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Summary:

Scope and content: Recorded at St. Giles' Cripplegate, London, August 1992 and April 1993.

Table of Contents:

• In dulci jubilo. Part 1 / Praetorius (3:56)
• Noël / Daquin (Wayne Marshall, organ) (4:26)
• Joy to the world / Anon. (19th century) (2:46)
• Verbum caro / Anon. (16th century) (1:44)
• Messiah. Pastoral symphony ; There were shepherds abiding in the field : (recitative) ; Glory to God : (chorus) / Handel (Emily Van Evera, soprano) (4:21)
• Adeste fideles / Liszt (Wayne Marshall, piano) (4:41)
• Audite principes / Giovanni Gabrieli (6:17)
• Swete was the song / Anon. (16th century) (2:33)
• Dormi Jesu / Webern (Rachel Platt, soprano ; Michael Harris, clarinet) (1:09)
• Christmas oratoriao. Sinfonia / Bach (5:53)
• Messiah. Behold, a virgin shall conceive : (recitative) ; O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion : (air and chorus) / Handel (Margaret Cable, alto) (6:03)
• In dulci jubilo / Liszt (Wayne Marshall, piano) (2:26)
• The burning babe / Malcolm Bruno (Catherine King, mezzo-soprano ; Jacob Heringman, lute) (2:56)
• Weihnachtsmusik / Schoenberg (5:10)
• Lullay lullow / Anon. (15th century) (2:28)
• In dulci jubilo. Part 2 / Praetorius (3:37).

Contributors:

Parrott, Andrew , conductor

Marshall, Wayne, 1961- , performer

Van Evera, Emily , performer

Lawrence-King, Andrew , performer

Platt, Rachel , performer

Harris, Michael (Clarinetist) , performer

Cable, Margaret , performer

King, Catherine (Mezzo-soprano) , performer

Heringman, Jacob , performer

Praetorius, Michael, 1571-1621

Daquin, Louis-Claude, 1694-1772

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759

Gabrieli, Giovanni, approximately 1554-1612

Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886

Webern, Anton, 1883-1945

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

Bruno, Malcolm

Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951

Taverner Players , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Taverner Consort , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Taverner Choir , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Languages:

English
Latin

Language Notes:

Vocal selections sung in English or Latin.

Included Works:

Polyhymnia caduceatrix et panegyrica [by Praetorius, M.] > In dulci jubilo

Nouveau livre de noëls [by Daquin, L.C.] > Noël, grand jeu et duo

Messiah [by Handel, G.F.] (Selections)

Audite principes [by Gabrieli, G.]

Weihnachtsbaum [by Liszt, F.] > Adeste fideles

Canons nach lateinischen Texten [by Webern, A.] > Dormi Jesu

Weihnachts-Oratorium [by Bach, J.S.] > Sinfonia

Weihnachtsbaum [by Liszt, F.] > Hirten an der Krippe

Burning babe [by Bruno, M.]

Weihnachtsmusik [by Schoenberg, A.]

Related Works:

BBC music magazine

Related Series:

BBC music (Complete); v. 2, no. 4

Alternate Titles:

Title on container spine: Music for Christmas from the 12th to the 20th century
Subtitle on insert: Anthology from the 12th to the 20th century

Subjects:

Christmas music

Carols

Oratorios — Excerpts

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices)

Piano music

Oratorios

Genres:

Carols

Christmas music

Excerpts

Oratorios

Performers:

Taverner Consort, Choir and Players ; directed by Andrew Parrott ; with various soloists.

General Notes:

Title from disc label.
Recorded at St. Giles' Cripplegate, London, August 1992 and April 1993.
Issued with the periodical BBC Music Magazine, volume 2, numbers 4 (Dec. 1993).
Program notes in English ([2] pages)--inserted in container.
From the collection of George L Loegel.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; 1.4 m/s; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, BBC Music Magazine: BBC MM116

OCLC Numbers:

30746559