Nakład wyprzedany, ostatni egzemplarz Gothic Voices’ reputation for the originality of its programming is cemented with its first recording of medieval Christmas music, in which Julian Podger reimagines a fifteenth-century carol evening. • Mirroring the modern practice of performing mostly music from the preceding centuries alongside some contemporary repertoire, the programme includes late medieval English carols, chant, mono- and polyphonic songs and motets for the Advent and Christmas season, focusing on Mary, her Annunciation and the birth of Jesus. • Larger-scale festive motets and mass movements by English late medieval celebrities John Dunstaple and Leonel Power also feature. • The ‘evening’ concludes with a summons to wake up to the significance of Christmas, with the conductus call Resonet, intonet introducing the carols Nowell synge we bothe al and som and Nowell: Owt of your slepe and the great Christmas chant Puer natus est nobis, arranged here into a joyful finale. • This recording has been widely anticipated since a performance of this repertoire in December 2016 was chosen by BBC Music Magazine as its number one unmissable Christmas event.
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anon.: Alma redemptoris mater: As I lay
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anon.: Angelus ad virginem
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anon.: Ave rex angelorum
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anon.: Benedicite Deo
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anon.: Cantate Domino
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anon.: Ecce, quod natura
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anon.: In natali novi regis
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anon.: Mervele not, Joseph
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anon.: Nowell: Now man is bryghter
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anon.: O Sapientia
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anon.: Puer natus est nobis
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anon.: Resonet, intonet
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anon.: Veni, O sapientia
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Cooke, John: Ave Regina Caelorum
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Power, L: Sanctus
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Queldryk: Gloria