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"Wonderful Mystery", the story of Christ: to some, a real historical figure, to others, the son of God, and to others, an invention by the first Christians – for centuries Europeans have been cordially killing each other over these distinctions. Music, well-known for softening people's attitudes, has been played to celebrate the birth of Christ for centuries; and since the invention of musical notation there have existed many works celebrating the Nativity. The Huelgas Ensemble – wonderful for sure, but there's no mystery about their seriously hard musical and musicological work – are offering us here a range of Christmas pieces, starting with the late Middle Ages, around 1350, up to the start of the Renaissance: either anonymous or signed by Jean Mouton. There follows a broad selection of pieces from the Renaissance itself, be it Flemish, French or Spanish: Sweelinck, Lésbio, Manchicourt, de Weert. Almost as an aside, the Huelgas Ensemble offer us a few neo-Medieval forays, with British organist and church musician Bertram Luard-Selby and, more uniquely, Peter Cornelius, the author of the comic opera Der Barbier von Bagdad, incredible quantities of Lieder, but also a collection of Christmas songs, from which is drawn Three Kings, also written in a neo-historical style. © SM/Qobuz
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Huelgas Ensemble, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Anonymous, Composer - Markus Heiland, Producer - Paul Van Nevel, Conductor
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Huelgas Ensemble, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Jacobus Gallus, Composer - Markus Heiland, Producer - Paul Van Nevel, Conductor
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Huelgas Ensemble, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Jerónimo Luca, Composer - Markus Heiland, Producer - Paul Van Nevel, Conductor
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Huelgas Ensemble, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Traditional, Composer - Markus Heiland, Producer - Paul Van Nevel, Conductor
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Huelgas Ensemble, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Anonymous, Composer - Markus Heiland, Producer - Paul Van Nevel, Conductor
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Huelgas Ensemble, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Jean Mouton, Composer - Markus Heiland, Producer - Paul Van Nevel, Conductor
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Huelgas Ensemble, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Giaches de Wert, Composer - Markus Heiland, Producer - Paul Van Nevel, Conductor
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Huelgas Ensemble, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Bertram Luard-Selby, Composer - Markus Heiland, Producer - Paul Van Nevel, Conductor
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Huelgas Ensemble, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Anonymous, Composer - Markus Heiland, Producer - Paul Van Nevel, Conductor
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Huelgas Ensemble, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Pierre de Manchicourt, Composer - Markus Heiland, Producer - Paul Van Nevel, Conductor
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Huelgas Ensemble, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Composer - Markus Heiland, Producer - Paul Van Nevel, Conductor
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Huelgas Ensemble, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Peter Cornelius, Composer - Markus Heiland, Producer - Paul Van Nevel, Conductor
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Huelgas Ensemble, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Traditional, Composer - Markus Heiland, Producer - Paul Van Nevel, Conductor
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Huelgas Ensemble, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Antonio Marques Lesbio, Composer - Markus Heiland, Producer - Paul Van Nevel, Conductor
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Album review
"Wonderful Mystery", the story of Christ: to some, a real historical figure, to others, the son of God, and to others, an invention by the first Christians – for centuries Europeans have been cordially killing each other over these distinctions. Music, well-known for softening people's attitudes, has been played to celebrate the birth of Christ for centuries; and since the invention of musical notation there have existed many works celebrating the Nativity. The Huelgas Ensemble – wonderful for sure, but there's no mystery about their seriously hard musical and musicological work – are offering us here a range of Christmas pieces, starting with the late Middle Ages, around 1350, up to the start of the Renaissance: either anonymous or signed by Jean Mouton. There follows a broad selection of pieces from the Renaissance itself, be it Flemish, French or Spanish: Sweelinck, Lésbio, Manchicourt, de Weert. Almost as an aside, the Huelgas Ensemble offer us a few neo-Medieval forays, with British organist and church musician Bertram Luard-Selby and, more uniquely, Peter Cornelius, the author of the comic opera Der Barbier von Bagdad, incredible quantities of Lieder, but also a collection of Christmas songs, from which is drawn Three Kings, also written in a neo-historical style. © SM/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:04
- Main artists: Huelgas Ensemble
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
- Genre: Classical
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
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