Track Listing

1. Conditor Alme Siderum, Hymn, Mode 4/Oyez Seigneur Comment Parla (The Sy
2. O Oriens Splendor Lucis Aeternae, Antiphon in Mode 2
3. Fons Bonitatis, In Mode 8/Kyrie; le Jourde No�l
4. Lux Hodie: Orientis Partibus
5. Quem Vidistis Pastores/Alle, Resonnent Omnes Ecclesia
6. Magnum Nomen Domini
7. Lux Optata Claruit (Conduit)
8. Virgo Gemma Virginum
9. Quando Decet Honore
10. Ave Regina Caelorum, Antiphon for 3 Voices, K. 32
11. In Tua Memoria
12. Magnificat Sexti Toni, For 3 Voices
13. Noe, Noe (Motet)
14. Noe, Noe, Magnificus Est Rex Pacificus
15. Conditor en Francais
16. Chantons No�l, Minons Joyeuse Vie
17. Bransle de Bourgogne
18. Or Vous Tr�moussez, Pasteurs de Jud�e
19. Et d'O� Venz-Vous, Madame Lucette ?
20. Brangle de Bourgogne/Bransle Double
21. Disons Nau a Pleine Teste
22. Ronde and Saltarello
23. Nouvelles, Nouvelles
24. Pr�s Bethl�em dans une �stable
25. Sur le Mont de Sion
26. Mass "Sus le Pont d'Avignon" for 4 Voices/Dona Nobis Pacem
27. O l'Heureuse Journ�e
28. Bransle de Champagne
29. Venez Ouyr La Trompette
30. Bransle de Champagne (Reprise)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #107709 in Music
• Released on: 1991-09-13
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Beautiful
I was looking for something different from all the popular American Chirstmas music that has been re-done so many times. Here is a collection that satisfied me, and will delight both Franco-phones and Anglo-phones (English speakers) Some of the pieces are very chant like, but others are lively songs with lots of energy. Especially notable are tracks # 18, Or vous trémoussez, pasteurs de Judée, # 13, Noe, Noe, and my personal favorite, # 27, O l'heureuse journée. You likely will not recognize any of the tunes, so it may take a bit for this album to sound like Christmas, but it quickly did for me. The ancient instruments employed also give the music a unique sound that is really neat. This is a CD worth purchasing

This is excellent work
I am a musician and a medieval history buff, and first heard the Beauvais segments of this recording over the car radio, as I parked intending to do some Christmas shopping. I could not leave the car until the last note was sung and immediately began a search for the recording. The music is so...right, like a little time trip, haunting, triggering the imagination.

My favorite Christmas album.
Beautifully clear voices mix with period instruments and voices of character to present a lively, touching, and thoroughly enjoyable mix of music of centuries past.