Nova Copenhagen) -- Epiphany. We three kings / J.H. Hopkins (Theatre of Voices) (3:55) ; Videntes stellam : plainchant (:33) ; Personent hodie / arranged Paul Hillier (1:51) (Ars Nova Copenhagen) -- The holy innocents. Herodes iratus : plainchant (:37) ; Vox in rama : plainchant (1:11) (Ars Nova Copenhagen) -- Epilogue. Uebers Gebirg (2:47) ; Maria wallt zum Heiligtum / Johann Eccard (3:12) ; The holly and the ivy / arranged Paul Hillier (2:47) ; Barn Jesus i en krybbe lå / Niels Gade (1:56) ; We wish you a merry Christmas / arranged Paul Hillier (1:34) (Ars Nova Copenhagen). |
| Performer |
Theatre of Voices ; Ars Nova Copenhagen ; Paul Hillier, director. |
| Event |
Recorded Jan. 2011, Garnisons Kirk, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Language |
Sung in Latin, German, English, Italian, and Danish. |
| Subject |
Christmas music.
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Gregorian chants.
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Motets.
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Carols.
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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices)
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| Added Author |
Hillier, Paul. Conductor.
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Tomasi, Biasio, ca. 1585-1640.
Sacri fiori, libro 1. Dum deambularet Dominus in Paradisum.
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Skempton, Howard, 1947-
Adam lay y-bounden.
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Grandi, Alessandro, -1630.
Motets, book 1. Missus est.
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Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623.
Gradualia, liber 2. O magnum misterium.
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Anerio, Giovanni Francesco, d. 1630.
Voi ch'ai notturni rai.
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Hopkins, John H. (John Henry), 1820-1891.
We three kings of Orient are.
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Eccard, Johann, 1553-1611.
Übers Gebirg Maria geht.
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Eccard, Johann, 1553-1611.
Preussische Festlieder, 1. T. Maria kompt zur Reinigung.
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Gade, Niels W. (Niels Wilhelm), 1817-1890.
Børnenes Jul. Barn Jesus i en krybbe lå; arr.
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Theatre of Voices. Performer.
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Ars Nova (Vocal group) Performer.
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| Standard No. |
00093046756567 gtin-14 |
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093046756567 |
| Music No. |
HMU 807565 Harmonia Mundi |
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