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Carol Album

a-Taverner Consort/Tav Parrott (Artist) | Format: Audio CD
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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1. Veni, veni Emmanuel
2. Stille Nacht
3. Il est ne, le devin Envant
4. Nova! Nova!
5. Marche des rois
6. The Babe of Bethlehem
7. Verbum caro: Y la Virgen
8. Glory to God on High
9. This endere nyghth
10. O Jesulein suess
11. Il est ne, le devin Enfant (Instrumental Version)
12. God rest you merry, gentlemen
13. Swete was the song the Virgine soong
14. Quem pastores laudavere
15. Quanno nascente ninno
16. Riu, riu, chiu
17. Gabriel fram heven-king
18. Christum wir sollen loben schon
19. The Coventry Carol
20. Gaudete!
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Most people think of Christmas carols as originating from ancient--or at least olden-times, and indeed, many of the most enduring ones have survived for many centuries. Andrew Parrott and his Taverner Consort take us back seven centuries, in fact, and thoughtfully mix the old tunes ("Swete was the song," "This endere nyghth," "Nova! nova!") with more recent tunes. Parrott's musicians offer interesting takes on such familiar carols as "Silent Night" and "God rest ye merry, gentlemen." "Silent Night" sounds like an Austrian folk tune, complete with guitar accompaniment that reportedly was used in its original performance; "God rest ye..." is performed in the style of an English country church congregation--and uses a different tune from the one we usually hear. Various period instruments add to the color and flavor, and the arrangements are original and very effective. --David Vernier

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5.0 out of 5 stars fresh and witty, Dec 11 2001
This review is from: Carol Album (Audio CD)
If you've never strayed into the Early Music racks, start here! And if you have 30" of Christmas CDs in your collection and half of them are Early Music and traditional, you're still going to love this! No muddy, pretentious, over-orchestrated stuff here. Just period instruments or fresh voices, and some gentle musical jokes. (The little-sung and wonderfully rhythmic "March of the Kings" instrumental starts out barely audible in the distance with the jingle of harness and bells, grows louder, then fades in the distance as though the magi and their magnificent procession had passed on. And "Il est ne', le divin enfant", which mentions the reedy voice of the musette, is played on one.)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Something different -- very enjoyable, Dec 16 2001
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Matthew Spady "800rsd" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Carol Album (Audio CD)
If this very stylish album does not have something that will please you, you are just too hard to please. With carols spanning seven centuries, in French, German, and English, from the old world and the new, this is a comprehensive survey of the Christmas carol.

The performances are not arranged chronologically, but rather in contrasting and complimentary order, alternating unaccompanied with accompanied, vocal with instrumental. Both the vocal and instrumental ensembles have a range of styles and sonorities. Compare, for example, the brash open sound of "The Babe of Bethlehem" and "Glory to God on High" with the restrained pure sound of "This endere nyghth" or the full sound of "Christum wir sollen loben schon."

The booklet contains notes and texts as well as a list of players, but do not identify the various soloists.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Authentic but without joy, Feb 21 2000
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This review is from: Carol Album (Audio CD)
To my mind, a carol album should be moving -- pulling (however gently) on those moving emotions of the joyous season.

I found the music on this album authentic but lacking the joy or spirit of the other Christmas albums I've heard such as the Waverly Consort Christmas, Deller's eclectic Holly and the Ivy, or Anonymous 4's On Yoolis Night.

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