Nowel Nowel - Early Christmas Music

Cécile Kempenaers, soprano; Vocalensemble Encantar;
Flanders Recorder Quartet

Ave stella matutina (Anonym, 14th century) - Gelobet seist Du, Jesu Christ (Samuel Scheidt) -
Descendit angelus Domini; Gabriel angelus (Clemens non Papa) - Lullay, lullay (Anoym, 14th
century) - O Regem coeli (Tomás Luis de Victoria) - Born is the Babe (Anonym,16th century) -
Sweet was the Song (Anonym, arr. Thomas Hamond) - Sweet was the Song (Anonym., 16th
century) - Summo parenti Gloria; Hymnus in adventu Domini: Alvus tumescit virginis
(Michael Praetorius) - Christum wir sollen loben (Jacob Praetorius) - Quem vidistis pastores
(Lambert de Sayve) - Magnificat (Alexander Agricola, arr. Atsushi Moriya) - Nowel, nowel (Anonym, 15th century)

The world-renowned Flanders Recorder Quartet together with the young Belgian vocal ensemble Encantar and soprano Cecile Kempenaers present a very special CD for Christmas: Christmas music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Traditional melodies as well as Gregorian chant, consort songs, and chorales: this early Christmas music radiates a lot of character and color, cheerfulness and contemplation. The large recorders, practically a "living organ," are the perfect partners for the singers. To be heard on this CD is the world's largest recorder, a 3-meterlong sub-contrabass.
This is the Flanders Recorder Quartet's fifth production for Aeolus, and the CD debut of the four remarkable young singers of Encantar.

Price: $28.98