Music for Candlemas

On this CD:

1. Lumen ad Revelationem, antiphon in mode 8
Composed by Gregorian Chant

2. Ave gratia plena, antiphon
Composed by Gregorian Chant

3. Adorna thalamum tuum, Syon, antiphon
Composed by Gregorian Chant

4. Responsum accepit Symeon, antiphon
Composed by Gregorian Chant

5. Hodie beata virgo Maria, antiphon
Composed by Notre Dame polyphony Anonymous

6. Suscepimus, Deus, introit
Composed by Gregorian Chant

7. Magnus Dominus, psalm
Composed by Gregorian Chant

8. Suscepimus, Deus, gradual
Composed by Notre Dame polyphony Anonymous

9. Sicut audivimus, verse
Composed by Notre Dame polyphony Anonymous

10. Alleluia, Adorabo Ad Templum
Composed by Notre Dame polyphony Anonymous

11. Diffusa est gratia, offeratory
Composed by Gregorian Chant

12. Responsum accepit Symeon, communion
Composed by Gregorian Chant

13. Ave maris stella, hymn
Composed by Notre Dame polyphony Anonymous

Tracks:

The Little Barley - Corne
All You That Are Good Fellowes
Greensleeves And Pudding Pies - Bouzer Castle
Les Gavottes (Michael Praetorius)
Branle de l'Official - Le bel Ange du Ciel
Une jeune pucelle
Ave maris stella - Noel nouvelet
Apostrophe au petit Iesu couche dans la creche
Now When Joseph And Mary
Scotch Cap - A Scotch Firk - Scots Rant
O salich heylich Bethlehem (Guilielmus Messaus)
O Heilig Zalig (Jakob van Eyck)
Lady Catherine Ogle - The Scotchman's Dance
Drive the cold winter away - Come follow follow me
Jesus nait, tendre et bleme
Vray Dieu il n'est si doulce chose
L'Annonciation de l'Ange Gabriel a la Vierge Marie
Basse Danse 'L'Annonciation'
Chestnut - Kettle Drum - The Symphony
Now Candlemas is come at last

Customer Reviews:

Warm, jolly revelry by singers and instrumentalists!.......2002-11-25

This lively group from Canada certainly knows how to party on a cold winter's night, and their spirited arrangements of seasonal songs will cheer your heart! One thing that sets the Toronto Consort's rich sound apart from many other early music ensembles is that they feature a full range of excellent vocalists--SATTB--along with lushly textured instrumentation. Tenor David Fallis directs the core group of six--himself, mezzo-soprano Lauren Pudwell, tenor and harpsichordist Paul Jenkins, bass John Pepper, guitarist and lutenist Terry McKenna, and recorder player Alison Melville. Guests on this album are David Greenberg on violin, Ben Grossman on hurdy-gurdy and percussion, and soprano and gamba-player Katherine Hill. For more music to revel by, try also the group's next releases, "The Way of the Pilgrim: Medieval Songs of Travel", and "Mariners and Milkmaids: Ballads and Dances from 17th-Century England", as well as "A la Via!: Street Music from the 13th to the 16th Centuries" by Ensemble Anonymus and Strada, and "Sinners and Saints: The Ultimate Medieval and Renaissance Music Collection" by Philip Pickett and the New London Consort.

The Renaissance Lives in "A Little Barley-Corne".......2001-12-28

When I listen to renaissance music, I want to be transported to another time and place. I want to feel that I am standing on a 15th century street corner as carrolers pass by, or sitting in a 16th century music room, listening to a consort by candle light. A LITTLE BARLEY-CORNE AND OTHER WINTER REVELS OF THE RENAISSANCE truly grants this wish. Each selection carries us into a different mood of the period. They range from simple, cheerful pieces, such as "The Little Barley-Corne," to sacred works of haunting beauty, such as "L'Annonciation De L'ange Grabiel." Selections are nicely balanced between instrumental and vocal, festive and meditative. Most of all, I love the exquisite restraint of these performances. Renaissance music is full of passion, and this passion comes through best, to my ears, when musicians adopt a slightly understated tone. This C.D. is a work of art from beginning to end, and I would recommend it to all lovers of the renaissance.

Wonderful. Renaissance music from winter festivals........2001-01-17

This CD is contains various pieces of vernacular renaissance music connected to the festivals of winter. As one would expect, there is a fair bit of renaissance christmas music here.

Quite a few of the tunes here are from Playford's "English Dancing Master".