Once, as I remember
The Story of Christmas

1. Gloria in Excelsis - Robert Cowper (c.1474-c.1535)
2. Ave Maria - Plainsong
3. Angelus ad Virginem - 13th cent., arr. Dom Anselm Hughes and Percy Grainger
4. Alma Redemptoris Mater - Palestrina (1525-1594)
5. The Angel Gabriel - Basque Carol, arr. Edgar Pettman
6. Hodie Christus natus est - Giovanni Bassano (1558-1617)
7. Jolly Shepherd - English Round Anon. 1612
8. Hodie Christus natus est - Sweelinck (1562-1621)
9. Past 3 a clock - 19th cent. English, arr. Charles Wood
10. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen Michael Praetorius (c1570-1621) + canon a 4 by Melchior Vulpius (c1570-1615)
11. There is no rose of such vertu - Anon. 15th cent. English
12. Ave Maris Stella - Lajos Bardos (1899-1986) Hungarian
13. A spotless Rose - Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
14. O Magnum Mysterium - William Byrd (1543-1623)
15. Ach Herr, du Schöpfer - Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
16. This Endris Night - Anon. 15th or 16th cent., arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams
17. Entre le boeuf et l’ane - Anon. 13th cent.
18. Guillô pran ton tamborin - Trad. Provencale, arr. Louis-Gaston Soublett
19. Psallite - Anon. French Chanson ‘Ho la hé’, Paris 1540
20. Quem vidistes pastores? - Richard Dering (c1580-1630)
21. He smiles within his cradle Austrian 1649, harm. Martin Shaw, Eng. words by Robert Graves
22. Lullaby my sweet little baby - William Byrd (1543-1623)
23. El Rorro - Trad. Mexican
24. Once as I remember - Anon. 16th cent., arr. R. Hammond
25. The Lamb -John Tavener (b.1944)
26. Joseph lieber, Joseph mein Johannes Walther (c1496-1562)
27. Entry of the three kings - John Gardner (b.1917)
28. The King of all Kings - Folksong (English), transc. Cecil Sharp form a singer in Chipping Sodbury
29. Ring out ye crystal spheres - Robert Armstrong (b. 1927)
30. Gloria in excelsis Deo - Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623)

Monteverdi Choir
Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

462 050-2
PHILIPS

Once as I remember - The Story of Christmas

This album is based on the Christmas Pageants John Eliot Gardiner and his family organised and performed when he was a child. As such, this album shares his Story of Christmas with the world.

The tracks included are a musical representation of the biblical account of events leading up to and surrounding the birth of Christ.

This is not a compilation of best known Christmas carols, but a musical journey through historical events

Whilst the songs come from various eras, the tracks are based on folk or traditional repertoire which have been used over the centuries to tell the best known story of Christmas.

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