Gaudete! Music from Christmas Past

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Tracklist

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1Gaudete (from Piae Cantiones) (Anon)
recording of:
Gaudete, gaudete Christus est natus (original “Piæ cantiones” version)
lyricist and composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Piæ cantiones (first published in 1582 in Greifswald, Sweden; a collection of 74 Latin and Swedish/Latin songs)
1:48
2Josef lieber, Josef mein (Walther)
recording of:
Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
1:52
3'Pastoral Symphony' from Messiah (Handel)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 13. Pastoral Symphony (Pifa)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
1:56
4In Natali Domini (Praetorius)
1:33
5The Angel Gabriel (Old Basque Noël)
recording of:
The Angel Gabriel
written in:
País Vasco (Basque Country), Spain
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
Sabine Baring‐Gould (in 1895)
translated version of:
Birjina gaztetto bat zegoen
2:38
6Concerto in G minor 'Christmas Concerto' - Vivace - Grave (Corelli)1:17
7Concerto in G minor 'Christmas Concerto' - Allegro (Corelli)2:30
8Concerto in G minor 'Christmas Concerto' - Adagio - Allegro - Adagio (Corelli)2:58
9Concerto in G minor 'Christmas Concerto' - Vivace (Corelli)1:13
10Concerto in G minor 'Christmas Concerto' - Allegro (Corelli)2:08
11Concerto in G minor 'Christmas Concerto' - Pastorale: Largo (Corelli)3:34
12Pastor levate Sù (Da Gagliano)
2:48
13Sonata Pastorale in C for solo harpsichord (Scarlatti)3:03
14Tu scendi dalle stelle (Anon)
recording of:
Tu scendi dalle stelle
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Alfonso Maria de’ Liguori (Saint of Catholic Church)
translator:
Pope Pius IX (Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti)
version of:
Quanno nascette Ninno (neapolitan original)
2:44
15Christmas Concerto for Recorder in F major - Allegro ma non tanto (Vivaldi)3:02
16Christmas Concerto for Recorder in F major - Largo e cantiabile (Vivaldi)2:45
17Christmas Concerto for Recorder in F major - Allegro (Vivaldi)2:06
18There is no Rose of such virtue (Anon)
recording of:
There Is No Rose of Such Virtu (15th century carol)
lyricist and composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
There Is No Rose
3:04
19Nowell, sing we (Anon)
recording of:
Nowell sing we [English, 15th Century]
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:11
20'The New-year's gift' (Galliard) (Holborne)
1:38
21'As it fell on a holie Eve' (Galliard) (Holborne)
recording of:
As It Fell on a Holie Eve
composer:
Anthony Holborne (composer) (in 1599)
part of:
Pavans, Galliards, Almains, and Other Short Aeirs (entire collection)
1:11
22Puer nobis nascitur, for solo recorder (Van Eyck)
instrumental recording of:
Puer Nobis Nascitur
composer:
Jacob van Eyck (composer)
3:00
23The Coventry Carol (Anon)
recording of:
Coventry Carol
lyricist:
Robert Croo (16th-century lyricist of "The Coventry Carol") (in 1534)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 19028)
2:51
24Nativity Sonata for violin and continuo 'The Birth of Christ' - Adagio - Presto - Adagio (Biber)
1:32
25Nativity Sonata for violin and continuo 'The Birth of Christ' - Courente (Biber)
1:31
26Nativity Sonata for violin and continuo 'The Birth of Christ' - Double (Biber)
1:40
27Nativity Sonata for violin and continuo 'The Birth of Christ' - Adagio (Biber)
2:37
28Noël nouvelet (Trad.)
recording of:
Noël nouvelet
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:06
29Dans cette étable (Trad.)
recording of:
Dans cette étable
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:44
30Noëls sur les instruments: Les bourgeois de Châtre (Charpentier)0:54
31Noëls sur les instruments: Joseph est bien marié (Charpentier)1:01
32Noëls sur les instruments: O Créatur (Charpentier)2:05
33Noëls sur les instruments: Où sen vont ces gais bergers? (Charpentier)1:30
34Es ist ein Roess entsprungen (Old German/harmonised Praetorius)
recording of:
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Praetorius’ harmonisation)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Michael Praetorius (composer and organist) (in 1609)
arrangement of:
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (original anonymous version)
2:30
35In Dulci Jubilo (verse 1: German 14th century, verse 2: Eccard, verse 3: Praetorius, verse 4: J. S. Bach)
recording of:
In dulci jubilo (catch-all for unknown J.S. Bach version)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
medley including a recording of:
In dulci jubilo (arr. Michael Praetorius. Musae Sioniae VI, no. 32)
composer:
Michael Praetorius (composer and organist) (in 1607)
version of:
In dulci iubilo (original traditional version in macaronic alteration of medieval German and Latin, use also for unspecified versions)
medley including a recording of:
In Dulci Jubilo
lyricist:
14th century German ([traditional], special purpose artist)
composer:
Samuel Scheidt (composer)
3:27