Track Listing
Click tracks with speaker icon to listen| 1 | Nowel, Owt of Your Slepe | 2:37 |
| 2 | Ad Cantus Leticle | 1:40 |
| 3 | Angelus Ad Virginem | 1:33 |
| 4 | Synge We to Thys Mery Cumpane | 2:26 |
| 5 | Gabriel from Evene King | 2:56 |
| 6 | Nova, Nova, Ave fit ex Eva | 1:24 |
| 7 | Marvel Not, Joseph | 2:42 |
| 8 | Exultemus et letemur | 3:21 |
| 9 | The Midnight Cry | 3:09 |
| 10 | Sunny Bank | 1:01 |
| 11 | All Sons of Adam | 2:46 |
| 12 | Greensleeves | 2:09 |
| 13 | Reading, Iesu Swete Sone Dere | 0:39 |
| 14 | Lullay, Thou Tiny Little Child / The Coventry Carol | 3:06 |
| 15 | While Shepherds Watched / Sherburne | 3:03 |
| 16 | Fulfillment | 1:13 |
| 17 | My Little Sweet Darling | 1:16 |
| 18 | Reading, Make We Mere As We May | 1:00 |
| 19 | Gloucesterrshire Wassail | 2:46 |
About this Album
The music heard in this recording reflects diverse manners of celebrating Christmas from many centuries and many places. The works are bound together by the linguistic and cultural traditions of English-speaking peoples, whose poetic imagery, scale patterns, and approach to polyphony has weathered the erosion of time. The performances presented here explore the relationship between folk and art music throughout the centuries, demonstrating how the most profound beliefs can be conveyed through the idiom of popular song and dance.
Credits
MUSICIANS
Joel Cohen, director, lute, percussion
Nancy Armstrong, Sallie Gordon, Susan Klebanow, Deborah Price, soprano
Jane Shaw, alto
Paul Blanchard, Richard Riley, countertenor
John Clarke, Bruce Fithian, David Griesinger, Rufus Hallmark, tenor
Curt Hayashi, Charles Robert Stephens, bass
Mark Baker, baritone, concertina
Alison Fowle, treble & tenor viol
Laura Jeppesen, vielle, violin, bass viol
Nancy Joyce, recorders, flute, shawn, krummhorn, bass viol
Kenneth Roth, recorders, shawm, Baroque oboe, krummhorn, dulcian
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Engineering: David Griesinger
Mastering: Robert C. Ludwig (Masterdisk Corp.)
Coordinator: Teresa Sterne
Design & Art Direction: Paula Bisacca
Cover Art: “Gabriel” weathervane, ca. 1840, reproduced courtesy of the Museum of American Folk Art, New York
