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ANONYMOUS
· Prose : Prophetarum presignata - Irish, 14th C. (1'30)
· Carol: Nowel syng we bothe al and som - English, 15th C. (3'00)
· Carol: Alma redemptoris mater - English, 15th C. (4'02)
· Folk hymn: The Shepherd's Star - American, Southern Harmony, 1835 (2'22)
· Ballad carol: Newell - Tydings trew - English, 15th C. (3'58)
· Carol: Mervele noght Iosep - English, 15th C. (6'19)
· Carol: Synge we to this mery cumpane - English, 15th C. (3'16)
· Song: Qui creavit celum ("Song of the Nuns of Chester") - English, 15th C. Carol: A Virgin Unspotted - William Knapp (English, 1798-1868) (4'21)
· Carol: A Virgin Unspotted - William Knapp (English, 1798-1868)
American version, Wyeth's Repository of Music, Part Second, 1813 (2'35)
· Carol: Now may we syngyn - English, 15th C. (2'46)
· Ballad carol: Lullay my child - This ender nithgt - English, 15th C. (3'47)
· Folk hymn: Star in the East - American, Southern Harmony, 1835 (3'15)
· Carol: Veni redemptor gencium - English, 15th C. (5'30)
· Carol ballad: The Cherry Tree Carol - English, 15th C.; this version, Kentucky, 1917 (3'11)
· Prose: Salve mater misericordie - Irish, 14th C. (1'31)
· Carol: Hail mary ful of grace - English, 15th C. (4'28)
· Fuging tune: Bethlehem - William Billings (American, 1746-1800) (2'50)
Middle Ages "The Cherry Tree". Songs, Carols & Ballads for Christmas Anonymous 4
0h58
Digital
HMU807453
Excerpt:The Cherry Tree. Christmas. Track no.2
Anonymous 4 brings us the Christmas story as told in medieval English carols and Anglo-American spiritual songs in a programme inspired by the 15th-century miracle ballad The Cherry Tree Carol, which flourishes both in the British Isles and in America.
“Four voices blending perfectly in vowel color, tone and intonation” – The Washington Post (concert review).
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ANONYMOUS
· Prose : Prophetarum presignata - Irish, 14th C. (1'30)
· Carol: Nowel syng we bothe al and som - English, 15th C. (3'00)
· Carol: Alma redemptoris mater - English, 15th C. (4'02)
· Folk hymn: The Shepherd's Star - American, Southern Harmony, 1835 (2'22)
· Ballad carol: Newell - Tydings trew - English, 15th C. (3'58)
· Carol: Mervele noght Iosep - English, 15th C. (6'19)
· Carol: Synge we to this mery cumpane - English, 15th C. (3'16)
· Song: Qui creavit celum ("Song of the Nuns of Chester") - English, 15th C. Carol: A Virgin Unspotted - William Knapp (English, 1798-1868) (4'21)
· Carol: A Virgin Unspotted - William Knapp (English, 1798-1868)
American version, Wyeth's Repository of Music, Part Second, 1813 (2'35)
· Carol: Now may we syngyn - English, 15th C. (2'46)
· Ballad carol: Lullay my child - This ender nithgt - English, 15th C. (3'47)
· Folk hymn: Star in the East - American, Southern Harmony, 1835 (3'15)
· Carol: Veni redemptor gencium - English, 15th C. (5'30)
· Carol ballad: The Cherry Tree Carol - English, 15th C.; this version, Kentucky, 1917 (3'11)
· Prose: Salve mater misericordie - Irish, 14th C. (1'31)
· Carol: Hail mary ful of grace - English, 15th C. (4'28)
· Fuging tune: Bethlehem - William Billings (American, 1746-1800) (2'50)