Boston Camerata
A Renaissance Christmas

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Track Listing

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1	I. Rejoice, Rejoice: Nowell: Dieus vous garde (Richard Smert)	3:41
2	I. Rejoice, Rejoice: Gaudete, gaudete (Anon., 16th c. Swedish)	2:11
3	II. Behold the Handmaiden: Reading: Luke I, 18-22 (Guillaume Dufay)	0:33
4	II. Behold the Handmaiden: Kyrie eleison (Guillaume Dufay)	4:35
5	II. Behold the Handmaiden: E la don don (Anon., 16th c. Catalan)	2:31
6	II. Behold the Handmaiden: Two Fantasies on "une jeune fillette" (Eustache du Caurroy)	2:43
7	III. Joseph Is Well Married: Une jeune fillete (Anon., 16th c. French)	3:08
8	III. Joseph Is Well Married: Joseph, lieber Joseph mein (Johann Walter)	1:15
9	III. Joseph Is Well Married: Magnificat quinti toni (Johannes Gallicus)	7:06
10	IV. The Birth of Jesus: Espirits Divins (Claude Goudimel)	2:28
11	IV. The Birth of Jesus: Reading: Luke II, 17-19 (Michael Praetorius)	0:14
12	IV. The Birth of Jesus: Es ist ein Ros'entsprungen (Michael Praetorius)	2:43
13	IV. The Birth of Jesus: Riu, riu, chiuu (Anon., 16th c. Spanish)	2:36
14	V. Herod and the Magi: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (Michael Praetorius)	2:19
15	V. Herod and the Magi: Reading: Luke III, 4-12 (Hieronymous Praetorius)	0:49
16	V. Herod and the Magi: O vos omnes (Hieronymous Praetorius)	3:26
17	VI. The Shepherds at the Cradle: Reading: Luke II, 20-21 (Anon., 16th c. Italian)	0:10
18	VI. The Shepherds at the Cradle: Ungaresca (Anon., 16th c. Italian)	0:59
19	VI. The Shepherds at the Cradle: Nouvelles, nouvelles (Nicholas Martin)	1:28
20	VI. The Shepherds at the Cradle: Tau garçó, la durundena (Càrcares)	1:49
21	VI. The Shepherds at the Cradle: Tura lura lura, lo gau canta (Anon., early 17th c. Provençal)	3:17
22	VII. The Good News: Reading: Luke II, 3-8 (Tomás Luis de Victoria)	0:30
23	VII. The Good News: O magnum mysterium (Tomás Luis de Victoria)	2:29
24	VII. The Good News: Singet und klinget, ihr Kinderlein (Michael Praetorius)	4:03
25	VII. The Good News: Bransle de Poictou with La bona novella (Michael Praetorius)	2:50

About this Album

Drawing from the vast treasury of Christmas music of the 15th, 16th, and early 17th centuries, A Renaissance Christmas presents a collection of juxtapositions: pop and art music, seriousness and wit, and spirituality and jest all peacefully coexist here, as befits the holiday season.

Credits

MUSICIANS
Joel Cohen, director, lute, baritone
Roberta Anderson, Anne Azéma, soprano
Bruce Lancaster, tenor
Edmund Brownless, tenor, reader
Fred Raffenserger, countertenor
Kenneth Fitch, countertenor
Frank Albinder, David Ripley,bass
Tom Coleman, contrabass
Marilyn Boenau, dulcian, recorders, ocarina, shawn, xylophone
Jane Hershey, bass and tenor viols, recorder
Carol Lewis, treble and bass viols, vielle
Mack Ramsey, sackbut, flute, recorders, lute, pipe, tabor
Dan Stillman, shawn

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Joel Cohen and Peter Clancy
Engineer: David Griesinger
Recorded at Trinity Church, Boston, December 1985
Mastering: Jim Shelton

Art direction and design: Henrietta Condak
Cover art: Giulio Cesare Procaccini, Adorazione dei pastori, Milan, Gall. Brera