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Title:
Sing thee nowell [CD].
Corporate Author:
Added Author:
Publication Date:
2014
Publication Information:
Åkersberga, Sweden : BIS, p2014.
Physical Description:
1 compact disc (1:11:17) : digital, SACD ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Abstract:
On their new release, New York Polyphony sings of, and to, the birth of Christ in a sophisticated program fusing the ancient with the modern into a seamless whole. New works stand side by side with traditional Renaissance carols and more.
General Note:
Super audio compact disc (hybrid); multi-channel and stereo sound; playable on CD and SACD players.
Program notes in English, German and French and texts with English translations in container.
Performers:
New York Polyphony (Geoffrey Williams, countertenor ; Steven Caldicott Wilson, tenor ; Christopher Dylan Herbert, baritone ; Craig Phillips, bass) ; with Sarah Brailey, Elizabeth Baber Weaver, sopranos.
Contents:
Veni Emmanuel / Andrew Smith (3:14) -- Adam lay ybounden / Geoffrey Williams (1:32) -- Gabriel archangelus / Philippe Verdelot (4:23) -- Gabriel's message / trad. ; arr. Alexander Craig (2:12) -- There is no rose / Trinity Roll MS (15th century) (2:16) -- There is no rose ('Hereford') / S.S. Wesley ; arr. Geoffrey Williams (2:18) -- There is no rose / John Scott (3:13) -- Nesciens mater / Byttering (1:34) -- O pia virgo / Michael McGlynn (3:14) -- Nowell: Out of your sleep / Selden MS (15th century) (3:00) -- Nowell: Arise and wake / Andrew Smith (3:29) -- Five carols / Richard Rodney Bennett (9:54) -- Sleep now / Alexander Craig (1:36) -- O magnum mysterium / Tomás Luis de Victoria (3:36) -- Quem pastores laudavere / trad. ; arr. Susan LaBarr (2:34) -- Quid petis, o fili / Richard Pygott (5:48) -- Un flambeau, Jeanette, Isabelle / trad., arr. Alexander Craig (2:08) -- Bethlehem Down / Peter Warlock (3:54) -- Magi veniunt ab oriente / Jacob Clemens non Papa (6:39) -- O little town of Bethlehem / L.H. Redner ; arr. Alexander Craig (2:36).
Language:
English
Additional Language:
Sung in English, French and Latin.
