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Disc No: AV 2291
Price: Sek. 155 Andrew Parrott’s and his Taverner Consort & Choir’s timeless collection of Christmas music, The Promise of Ages, spans seven decades of holiday melodies both devotional and festive, including traditional carols from the British Isles, Medieval chants and Renaissance hymns, and the responses of 20th century composers to ancient seasonal poetry.
Name: The Promise of Ages
 

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ComposerOpusMusicKey Performer
Burney, Charles (1726-1824)   Hark! The Herald Angels Sing   Taverner Consort & Choir - Andrew Parrott
Welsh Traditional   Nos Galan   Frances Kelly Welsh harp
Niles, John Jacob (1892-1980)   Lullay, Thou Tiny Little Child   Taverner Consort & Choir - Andrew Parrott
15th Century   Ther Is No Rose  
Holst, Gustav (1874-1934)   I Sing of a Maiden  
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)   There Is No Rose  
Davies, Peter Maxwell (b. 1934)   O magnum mysterium  
  Medieval Chant   Song of the Nuns of Chester  
Davies, Peter Maxwell   The Fader of Heven  
  Medieval Chant   Song of the Nuns of Chester  
Davies, Peter Maxwell   O magnum mysterium  
  15th Century   Lullay, Lullow  
Niles, John Jacob   I Wonder as I Wander   Emily Van Evera soprano
  Traditional   Staines Morris   Taverner Consort & Choir - Andrew Parrott
  15th Century   Hayle, Mary, Ful of Grace  
  English Traditional   The Seven Joys of Mary  
Weir, Judith (b. 1948)   Illuminare, Jerusalem  
  Irish Traditional   Good People All, This Christmastide   Paul O’Shaughnessy fiddle
Niles, John Jacob   Sing We the Virgin Mary   Taverner Consort & Choir - Andrew Parrott
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)   In Bethlehem City  
  Irish Traditional   Christmas Eve  
  Chant   Hodie Christus natus est  
Holst, Gustav   Jesu, Thou the Virgin-born  
Britten, Benjamin   As Dew in Aprille  
Madan, Martin (1726-1790)   Lo! He Comes, with Clouds Descending  

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