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""