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An understated traditional album

M. J. Smith | Seattle, WA USA | 09/01/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This album has a delightful version of The Seven Joys of Mary with voices and hammered dulcimer. A number of the pieces are strictly insturment - Noel Merrily On High with guitar and harp is a typical example. The best of the instrumentals is In the Bleak Midwinter with guitar, harp and Irish flute. For those enjoying celebratory music in a laid-back style, this is a very acceptable choice."

About this CD (Informational)

Slobberer | Astoria, NY United States | 09/27/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"An Old-Fashioned Christmas - The St. Amant Consort

Klavier #KCD 77007



Tracks on this CD (Amazon's listings are incorrect):

1. Prelude: Uns ist ein Kind geboren, BWV 142: Concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach



Conductor: Thomas Watts

Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Amant Consort

Period: Baroque

Written: ?Leipzig, Germany



Notes: Arranged: Thomas Watts



2. Break Forth O Beauteous Light by Traditional

Conductor: Thomas Watts

Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Amant Consort



Notes: Arranged: Thomas Watts



3. "Lo, How a Rose e'er Blooming" Musae Sioniae: Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen by Michael Praetorius

Conductor: Thomas Watts

Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Amant Consort

Period: Renaissance

Written: by Michael Praetorius, 1609; Germany



Notes: Arranged: Thomas Watts



4. In dulci jubilo by Traditional

Conductor: Thomas Watts

Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Amant Consort

Period: Medieval

Written: 12th Century; Germany



Notes: Arranged: Thomas Watts



5. O come, O come Emmanuel by Traditional

Conductor: Thomas Watts

Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Amant Consort

Period: Renaissance

Written: 15thth Century; France



Notes: Arranged: Thomas Watts



6. Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a): Alleluia by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Performer: Robyn Leadbitter (Flute)

Conductor: Thomas Watts

Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Amant Consort

Period: Classical

Written: 1773; Milan, Italy



Notes: Arranged: Thomas Watts



7. Maria Wiegenlied - from Schlichte Weisen (60), Op. 76: no 52, by Max Reger

Performer: Candis Hanson (English Horn)

Conductor: Thomas Watts

Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Amant Consort

Period: Romantic

Written: 1903-1912; Germany



Notes: Arranged: Thomas Watts



8. German Dances (3), K 605: no 3 in C major "Sleigh ride" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Conductor: Thomas Watts

Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Amant Consort

Period: Classical

Written: 1789; Vienna, Austria



Notes: Arranged: Thomas Watts



9. Variants on the Bell Carol by John Heins

Conductor: Thomas Watts

Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Amant Consort

Period: 20th Century



10. Alleluia by Randall Thompson

Conductor: Thomas Watts

Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Amant Consort

Period: 20th Century

Written: 1940; USA



Notes: Arranged: Thomas Watts



11. Suite of Carols (9) by Thomas R. Watts

Conductor: Thomas Watts

Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Amant Consort

Period: 20th Century

Written: USA

11 a) "Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella"

11 b) "God Rest ye Merrie, Gentlemen"

11 c) "From Heaven Above to Earth I Come"

11 d) "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks"

11 e) "O Tannenbaum"

11 f) "Patapan"

11 g) "Gloucestershire Wassail"

11 h) "Santa Lucia"

11 i) "Pastores a Belen"





12. The Night of Miracles by John Heins

Performer: Philip Chevallard (Spoken Vocals)

Conductor: Thomas Watts

Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Amant Consort

Period: 20th Century



13. Here we come a-wassailing by Traditional

Conductor: Thomas Watts

Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Amant Consort

Written: England



Notes: Arranged: Thomas Watts



14. The Christmas Song by Mel Torme

Conductor: Thomas Watts

Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Amant Consort

Period: 20th Century

Written: 1946



Notes: Arranged: Thomas Watts



15. Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60: Troika by Sergei Prokofiev

Conductor: Thomas Watts

Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Amant Consort

Period: 20th Century

Written: 1934; Paris, France



Notes: Arranged: Thomas Watts





Total Timings 50'29""