Sing We Noel
Christmas
The Boston Camerata
Nonesuch - 1978
The Boston Camerata
Nonesuch - 1978
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Joël Cohen, director
Cast
Nancy Armstrong (soprano) Mark Baker (baritone, concertina) Paul Blanchard (counter-tenor) John Clarke (tenor) Joël Cohen (lute, percussion) Bruce Fithian (tenor) Alison Fowle (treble viol, tenor viol) Sallie Gordon (soprano) David Griesinger (tenor) Rufus Hallmark (tenor) Curt Hayashi (bass) Laura Jeppesen (vielle, violin, bass viol) Nancy Joyce (recorders, flute, shawm, krummhorn, bass viol) Susan Klebanow (soprano) Deborah Prince (soprano) Richard Riley (counter-tenor) Kenneth Roth (recorders, shawm, Baroque oboe, krummhorn, dulcian) Jane Shaw (alto) Charles Robert Stephens (bass) Nicholas Lindfield (reader)
| Track | Composer | Performer |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Nowel, nowel, nowel: Owt of your slepe aryse and awake (2:34) | Anonymous circa 1430 | |
| 2. Ad cantus laetitae (1:38) | Anonymous | Nancy Armstrong (Soprano) Susan Klebanow (Soprano) Rufus Hallmark (Tenor) |
| 3. Angelus ad Virginem (1:32) | Anonymous 13th Century | |
| 4. Syng we to this merry compane (2:24) | Anonymous 15th Century | Nancy Armstrong (Soprano) Bruce Fithian (Tenor) |
| 5. Gabriel fram heven-king (2:54) | Anonymous | Nicholas Linfield (Speaker) |
| 6. Nova, Nova (1:22) | Anonymous | Rufus Hallmark (Tenor) |
| 7. Marvel not, Joseph (2:40) | Anonymous 15th Century | Rufus Hallmark (Tenor) Bruce Fithian (Tenor) Mark Baker (Baritone) |
| 8. Exultemus et letemur (3:18) | Anonymous 13th Century | Nancy Armstrong (Soprano) Susan Klebanow (Soprano) Rufus Hallmark (Tenor) Bruce Fithian (Tenor) |
| 9. The midnight cry (3:06) | Traditional | Nancy Armstrong (Soprano) Mark Baker (Baritone) Rufus Hallmark (Tenor) Bruce Fithian (Tenor) |
| 10. Sunny Bank (2:45) | Traditional | Nancy Armstrong (Soprano) |
| 11. All sons of Adam (2:45) | Anonymous | Rufus Hallmark (Tenor) Bruce Fithian (Tenor) Mark Baker (Baritone) |
| 12. Greensleeves (2:08) | Traditional 16th Century | |
| 13. Reading, Iesu Swete Sone Dere (0:39) | ||
| 14. Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child “Coventry Carol” (1:07) | Traditional 15th Century | Bruce Fithian (Tenor) |
| 15. While shepherds watched their flocks by night (3:01) | Traditional | Mark Baker (Baritone) Kenneth Roth (Recorder) |
| 16. Sherburne | Daniel Read (1757 – 1836) | |
| 16a. Fulfilment (1:13) | Traditional | |
| 17. My sweet little darling (1:16) | Anonymous | Nancy Armstrong (Soprano) |
| 18. The Gloucester Wassail Song (2:46) | Traditional |