Christmas Recordings

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LET IT SNOW | DVD: CHRISTMAS WITH CHANTICLEER | CHRISTMAS WITH CHANTICLEER | OUR HEART'S JOY | SING WE CHRISTMAS

Let It Snow

"The vocals are pristine and the instrumentals by the Chanticleer Holiday Orchestra are sublime."

--The San Francisco Chronicle

The album everyone has been waiting for is finally here! Chanticleer brings their signature sound to holiday favorites on the exciting new recording Let It Snow.  Featuring energetic arrangements of “The Christmas Song”, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, and “Feliz Navidad”, you will hear Chanticleer like you never have. Celebrate Christmas with style – Chanticleer style!

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Jule Styne/Sammy Cahn • The Christmas Song Mel Torme/Robert Wells •  Ding Dong! Merrily On High Thoinot Arbeau •  It Came Upon The Midnight Clear  Edmond Sears/Richard Storrs Willis •  God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Feliz Navidad  English Traditional/Jose Feliciano •  Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane •  Ave Maria Franz Schubert • Silent Night Franz Xaver Gruber • Sweeter Still Eric William Barnum • O Holy Night Adolphe Adam/John Sullivan Dwight • O Come, All Ye Faithful Traditional • Holiday Cheer Buryl Red/Joseph Joubert

TOTAL TIME: 61:57

$15.98

DVD: Christmas with Chanticleer

from The Metropolitan Museum, NYC
OUR FIRST-EVER DVD AS SEEN ON PBS!

Chanticleer's annual Christmas concerts in the Medieval Sculpture Hall of The Metropolitan Museum of Art have become a holiday tradition in New York, selling out months in advance. Now a live recording of this beloved concert is on DVD in a program destined to become an instant holiday classic.

A co-production of Thirteen/WNET New York, KQED Public Television 9 San Francisco and Chanticleer

"I can't imagine anything more purely beautiful than Chanticleer singing in the shadow of the Northern European Christmas tree at the Metropolitan Museum?. Take 12 men who sing exquisitely in tune and put them in a biggish room with a high, vaulted ceiling, and you get sounds that shimmer and cling like hand bells on a chilly day."

Of the Father's Love Begotten Plainsong, 13th century, In Dulci Jubilo Praetorius, O magnum mysterium Victoria, Sa aqui turo zente pleta Anonymous (Portugal, 17th century) , Rosa das Rosas Alfonso X de Castille, Ríu, Ríu chíu ascribed to Mateo Flecha the elder, A Christmas Round John Tavener, Today the Virgin John Tavener, Village Wedding John Tavener, The Holly and the Ivy Traditional, A Virgin Unspotted William Billings, Ave Maria Star of Wonder Terre Roche, We Three Kings John Henry Hopkins, Jr., The First Nowell English, In the Bleak Mid-Winter Gustav Holst, A Medley of Christmas Spirituals: Rise Up Shepherd and Follow/Behold that Star/Oh, What A Pretty Little Baby/Oh Jerusalem in the Morning Traditional, Christmas Time Is Here Vince Guaraldi

2003 DVD Region One (CHDV) $19.98

CHRISTMAS WITH CHANTICLEER

Featuring special guest Dawn Upshaw
*Please note: This is not the same concert as the Christmas public television special. That program is available on DVD only.

Special guest operatic soprano Dawn Upshaw joins Chanticleer for a lively offering of holiday gems, from around the world and across the ages.

"Take one of America's finest choral groups, add one of our finest sopranos and -voila!-a Christmas classic-in-the-making!

This is the truth sent from above English, arr. Vaughan Williams, Christmas Round Tavener, Today the Virgin Tavener, Es ist ein Ros entsprungen Distler, Noël nouvelet French, arr. Humphries, Jennings, Oltman, A Lullaby/Away in a Manger Bold, Kirkpatrick, The First Nowell English, arr. Willcocks, The Three Kings Willan, arr. Running, Die Stimme des Kinde s Mäntyjärvi, Suo Gân Welsh, arr. Wiliford, Spanish Carol Spanish, arr. Carter, Coventry Carol English, arr. Rathbone, Beautiful Star of Bethlehem Boyce, Pace, Huron Carol Huron, Brebeuf, arr. Jennings, Mary and the Baby Medley Traditional, arr. Jennings, Stille Nacht Gruber, arr. McGlynn

2001 Total Time: 70:03 DDD CD (CHRC) $15.98

CHANTICLEER
Matthew Alber*, Christopher Fritzsche, Ian Howell, soprano; Jesse Antin, Jay White*, Philip Wilder, alto; Kevin Baum*, Michael Lichtenauer*, Matthew Oltman*, tenor; Eric Alatorre, Thomas Bold, David Alan Marshall, baritone-bass; Joseph Jennings*, Music Director
(* indicates soloists)

OUR HEART'S JOY

A Chanticleer Christmas
Newly remastered in 2004, incorporating selected tracks from Psallite! Featuring Franz Biebl's beloved "Ave Maria"

Our Heart's Joy is an uplifting celebration of the music of Christmas, including works ranging from Renaissance motets to African-American spirituals and traditional carols. These favorite selections from two "vintage" Chanticleer CDs (including Franz Biebl's "Ave Maria," one of Chanticleer's most-requested performances) are being reissued by popular demand in a newly remastered version to take advantage of current audio technology.

"An unforgettable Christmas disc... deserves a place in the collection of all devotees of Renaissance choral music."

Clip: Ave Maria, Franz Biebl

Ave Maria... Virgo serena Jean Mouton, Canite tuba in Sion Jacob Handl, Quem vidistis pastores? Andrea Gabrieli, In dulci jubilo Michael Praetorius, Virgen sancta Francisco Guerrero, Serenissima una noche Gerónimo González, El la don don (Spanish, 16th century) , Ríu, Ríu chíu (Spanish, 16th century) , Ave Maria Franz Biebl, Now Make We Joy (English, 15th century) , There is no rose (English, 15th century) , Nowell (English, 15th century), A hymn to the Virgin Benjamin Britten, Tomorrow shall be my dancing day Traditional British, Joseph, lieber Joseph mein Hieronymous Praetorius, Psallite unigento Michael Praetorius, Il est né le divin enfant Traditional French, O come, O come, Emmanuel Traditional French, I wonder as I wanderTraditional U.S., Medley of Christmas Sprituals: Rise up shepherd and follow, Behold that star, Sweet little Jesus boy, Poor little Jesus boy, What month was Jesus born in?, Children, go where I send thee, Go tell it on the mountain Traditional U.S. arr. Joseph Jennings, Silent night Franz Xaver Gruber

Chanticleer Records
2004 remastered; orig. 1990 Our Heart's Joy and 1981-82 Psallite!

TOTAL TIME: 66:49 ADD (OHJC) $15.98

SING WE CHRISTMAS

Clip: A Christmas Carol, C. Ives, arr. Echols

Recorded in a beautiful church in the old walled city of Kempen during a November 1994 tour of Germany, Sing We Christmas represents many western European traditions and a great variety of time periods, languages and styles. A wonderful collection offering traditional and contemporary settings of holiday music, including anthems, canons, carols, dances, hymns and motets.

"Exquisite music for any time of year, performed with ideal pitch, style and involvement."

Es ist ein Ros entsprungen Michael Praetorius, O magnum mysterium Tomás Luis de Victoria, In dulci jubilo Michael Praetorius/Hieronymus Praetorius/J.S. Bach, O virgo virginum Josquin Desprez, O Jesulein süß, o Jesulein mild! Samuel Scheidt/J.S. Bach, Hodie Christus natus est Jacob Handl, Mirabile mysterium Handl, Verbum caro factus est: Y la Virgen le dezia Spanish,16th century, A un nino llorando Francisco Guerrero, Here is the little door Herbert Howells, Noel canon Steven Sametz, Quelle est cette odeur agréable Traditional French, El Noi de la Mare Traditional Catalan, A Christmas Carol CharlesIves, A virgin unspotted William Billings, In the bleak mid-winter Gustav Holst, Glory to the newborn King Traditional U.S. Stille Nacht/ Douce nuit/ Silent night Franz Xaver Gruber

TOTAL TIME: 70:05 DDD CD (SINC) $15.98

CHANTICLEER
Kenneth Fitch*, Christopher Fritzsche*, Joseph Jennings*, Corey McKnight*, David Shaler, countertenors; Kevin Baum*, David Munderloh*, Douglas Wright, tenors; Tim Krol*, Chad Runyon*, baritones; Frank Albinder, bass-baritone; Eric Alatorre*, bass
(* indicates soloists)