The First Nowell - Christmas Carols Through the Ages

The Edison Singers;
Edison, Noel

8.574475

The Christmas carol has its origins in the Middle Ages but it has since embraced a wide variety of musical backgrounds. In this album, religious sentiment is set in many different contexts – from the mystery plays to an African American spiritual, from its origins in Gregorian Chant and 16th-century secular dance to traditional examples rooted in poetry. Some of the most famous and beautiful examples are heard alongside energising contemporary carols to present a tapestry of the genre across the centuries.

Works:

• Tomorrow shall be my Dancing Day
• In the Bleak Midwinter
• I wonder as I wander
• Hodie Christus natus est
• Sans Day Carol
• Adam lay ybounden
• Go tell it on the Mountain
• Lux aurumque
• Wassail Song
• In the Stillness
• Ding dong! Merrily on high
• A Virgin most pure
• Hodie, Christus natus est
• Coventry Carol
• Ave Maria (Angelus Domini)
• My Dancing Day
• Silent Night
• The First Nowell

CD

Muzyka klasyczna

Naxos

02-11-2022

747313447572