| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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stereo |
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digital recording |
| Note |
Christmas music for various combinations of mixed chorus, brass quintet, organ, and percussion. |
| Performer |
Counterpoint (1st-2nd, 4th-5th, 7th, 9th-10th, 12th, 14th-15th, and 18th works); David Neiweem, organ (1st, 5th, 9th, and 15th works); Roger Grow, percussion (2nd, 16th, and 18th works), tenor solo (4th work); Melissa Chesnut-Tangerman, percussion (18th work); Vermont Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet (Mark Emery, Andrew Sorg, trumpet; Shelagh Abate, horn; John Faieta, trombone; Takatsugu Hagiwara, tuba) (1st, 3rd, 5th-6th, 8th-9th, 11th, 13th, and 17th-18th works); Robert De Cormier, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded June 25-26, 2007, Mead Chapel, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Biographical notes on the performers, and lyrics with English translations ([16] p. : ill.) in container. |
| Contents |
Christmas cantata : Sinfonia sacra / Daniel Pinkham (9:46) -- Mary's boy child / Jester Hairston ; arr. Robert De Cormier (3:18) -- Christmas crackers II. Angels from the realms of glory ; Away in a manger ; God rest ye merry, gentlemen ; Good King Wenceslas / traditional ; arr. John Iveson (3:24) -- No room at the inn / traditional ; arr. David Düsing (3:06) -- Adeste fideles / traditional ; arr. Robert De Cormier (2:18) -- Christmas crackers I. Jingle bells ; Deck the halls / traditional ; arr. John Iveson (2:46) -- Haitian noel / Joseph Augustin ; arr. Felix A. Baptiste and Nathaniel G. Lew (3:36) -- Sussex mummers' Christmas carol / Percy Grainger ; arr. Michael W. Allen (1:47) -- Joy to the world / Lowell Mason ; arr. Robert De Cormier (1:46) -- Rorate coeli desuper / Leo Nestor (4:38) -- Tantum ergo / traditional ; arr. Richard Price (4:31) -- The glory manger / Christmas spiritual ; arr. Robert De Cormier (2:45) -- Fancies, toyes, and dreams : six fantasies for brass. The old spagnoletta ; His rest ; Tell mee Daphne ; His dream ; A toye ; The new sa-hoo / Giles Farnaby ; arr. Elgar Howart (8:56) -- Deck the halls / Welsh carol ; arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw (1:15) -- Coventry carol / 16th-century English carol (2:54) -- The Virgin Mary had a baby boy / West Indian spiritual ; arr. Robert De Cormier (3:12) -- Christmas crackers III. We wish you a merry Christmas / traditional ; arr. John Iveson (1:02) -- Good mornin', it's Christmas / Caribbean Christmas song ; arr. Robert De Cormier (2:48). |
| Language |
Sung in English, Latin (1st, 5th, and 10th works), or Haitian creole (7th work). |
| Subject |
Cantatas, Sacred.
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Cantatas, Sacred. |
| Genre/Form |
Christmas music.
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Christmas music.
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Carols.
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Carols.
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Spirituals (Songs)
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Spirituals (Songs)
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| Subject |
Choruses, Sacred.
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Choruses, Sacred. |
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Brass quintets (Horn, trombone, trumpets (2), tuba), Arranged.
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Potpourris.
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Potpourris. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Neiweem, David, performer.
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Grow, Roger, performer.
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Chesnut-Tangerman, Melissa, performer.
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De Cormier, Robert, conductor.
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VSO Brass Quintet, performer.
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| Music No. |
TROY985 Albany Records |
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