A Wondrous Mystery: Renaissance Choral Music for Christmas Stile Antico
Album info
Album-Release:
2015
HRA-Release:
14.10.2015
Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)
- Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
- 1 Ein Kind geborn in Bethlehem 03:26
- Jacob Clemens non Papa (1510-1555)
- 2 Motet: Pastores quidnam vidistis 05:01
- Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
- 3 Es ist ein Ros entsprungen 02:57
- Jacob Clemens non Papa (1510-1555)
- 4 Missa Pastores quidnam vidistis: Kyrie 05:51
- Jacob Handl (1550-1591)
- 5 Canite tuba 02:10
- Jacob Clemens non Papa (1510-1555)
- 6 Missa Pastores quidnam vidistis: Gloria 08:11
- Hieronymus Praetorius (1560-1629)
- 7 Magnificat quinti toni 11:25
- Jacob Clemens non Papa (1510-1555)
- 8 Missa Pastores quidnam vidistis: Credo 10:09
- Jacob Handl (1550-1591)
- 9 Mirabile mysterium 04:06
- Johannes Eccard (1553-1611)
- 10 Über's Gebirg Maria geht 02:56
- Jacob Clemens non Papa (1510-1555)
- 11 Missa Pastores quidnam vidistis: Sanctus & Benedictus 07:33
- Johannes Eccard (1553-1611)
- 12 Vom Himmel hoch 02:01
- Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)
- 13 Hodie Christus natus est 03:14
- Jacob Clemens non Papa (1510-1555)
- 14 Missa Pastores quidnam vidistis: Agnus Dei 03:51
Info for A Wondrous Mystery: Renaissance Choral Music for Christmas
Enthusiastic interpreters of Renaissance and baroque religious music whose recordings have earned them two Grammy nominations, Britain's Stile Antico brings some Christmas rarities to life on this album. The 12-member a cappella ensemble are exquisite on Michael Praetorius's Ein Kind geborn in Bethlehem and Es ist ein Ros entsprungen; Jacobus Clemens non Papa's Pastores quidnam vidistis; Hans Leo Hassler's Hodie Christus natus est; Hieronymus Praetorius's Magnificat quinti toni; the Slovene composer Jacob Handl's festive Canite tuba/Mirabile mysterium, and more. The booklet includes the lyrics for the songs and some background information on this beautiful yet rarely heard repertoire.
"Breathtaking freshness, vitality and balance" (New York Times). Stile Antico's new Christmas programme of Renaissance polyphony features a glorious Mass by the Flemish master Jacobus Clemens non Papa, alongside traditional old-German carols and motets, many of them still sung to this day. An irresistibly festive collection! "Stile Antico has become the gold standard in this repertory" (The Independent, UK)
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Booklet for A Wondrous Mystery: Renaissance Choral Music for Christmas