Christmas Music

[oddoneout]

Harry Christophers' selection

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/dec/09/deck-the-halls-harry-christophers-the-sixteen-christmas-playlist

[vinteuil]

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00005OCJC

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000007NEI

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000027PRK

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[Joseph K]

Here's one I've just discovered:

[MickyD]

This is just gorgeous...I think probably the best of all the Stile Antico discs, and that is saying something.

[Nick Armstrong]

This is just gorgeous...I think probably the best of all the Stile Antico discs, and that is saying something.

Yes, that disc has been a regular favourite ever since its appearance.

This year (thanks to Ian Skelly putting in eloquent words on Wednesday evening for Jean Mouton), I have discovered on Qobuz this gem of a recording:

https://www.regent-records.co.uk/product_details_312.htm

The recording and performance by the Maîtrise de Toulouse are excellent by any choral standards.

So far, these are the sounds of Christmas 2020 here


Complete programme:

Motets de Noël anciens
Noe, noe, psallite noe - Jean Mouton
Noe pastores cantate canticum novum - Bouzignac
Ave Maria - Bouzignac
Dum silentium tenerent omni - Bouzignac
Stella refulget - Bouzignac
Magi videntes stellam - Etienne Moulinié
Hodie Christus natus est - Louis-Nicolas Clérambault
Salve puerule - Marc Antoine Charpentier

Motets de Noël modernes
Salve Regina - Francis Poulenc
Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël - Poulenc
- O magnum mysterium
- Quem vidistis, pastores? dicite
- Videntes stellam
- Hodie Christus natus est
Chant de la Nativité - Jean Roger-Ducasse
Hodie Christus natus est - Marc Bleuse

Noëls
Guillaume, Antoine et Pierre - Provençal, arr. Jean Bouvard
Birjina gaztettobat zegoen (basque) - Basque, arr. Opstad
El noi de la Mare (catalan) - Roussillonnais, arr. Opstad
Anan auzi las aubados (occitan) - Toulousain, arr. Opstad
Noël nouvelet - Français, arr. Opstad
Dormi, fili, dormi! - Alsacien, arr. Opstad
Quelle est cette odeur agréable? - Français, arr. Opstad

[MickyD]

Another old favourite...the Charpentier Christmas recordings of Christie always come out in this household every year.

[antongould]

Finzi: In Terra Pax (especially for the coda).

First outing today ..........

[Roslynmuse]

First outing today ..........

Thanks for reminding me of this wonderful piece!

[Joseph K]

[antongould]

Superb Joseph ..... loved it for years ....

[antongould]

Thanks for reminding me of this wonderful piece!

Skellers played it on Monday morning ..........

[Serial_Apologist]

Superb Joseph ..... loved it for years ....

Ah yes - the Apartheid anthem.

[MickyD]

This is a very pleasing selection of old carols played on a variety of lutes by the wonderful Rolf Lislevand - an intimate and refreshingly different Christmas disc.

[Padraig]

I have just discovered this setting of Thomas Hardy's The Oxen by Jonathan Rathbone -

https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tVP1zc0TCsqyDYqyykzYPQSLMlIVcivSM1TKEosyUjKz0sFAL-JC5Y&q=the+oxen+rathbone&oq=the+oxen+rathbone&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j46j0l2j0i22i30j69i61l2.23426j1j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[Dave2002]

This year (thanks to Ian Skelly putting in eloquent words on Wednesday evening for Jean Mouton), I have discovered on Qobuz this gem of a recording:

https://www.regent-records.co.uk/product_details_312.htm

The recording and performance by the Maîtrise de Toulouse are excellent by any choral standards.

So far, these are the sounds of Christmas 2020 here


Complete programme:

Motets de Noël anciens
Noe, noe, psallite noe - Jean Mouton
Noe pastores cantate canticum novum - Bouzignac
Ave Maria - Bouzignac
Dum silentium tenerent omni - Bouzignac
Stella refulget - Bouzignac
Magi videntes stellam - Etienne Moulinié
Hodie Christus natus est - Louis-Nicolas Clérambault
Salve puerule - Marc Antoine Charpentier

Motets de Noël modernes
Salve Regina - Francis Poulenc
Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël - Poulenc
- O magnum mysterium
- Quem vidistis, pastores? dicite
- Videntes stellam
- Hodie Christus natus est
Chant de la Nativité - Jean Roger-Ducasse
Hodie Christus natus est - Marc Bleuse

Noëls
Guillaume, Antoine et Pierre - Provençal, arr. Jean Bouvard
Birjina gaztettobat zegoen (basque) - Basque, arr. Opstad
El noi de la Mare (catalan) - Roussillonnais, arr. Opstad
Anan auzi las aubados (occitan) - Toulousain, arr. Opstad
Noël nouvelet - Français, arr. Opstad
Dormi, fili, dormi! - Alsacien, arr. Opstad
Quelle est cette odeur agréable? - Français, arr. Opstad

That might not be one which floats my boat, but was it ever available on CDs? Now it only seems to be available as a download, which is a shame.