Bright Day Star: Music for the Yuletide Seasons | 
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| Creators: Anonymous, English Anonymous, Johann Michael Bach, John Bull, Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi, Nickolaus Hermann, Michael Praetorius, Thomas Ravenscroft, William Sandys, John Stainer, Christmas Traditional, Baltimore Consort
Label: Dorian Recordings
Category: Music
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Rating:  6 reviews
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 90198
UPC: 053479019820
EAN: 0053479019820
Release Date: October 4, 1994
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| Tracks:
| • | Ding Dong Merrily - Baltimore Consort, L'officiel, Branle | | • | The Old Year Now Away Is Fled - Baltimore Consort, | | • | Christmas Day in da Mornin' - Baltimore Consort, Traditional | | • | The Cherry Tree Carol - Baltimore Consort, Sharp, Cecil | | • | Wir Singen Dir, Immanuel - Baltimore Consort, Hermann, Nikolaus | | • | The Wren Song - Baltimore Consort, Traditional | | • | A Wassail Tune - Baltimore Consort, | | • | Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day - Baltimore Consort, Traditional | | • | Carol "Een Kindeken Is Ons Geboren" - Baltimore Consort, Bull, John | | • | The Bellman's Carol - Baltimore Consort, Bramley | | • | A Christmas Jig (Jesus Born in Bethn'y) - Baltimore Consort, Traditional | | • | Es Ist Ein Ros' Entsprungen - Baltimore Consort, Praetorius, Michael | | • | In Dulci Jubilo - Baltimore Consort, Bach, Johann Sebast | | • | Rorate Coeli Desuper - Baltimore Consort, Dunbar, William | | • | Drive the Cold Winter Away - Baltimore Consort, | | • | Remember, O Thou Man - Baltimore Consort, Ravenscroft, Thomas | | • | Quem Pastores Laudavere - Baltimore Consort, Praetorius, Michael | | • | Christmas Is My Name - Baltimore Consort, | | • | In Dir Ist Freude - Baltimore Consort, Gastolki, Giovanni | | • | Hey for Christmas! (Dargason) - Baltimore Consort, |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
Great music April 10, 2008
M. S. Radowski (Sunnyvale, CA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this CD after listening to another work by the Baltimore Consort. The quality of the recording, of the music and the vocals are all top notch. After listening to this CD for a few days, my wife and I decided it would be an ideal gift for other music lovers. Each person who has since received it has also thoroughly enjoyed it. While the CD is themed for the yuletide season, I don't know that it has to go away with the garland and tinsel.
Wonderful recording November 17, 2004
jalrdcd (Rice Lake, WI USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This might be my favorite holiday album. It's one of the first I pull out in November and doesn't get put away until February.
Bright and sparkling! November 29, 2002
Brianna Neal (USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
A perfect way to celebrate the Christmas spirit any time of year with some truly "old" favorites, performed with spirit and heart by the Baltimore Consort. Period selections imbued here with the consort's singular sound and creative improvisations include "Ding Dong Merrily on High", "The Old Year Now Away is Fled", "The Cherry Tree Carol", "Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day", "Es ist ein Ros", "In Dulci Jubilo", and many more that may charm you for the first time. The Baltimore Consort is: Mary Anne Ballard, viols and rebec; Mark Cudek, cittern, guitar, viols and bandora; Custer LaRue, soprano soloist; Larry Lipkis, viol, recorder and gemshorn; Ronn McFarlane, lutes; and Chris Norman, wooden flutes and pennywhistle; with Webb Wiggins on organ.
why to get this disc (in rhyme) November 23, 2001
knottedcordsuntying (Michigan)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
'Twas the day after Thanksgiving, and all through the house, Christmas spirit was stirring and starting to rouse feelings of joy and expectation in the hearts of the people who were there. Beautiful music and Custer LaRue's singing filled the air.Wonderful songs, written by people long dead, caused pictures to form and stories to dance through each listening head. Stories of a virgin bearing a child, stories of the little Savior's entrance into this world...meek and mild. Each song is sung with such haunting beauty and care. The Consort's playing could not be more wonderfully fair. Each song is a masterpiece--"The Cherry Tree Carol," "In dulci jubilo," and "Quem pastores laudavere." Each song's focus is on the true meaning of Christmas--no appearance made by St. Nick--but with singing like this, in your head they are sure to stick. More beautifully than snowflakes this music drifts down. In sheer loveliness, "Christmas Is My Name" deserves the crown. Oh but each tune is strong--like "Ding Dong Merrily" and "The Wren Song." Most come in at under three minutes each, none is overlong. Each is stunning...how can the listener go wrong? How they twinkle...they are most merry. One even makes mention of Cherries. (...) I highly recommend this disc.
A Christmas Favorite December 8, 2000
Frederick Lauritzen (Chicago, IL USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Had enough of animated snowmen and over-sweetened carol arrangements? Here's a hugely enjoyable recording of songs and dances done with flair by the Baltimore Consort. There are a few familiar tunes, such as the lilting arrangement of "Ding, Dong Merrily On High" and a beautiful solo flute version of "Lo, How a Rose 'Er Blooming." But most the songs are off the beaten track, and are therefore fresh and new despite their antiquity. Custer LaRue brings feeling and energy into the songs. This has become the most played Christmas CD in our household.
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