Performed by New York's Ensemble for Early Music
Frederick Renz, Director
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Produced in association with the Metropolitan Museum of Art where the EEM appears annually, this colorful disc celebrates the winter holiday with Renaissance carols and noels. Selections include: "Green grow'th the holly" and Taunder Naken from the Songbook of Henry VIII, noels by Busnois, Dufay and Brumel, 15th century English carols, late Renaissance motets, lute songs, villancicos and instrumental dances by Palestrina, Attey, Arbeau and Praetorius' "Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen."
This full color cover features "The Annunciation" (detail) by Botticelli from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. A generous twenty page booklet includes notes and complete texts with parallel English translations. 65 minutes.
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1.Hail Mary full of grace
2.Novell: Tidings true
3.There is no rose (carols)Anonymous, 15th-Century
4.Noel, noel (motet)Antoine Busnois, d.1492
5.C'etait a l'heure (noel)Anonymous
6.Noe, noe (motet)Antoine Brumel, fl.ca.1500
7.Lullay: Als I lay
8.Nowell: Out of your sleep
9.Marvel not, Joseph
10.Alleluia: A newe work (carols)Anonymous, 15th-Century
11.Conditor alme siderum (hymn)Guillaume Dufay, ca.1400-1474
12.Green groweth the holly (carol)
13.Taunder naken (instrumental consort)Henry VIII, 1491-1547
14.Sweet JesusKing Henry VIII's Book, ca.1515
15.E la don don
16.Riu, riu, chiu (villancicos)Anonymous, pub.1556
17.Es ist ein' Ros'arr. Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621
18.Coventry CarolAnonymous, pub.1591
19.Joseph lieber (melody)Anonymous
20.Hodie Christus natus est (motet)G.P. Palestrina, ca.1525-1594
21.In dulci jubilo (melody)Anonymous
22.Sweet was the song (lute song)John attey, +ca.1640
23.Greensleeves (ballad tune)arr. Thysius Lute-Book, ca.1600
24.Psallite unigenite (motet)Michael Praetorius
25.Branle de l'Official (dance tune)Thoinot Arbeau, 1519-1595