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  Susie Le Blanc, soprano Daniel Taylor, contre-ténor/countertenor Les Voix Humaines: Susie Napper & Margaret Little, violes de gambe/violas da gamba Franicis Colpron, flûte à bec/recorder Sylvain Bergeron, luth/lute Rafik Samman, percussion ACD2 2166 |
The line between the secular and the religious being less clear than it is today, many of these carols were popular secular tunes reset for church occasions to religious texts. Of the three versions of the famous melody "Une jeune fillette" by du Caurroy, Turini, and Dandrieu presented on this recording, the latter is a perfect example of a popular song reset to a religious text.
Several of these religious texts could more aptly be described as ballads. The three lullabies "Lullaby, my sweet baby," "Coventry Carol", and "Canzonetta spirituale sopra la Nana" touchingly retell the story of the nativity and, with great foreboding, the story of the Christ child and his final demise. ...
- Susie Napper
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Anonymous [ 1. ] There is no Rose of such Virtue 2:40 soprano, contre-ténor, flûte à bec / soprano, countertenor, recorder Traditional English [ 2. ] Ding, Dong! Merrily on High 3:20 Flûte à bec, 2 basses de viole, glockenspiel / recorder, 2 bass viols, glockenspiel Arr. Susie Napper Traditional & Jean-François Dandrieu (c1682-1738) [ 3. ] Joseph est bien marié 4:53 soprano, dessus et basse de viole / soprano, treble and bass viols Arr. Susie Napper Anonymous, 1591 [ 4. ] Lully, lulla (Coventry Carol) 3:53 contre-ténor, dessus et basse de viole, flûte à bec, luth, tambour grave / countertenor, treble and bass viols, recorder, lute, drum Anonymous Spanish Carol [ 5. ] Riu Riu Chiu 2:27 2 basses de viole / 2 bass viols Arr. Susie Napper Tarquinio Merula (c1595-1665) [ 6. ] Canzonetta spirituale Sopra alla nanna 7:17 soprano, luth, 2 basses de viole / soprano, lute, 2 bass viols Eustache du Caurroy (1549-1609) [ 7. ] Fantaisie à trois "Une jeune fillette" 1:26 flûte à bec, dessus et basse de viole / recorder, treble and bass viols Traditional & Jean-François Dandrieu (c1682-1738) [ 8. ] Une jeune pucelle 5:44 soprano, 2 basses de viole, luth / soprano, 2 bass viols, lute Arr. Susie Napper Nicholas Lebègue (1631-1702) [ 9. ] Les Cloches 4:04 2 basses de viol, cloches basse / 2 bass viols, bell Arr. Susie Napper William Byrd (1542-1623) [10.] Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby 10:38 contre-ténor, 2 basses de viole / countertenor, 2 bass viols Arr. Susie Napper Francesco Turini (c1589-1656) [11.] Canzona 4:14 Flûte à bec, dessus et basse de viole, luth / recorder, treble and bass viols, lute Anonymous [12.] Nowell: Dieu vous garde 3:44 soprano, contre-ténor, flûte à bec, dessus et basse de viole, luth, percussion / soprano, countertenor, recorder, treble and bass viols, lute, percussion |
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