A Rose of Swych Virtu
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Composer or Director: Traditional, Anonymous, Michael Praetorius
Label: Discovery
Magazine Review Date: 8/1993
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 57
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: DIS80104
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Gregorian Chant for Christmas |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer |
| Gedeonis area |
Anonymous, Composer
Alberquerque Música Antigua Anonymous, Composer |
| Llibre Vermell of Monserrat, Movement: Cuncti simus concanentes |
Anonymous, Composer
Alberquerque Música Antigua Anonymous, Composer |
| Codex Las Huelgas, Movement: Verbum patris hodie (Benedicamus, 2vv) |
Anonymous, Composer
Alberquerque Música Antigua Anonymous, Composer |
| Codex Las Huelgas, Movement: Castitatis thalamum (4vv) |
Anonymous, Composer
Alberquerque Música Antigua Anonymous, Composer |
| Edi beo thu, heven-queene |
Anonymous, Composer
Alberquerque Música Antigua Anonymous, Composer |
| Stantpipes |
Anonymous, Composer
Alberquerque Música Antigua Anonymous, Composer |
| (The) Slaughter of the Innocents |
Anonymous, Composer
Alberquerque Música Antigua Anonymous, Composer |
| Vom Himmel kommt |
Michael Praetorius, Composer
Alberquerque Música Antigua Michael Praetorius, Composer |
| In dulci jubilo |
Michael Praetorius, Composer
Alberquerque Música Antigua Michael Praetorius, Composer |
| Marvel not, Joseph |
Traditional, Composer
Alberquerque Música Antigua Traditional, Composer |
| There is no rose of such virtue |
Traditional, Composer
Alberquerque Música Antigua Traditional, Composer |
| Qué bonito niño chiquito! |
Traditional, Composer
Alberquerque Música Antigua Traditional, Composer |
| Dies est leticie |
Traditional, Composer
Alberquerque Música Antigua Traditional, Composer |
| Puer natus est |
Traditional, Composer
Alberquerque Música Antigua Traditional, Composer |
| Omnis mundus jucundetur |
Traditional, Composer
Alberquerque Música Antigua Traditional, Composer |
| As I rode out |
Traditional, Composer
Alberquerque Música Antigua Traditional, Composer |
| Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein |
Traditional, Composer
Alberquerque Música Antigua Traditional, Composer |
| Angeles del zielo |
Traditional, Composer
Alberquerque Música Antigua Traditional, Composer |
| Verbum Patris hodie |
Traditional, Composer
Alberquerque Música Antigua Traditional, Composer |
| Tau garçó, la durundena |
Traditional, Composer
Alberquerque Música Antigua Traditional, Composer |
| O staris in presepio |
Traditional, Composer
Alberquerque Música Antigua Traditional, Composer |
| Hodie Christus natus est |
Traditional, Composer
Alberquerque Música Antigua Traditional, Composer |
| Personent hodie |
Traditional, Composer
Alberquerque Música Antigua Traditional, Composer |
| Nowell sing we |
Traditional, Composer
Alberquerque Música Antigua Traditional, Composer |
Author: mberry
This group from New Mexico was unknown to me before their present record came my way. Its title suggested that it might contain at least one piece familiar to the majority of listeners: There is no rose, so it was not surprising to find as well, among other very old friends, the late sixteenth-century Personent hodie and the Coventry Tailors' and Shearmen's carol As I rode out this endris night. The curious subtitle of the CD, ''Reverence from the Renaissance and Middle Ages'' was apparently intended as a clue to the stated aim of the recording, namely, to illustrate how devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary evolved from the fifth century onwards. In fact, all it adds up to is another of those pleasant gift-wrapped Christmas albums that appear in ever increasing numbers year after year. This one gathers up its 26 items from right across Europe—from Scandinavia to Spain. The music dates from any time between the tenth and the seventeenth centuries.
About one third of the collection comes from Spain, and these Spanish compositions seem to inspire the singers and players with the greatest enjoyment and verve. There is a delightful, gently syncopated account of the Annunciation, Cuncti simus concanentes and a tenderly warm Nativity scene with kindly midwives,Que bonito nino chiquito!
Musica Antigua sings with confidence and has taken the trouble to research into the pronunciation of the vernacular texts. Less 'authentic', perhaps, are the instrumental arrangements, the bells and the drones that they, like so many others, have been tempted to introduce.'
About one third of the collection comes from Spain, and these Spanish compositions seem to inspire the singers and players with the greatest enjoyment and verve. There is a delightful, gently syncopated account of the Annunciation, Cuncti simus concanentes and a tenderly warm Nativity scene with kindly midwives,
Musica Antigua sings with confidence and has taken the trouble to research into the pronunciation of the vernacular texts. Less 'authentic', perhaps, are the instrumental arrangements, the bells and the drones that they, like so many others, have been tempted to introduce.'
A Rose of Swych Virtu
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