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Track(s) taken from CDA67103

Hodie Christus natus est

composer
Cantiones Sacrae, 1619, No 13; SSATB
author of text
Magnificat Antiphon at Vespers for the Nativity

The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Richard Marlow (conductor)
Recording details: March 1998
Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Produced by Morten Winding
Engineered by Antony Howell & Julian Millard
Release date: April 1999
Total duration: 3 minutes 9 seconds
 

Other recordings available for download

The London Oratory Schola Cantorum, Charles Cole (conductor)
The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter (conductor)
The King's Singers

Reviews

‘An important recording landmark’ (Gramophone)

‘Richard Marlow and his youthful choir deserve credit not just for salvaging this music but for presenting it in such vital and responsive performances’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘A noble achievement which should do much for Sweelinck's reputation … Trinity College Chapel Choir seems ideally suited to this music. Diction is good, intonation flawless and the antiphonal effects well balanced. A worthy addition to the collection’ (Early Music)
The late-Renaissance composer Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck succeeded his father as organist at the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam, where he spent his entire career. Immensely influential as a teacher, with Samuel Scheidt numbering amongst his pupils, he was ultimately accorded the distinction—like J S Bach in Leipzig—of being honoured with burial inside the church with which he became synonymous. Hodie Christus natus est is endlessly inventive, juxtaposing multiple rhythmic tableaux, and punctuated by the cyclic opening (sometimes inverted) which serves as a miniature rondo, the whole imbued with joyful cascades of ‘noes’ and ‘alleluias’.

from notes by Charles Cole © 2020

Other albums featuring this work

Sacred treasures of Christmas
Studio Master: CDA68358Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available
The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album
CSCD512Download only
The King's Singers Christmas Presence
Studio Master: SIGCD497Download onlyStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available
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