Track Listing:
Medieval Carols:
Lux hodie: Orientis partibus (13th Century) - Ian Patridge, Tenor/ Geoffrey Shaw, Baritone
Resonemus laudibus (14th Century) - Stephen Borton and Paul Copcutt, Trebles
Verbum caro: In hoc anni ciculo (15th Century)
Fines amouretes (13th Century) - Lance-Sergeant Pirrie, Bagpipes
Verbum patris hodie (12th Century)
Lullay, lullow: I saw a sweete seemly sight (14th Century) - Stephen Borton and Paul Copcutt, Trebles
Fulget hodie de l'espine la flour (14th Century) - John Buttrey, Tenor
Now make we merthe: Now God almighty (15th Century) - Ian Partridge, Tenor/ Christopher Keyte, Bass
Noe, noe, noe, psallite noe (1519) - Jean Mouton (c. 1470-1522)
Nowell: The borys hede (15th Century)
Pray for us: In this valey (15th Century)
Verbum patris humanatur (12th Century)/ Christopher Keyte, Bass
Conditor fut le non-pareil (1520) - D. Grayston Brugess, Countertenor
Nova, nova: Gabriell off hye degre (15th Century) - Lance-Sergeant Pirrie, Bagpipes
Nowell: Dieus vous garde (Mid 15th Century) (Richard Smert)
Riu, riu, chiu: El lobo rabioso (1556) - Geoffrey Shaw, Bass
Verbum caro: Dies est laetitiae (14th Century)
Joseph, lieber Joseph mein (1544) (Johann Walther 1496-1570)
Baroque Christmas Music from England, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain
Schutz: Hodie Christus natus est
Purcell: Behold, I bring you glad tidings - Paul Esswood, Countertenor/ Ian Partridge, Tenor/ Stafford Dean, Bass
Anonymous: Soberana Maria
Hammerschmidt: Allelujah! Freuet euch, ihr Christen alle - Jack Irons and David Johnston, Tenors/ Geoffrey Coleby, Bass
Bouzignac: Noe, Noe! Pastores, cantate Domino - Hazel Holt, Soprano
Giovanni Gabrieli: O magnum mysterium
Schutz: Ach Herr, du Schopfer aller Ding
Monteverdi: Christe, Redemptor omnium
Praetorius: Singt, ihr lieben Christen all - Hazel Holt and Maureen Keetch, Sopranos
Hassler: Angelus ad pastores ait
Carols Newly Composed and Arranged Elizabethan Singers
I saw three ships come sailing in - Barbara Elsy and Ian Partridge, Soloists
The First Christmas
Deck the hall
Dormi Jesu
Here we come a-wassailing
Our Lady's Song
Unto us is born a Son
There is no rose of such virtue
We wish you a merry Christmas - Christopher Keyte, Soloist
Silent Night
The Boar's Head Carol
Balulalow
Out of your sleep arise
Ecce Puer - Susan Longfield and Ian Partridge, Soloists
What Cheer?
From Heaven winging
Welcome Yule!
Ave Maria - Hail, blessed flower
The first Nowell
We have purchased a number of copies of all the records we sell. We have created CDs and MP3s of excellent quality using multiple recordings from the records we've purchased. You will find the quality of our CDs to be superb. In order to abide by copyright laws, we offer for sale records with the CDs and MP3s for our customers who do not already own the vinyl lps. If you, like me, have held on to your records, you need only buy the CDs. You already have a copyright obtained when you bought the records; therefore, copyright laws allow you to have a transfer copy of the original recording your purchased.
All our CDs are printed directly - no labels - and include the song listing, artist/release name, and a thumbnail image of the front album artwork. CDs are packaged in plastic jewel case boxes. Our jewel cases include the front album artwork on the front and the song listing on the back. We do not include the back album artwork as we have found many album jackets contain a lot of text on the back which does not reduce down from the 12" album jacket to the 5" CD insert satisfactorily. The artist and release name are printed on the side spine.
Because we sell the vinyl records only to provide you a legal copyright and thus the legal right to own the transfer copy CD, we make no claims as to the quality or condition of the vinyl records you may receive. The records you purchase may or may not have been used to create your CDs. The sound quality of your CDs will be highly superior to the vinyl record you receive if you purchase lps. We give you the option to purchase a vinyl record (if we have them in stock) in the purchase options below the Song Listing of each item.
MP3 downloads are also available for many of our releases. As with the CDs, you must own the record to purchase an MP3 download. If you purchase the download, you will not receive a CD. Of course, if you prefer to purchase the MP3 download to a CD, but you do not own the records, we are happy to sell you the records along with your download.
(Your CD will of course have the artwork and song listing for the album you purchase.)
(Your jewel case will of course have the artwork for the album you purchase.)
(Your jewel case will of course have the song listing for the album you purchase.)
(Both side spines are printed in this way.)
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