Gabriel's Greeting on CD
Gabriel's Greeting
CD
CD (Compact Disc)
Conventional CD, playable with all CD players and computer drives, but also with most SACD or multiplayers.
- Mittelalterliche englische Weihnachtsmusik
Die Festlichkeiten der Weihnachtszeit enthalten eine besonders große Vielfalt an Themen und bildlicher Darstellung und aus ihnen entsprang die bezauberndste Musik des mittelalterlichen Englands – die freudige Begrüßungs Marias, der Engel Gabriel, und die vertraulicheren Lieder der Krippenszene. Der Marienkult scheint genauso wirklich gewesen zu sein wie das höfische domna der Troubadoure, und für englische Liederdichter nimmt sie über dem Christkind und andere Figuren der Weihnachtsgeschichte die höchste Stellung ein. Das detaillierteste Geschichtslied zu Ehren Marias gehört zu einer Gruppe von Liedern, mit der das Weihnachtsfest im Winchester College gefeiert wird und bei dem gemäß der College-Regeln im Saal ein Feuer angezündet wird und die Gelehrten und Fellows den Abend mit Liedern und anderer ziemlichen Unterhaltung, Gedichten, Königschroniken und den Wundern der Welt verbrachten. Lolay, lolay ist das einzige einstimmige Lied in der Sammlung, ein langes Wiegenlied, in dem der Dichter ein Gespräch zwischen einer jungen Mutter und ihrem Sohn überhört. Im Laufe des Liedes wird uns die Identität der Figuren klar und wir hören von den Mysterien der Weihnachtsgeschichte.
The feasts of Christmas were particularly rich in subject and imagery and gave rise to some of the most captivating music from medieval England, with joyous salutations to Mary and the Angel Gabriel, as well as more intimate songs of the nativity. The cult of Mary seems to have been as real as the courtly domna of the troubadours, and for English song-writers she stands supreme over the Christ-child and all the other figures of the Christmas story. The most detailed story-song in her honour is one of a group of songs celebrating Christmas feast days at Winchester College when, according to the College statutes, a fire would be lit in hall and the scholars and fellows would pass the evening with songs and other decent entertainments, with poems, chronicles of kings, and the marvels of this world. Lolay, lolay is the only monophonic song in the collection and is a lengthy lullaby in which the poet eavesdrops on a conversation between a young mother and her son. As it unfolds we realize their identities and hear about the mysteries of the Christmas story.
'One of my favorite releases this season'(San Francisco Examiner)
'Deliciosa programa, casi siempre alegre y festivo, interpretado con estimulante frescura (Ritmo, Spain)
'a musical snapshot of Christmas long past ... a feast of Latin and Middle English texts, sung and played with gusto' (Oxford Star)
'exemplary' (Laudate)
'The performances have great panache and virtuosity ... sung simply and gently with understated eloquence' (American Record Guide)
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The feasts of Christmas were particularly rich in subject and imagery and gave rise to some of the most captivating music from medieval England, with joyous salutations to Mary and the Angel Gabriel, as well as more intimate songs of the nativity. The cult of Mary seems to have been as real as the courtly domna of the troubadours, and for English song-writers she stands supreme over the Christ-child and all the other figures of the Christmas story. The most detailed story-song in her honour is one of a group of songs celebrating Christmas feast days at Winchester College when, according to the College statutes, a fire would be lit in hall and the scholars and fellows would pass the evening with songs and other decent entertainments, with poems, chronicles of kings, and the marvels of this world. Lolay, lolay is the only monophonic song in the collection and is a lengthy lullaby in which the poet eavesdrops on a conversation between a young mother and her son. As it unfolds we realize their identities and hear about the mysteries of the Christmas story.
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'One of my favorite releases this season'(San Francisco Examiner)
'Deliciosa programa, casi siempre alegre y festivo, interpretado con estimulante frescura (Ritmo, Spain)
'a musical snapshot of Christmas long past ... a feast of Latin and Middle English texts, sung and played with gusto' (Oxford Star)
'exemplary' (Laudate)
'The performances have great panache and virtuosity ... sung simply and gently with understated eloquence' (American Record Guide)
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Tracklisting
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Contributors
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
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1 Gabriel fram evene king
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2 Salva nos, stella maris
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3 Miri it is - estampie
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4 Salve, virgo virginium
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5 Ave Maria, virgo virginium
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6 Procedenti puero
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7 Ecce mundi gaudium
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8 Ut iam cesset calamitas
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9 Gabriel fram evene king
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10 Untitled instrumental piece
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11 Vide miser et iudica / Vide miser et cogita / Wynter
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12 Estampie
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13 Ther is no rose of swych vertu
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14 Ther is no rose of swych vertu
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15 Lolay, lolay. Als I lay on Yoleis night
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16 Nowell, nowell, nowell! This is the salutacyon of the angell Gabryell
Gabriel's Greeting
Current price: EUR 11.99
