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| A Baroque Christmas | 
 enlarge | Creators: Daniel Mccabe, Arizeder Urreiztieta, Gregorian Chant, Marc-antoine Charpentier, Claudio Monteverdi, Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Henry Purcell, Johann Hermann Schein, Christmas Traditional, Boston Camerata, Anne Azema, Richard Duguay
Label: Nonesuch
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (2 reviews)
Sales Rank: 54150
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.5
MPN: 79265
UPC: 075597926521
EAN: 0075597926521
ASIN: B000005J0W
Release Date: August 25, 1992
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| Tracks:
| • | A Minuit Fut Fait Un Reveil | | • | Noels Pour Les Instruments: Noels Pour Les Instruments: Joseph est Bien Marie | | • | Noels Pour Les Instruments: Or Nous Dites Marie | | • | Noels Pour Les Instruments: Une Jeune Pucelle | | • | Noels Pour Les Instruments: Vous Qui Desirez Sans Fin | | • | Noels Pour Les Instruments: Ou S'en Vont Ces Gais Bergers | | • | Hodie Christus Natus Est | | • | Nun Jauchzet Mit Hellem Ton | | • | Laudate Dominum - Claudio Monteverdi | | • | Non Recedet Laus Tuus | | • | Salve Regina - Claudio Monteverdi | | • | The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation - Henry Purcell | | • | Messe De Minuit Sur Des Airs De Noel: Messe De Minuit Sur Des Airs De Noel: Kyrie | | • | Messe De Minuit Sur Des Airs De Noel: Gloria | | • | Messe De Minuit Sur Des Airs De Noel: Credo | | • | Messe De Minuit Sur Des Airs De Noel: Offertoire | | • | Messe De Minuit Sur Des Airs De Noel: Snactus | | • | Messe De Minuit Sur Des Airs De Noel: Agnus Dei |
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| Customer Reviews:
 A warm, joyful baroque Christmas celebration December 7, 2004
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
The beautiful, varied, and well-chosen repertoire on this disc will keep you returning to it season after season. We start with a 17th-cantury French NOEL, lovingly and simply rendered a cappella by Richard Duguay. There follow some more French carols in instrumental arrangements by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, two traditional plainchants, some sumptuous madrigal-style pieces by Schein and Monteverdi, Purcell's florid and expressive vocal monologue for the Virgin Mary, and finally the most substantial piece on the disc: Charpentier's Christmas Midnight Mass, a very interesting work based on French carol themes. The performances by the Boston camerata are warm and vibrant. This early baroque Christmas disc is a real winner.
 An excellent performance September 18, 2000
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
This cd is the Baroque equivalent of the Medieval and Renaissance Christmas albums of the Boston Camerata. It has the least varied repetoire, in part because of the Charpentier Mass - Messe de Minuit sur des Airs de Noel, a work well worth having in its entirety. There are two pieces that are chant and a marvelous piece from Germany in an Italian style - Nun Jauchzet mit Hellem Ton - to which the notes say there are two sets of words, the one recorded here in praise of the Christmas festival, the other celebrating the amorous delights of nymphs. With such a delightful piece of trivia, how could the cd fail?While the Boston Camerata gives its normal skilled performance, they are not as spectacular as they are on earlier music. They still are among the better interpreters of Baroque music, but it is not their speciality. This is an excellent Christmas cd worthy of being in any collection.
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