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Track(s) taken from CDA66200

Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen

First line:
Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
composer
1609; Musae Sioniae, Wolfenbüttel
author of text

Westminster Cathedral Choir, The Parley of Instruments, David Hill (conductor)
Recording details: January 1986
Westminster Cathedral, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: January 1987
Total duration: 1 minutes 24 seconds

Cover artwork: The Marriage of St Catherine of Siena (altarpiece detail). Lorenzo (d1503)
Reproduced by permission of The Trustees, The National Gallery, London
 

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Reviews

‘Well crafted music, sensitively performed and recorded’ (Gramophone)

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‘My favourite ever Christmas recording. Lovely music, done with affection and great sympathy’ (Hi-Fi News)

‘A glorious early Baroque Christmas treat’ (Harmonia)
The German hymn Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen first appeared in print in 1599, and was commonly sung to a melody harmonized by Michael Praetorius ten years later. The first verse describes a rose sprouting from the stem of the Tree of Jesse, an image that was especially popular in medieval times and featured in many works of religious art from the period. Since the nineteenth century other verses have been added, with most focusing on the fragrance of the tender flower which dispels darkness and evil.

from notes by Owain Park © 2019

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