A seasonal journey through seven centuries of music pairing medieval melodies with modern settings by Poulenc, Leighton, and Mathias. The recording highlights the way ancient texts have inspired composers from the era of plainchant to the present day, bridging the gap with Renaissance works by Bach, Praetorius and Sweelinck.
Track Listing:
Victoria: Ne Timeas Maria - Anonymous
There Is No Rose - Tomas Luis da Victoria
Ne Timeas Maria - Anonymous
Willcock: Angelus Ad Virginem - Plainchant
Praetorius: Vom Himmel Hoch - Anonymous
Js Bach: Vom Himmel Hoch
Nowel - Owt Of Your Slepe - Luther
Hodie Christus Natus Est
Alleluy -: A Nywe Werk - Plainchant
Poulenc: Hodie Christus Natus Est - Anonymous
Out Of Your Sleep - Francis Poulenc
Quem Vidistis Pastores - Richard Rodney Bennett
Praetorius: In Dulci Jubilo - Plainchant
Nowell - Dieus Wous Garde - Anonymous
The Coventry Carol
Poulenc: Quem Vidistis Pastores - Anonymous
The Coventry Carol - Francis Poulenc
Resonemus Laudibus - Kenneth Leighton
Hodie Christus Natus Est - Anonymous
Ave Rex Angelorum - Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Ave Rex - Carol Sequence: - Anonymous
I. Ave Rex Angelorum
Ii. Alleluia - A New Work Is Come On Hand - William Mathias
Iii. There Is No Rose Of Such Virtue - William Mathias
Iv. Sir Christémas - Ave Rex Reprise - William Mathias
Resonemus Laudibus - William Mathias
Gaudete! - Traditional