Of Glad Tidings: A Celebration of Christmas Music Across the Years

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Annotation

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Annotation last modified on 2020-05-30 21:27 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶12" Vinyl: Medieval Carols
2▼12" Vinyl: Baroque Christmas Music
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C1Hodie christus natus est
organ:
Charlie Spinks (classical harpsichordist)
violin:
Hugh Maguire (violinist, leader, concertmaster, and conductor)
choir vocals:
Heinrich Schütz Choir
orchestra:
Camden Wind Ensemble and London String Players (Academy of St Martin in the Fields)
recording of:
Hodie Christus natus est SWV 456
lyricist and composer:
Heinrich Schütz (composer)
part of:
Schütz-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: SWV 456)
Heinrich Schütz Choir6:01
C2Behold, I Bring You Glad Tidings
organ:
Charlie Spinks (classical harpsichordist)
violin:
Hugh Maguire (violinist, leader, concertmaster, and conductor)
bass vocals:
Stafford Dean (operatic bass)
choir vocals:
Heinrich Schütz Choir
countertenor vocals:
Paul Esswood (countertenor)
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
orchestra:
Camden Wind Ensemble and London String Players (Academy of St Martin in the Fields)
recording of:
Behold, I bring you glad tidings, Z. 2
lyricist and composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
part of:
Henry Purcell: An Analytical Catalogue of His Music (number: Z. 2)
Heinrich Schütz Choir4:21
C3Soberana Maria
organ:
Charlie Spinks (classical harpsichordist)
violin:
Hugh Maguire (violinist, leader, concertmaster, and conductor)
choir vocals:
Heinrich Schütz Choir
orchestra:
Camden Wind Ensemble and London String Players (Academy of St Martin in the Fields)
recording of:
Soberana Maria (baroque christmas song)
lyricist and composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
Heinrich Schütz Choir10:20
C4Allelujah! Freuet euch ihr Christen alle
organ:
Charlie Spinks (classical harpsichordist)
violin:
Hugh Maguire (violinist, leader, concertmaster, and conductor)
bass vocals:
Geoffrey Coleby
choir vocals:
Heinrich Schütz Choir
tenor vocals:
Jack Irons and David Johnston (English tenor)
orchestra:
Camden Wind Ensemble and London String Players (Academy of St Martin in the Fields)
recording of:
Allelujah! Freuet euch ihr Christen alle
lyricist and composer:
Andreas Hammerschmidt (17th century composer)
Heinrich Schütz Choir4:37
D1Noe, noe! Pastores, cantate domino
organ:
Charlie Spinks (classical harpsichordist)
violin:
Hugh Maguire (violinist, leader, concertmaster, and conductor)
choir vocals:
Heinrich Schütz Choir
soprano vocals:
Hazel Holt
orchestra:
Camden Wind Ensemble and London String Players (Academy of St Martin in the Fields)
recording of:
Noe, noe! Pastores, cantate domino (baroque christmas song)
lyricist and composer:
Guillaume Bouzignac (compositeur français)
Heinrich Schütz Choir5:24
D2O magnum mysterium
organ:
Charlie Spinks (classical harpsichordist)
violin:
Hugh Maguire (violinist, leader, concertmaster, and conductor)
choir vocals:
Heinrich Schütz Choir
orchestra:
Camden Wind Ensemble and London String Players (Academy of St Martin in the Fields)
recording of:
O magnum mysterium à 8, Ch. 3
lyricist and composer:
Giovanni Gabrieli (composer)
part of:
Giovanni Gabrieli: A Thematic Catalogue of his Music with a Guide to the Source Materials and Translations of his Vocal Texts (Charteris [Ch.]) (number: Ch. 3)
part of:
Concerti di Andrea et di Giovanni Gabrieli
Heinrich Schütz Choir2:44
D3Ach herr, du schopfer aller ding
organ:
Charlie Spinks (classical harpsichordist)
violin:
Hugh Maguire (violinist, leader, concertmaster, and conductor)
choir vocals:
Heinrich Schütz Choir
orchestra:
Camden Wind Ensemble and London String Players (Academy of St Martin in the Fields)
recording of:
Ach Herr, du Schöpfer aller Ding, SWV 450
lyricist and composer:
Heinrich Schütz (composer)
part of:
Schütz-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: SWV 450)
Heinrich Schütz Choir3:47
D4Christe, redemptor omnium
organ:
Charlie Spinks (classical harpsichordist)
violin:
Hugh Maguire (violinist, leader, concertmaster, and conductor)
choir vocals:
Heinrich Schütz Choir
orchestra:
Camden Wind Ensemble and London String Players (Academy of St Martin in the Fields)
recording of:
Christe Redemptor omnium
lyricist and composer:
Claudio Monteverdi (Italian renaissance and baroque composer, choirmaster and string player)
Heinrich Schütz Choir4:26
D5Singt, ihr lieben Christen all
organ:
Charlie Spinks (classical harpsichordist)
violin:
Hugh Maguire (violinist, leader, concertmaster, and conductor)
choir vocals:
Heinrich Schütz Choir
soprano vocals:
Hazel Holt and Maureen Keetch (soprano)
orchestra:
Camden Wind Ensemble and London String Players (Academy of St Martin in the Fields)
recording of:
Singt, ihr lieben Christen all
lyricist and composer:
Michael Praetorius (composer and organist)
Heinrich Schütz Choir2:58
D6Angelus ad pastores ait
organ:
Charlie Spinks (classical harpsichordist)
violin:
Hugh Maguire (violinist, leader, concertmaster, and conductor)
choir vocals:
Heinrich Schütz Choir
orchestra:
Camden Wind Ensemble and London String Players (Academy of St Martin in the Fields)
recording of:
Angelus ad pastores ait
lyricist and composer:
Hans Leo Hassler (latter 16th c. German composer and organist)
Heinrich Schütz Choir3:25
3▶12" Vinyl: Carols Newly Composed And Arranged

Credits

Release

liner notes:F. Ll. Harrison
Derek McCulloch (countertenor & liner notes)

Release group

includes:A Baroque Christmas by Heinrich Schütz Choir, Roger Norrington (conductor)