Special offer. Hodie Christus Natus Est
Boston Camerata (early music ensemble), Anne Azéma (soprano), Camila Parias, Shira Kammen, Christa Patton, Deborah Rentz-Moore
The earthy instrumental twang of ‘Edi be thu hevene quene’ exudes strong folk influences, and overall this recording taps joyfully into what Azéma calls the ‘less stressful tonality’ of a pre-commercial...
Special offer. Hodie Christus Natus Est
Boston Camerata (early music ensemble), Anne Azéma (soprano), Camila Parias, Shira Kammen, Christa Patton, Deborah Rentz-Moore
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The earthy instrumental twang of ‘Edi be thu hevene quene’ exudes strong folk influences, and overall this recording taps joyfully into what Azéma calls the ‘less stressful tonality’ of a pre-commercial...
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Drawing on a wide variety of sources, mingling liturgical Latin with French, English, Italian and Iberian vernaculars, these magnificent songs, hymns and processionals show the multitude of ways in which the birth of Christ was celebrated in medieval times.
The trio of female singers is accompanied by harp, fiddle, bells and wind instruments: together they touchingly evoke all the tenderness, hope and joy of medieval Christmas songs.
Contents and tracklist
- Boston Camerata, Anne Azéma, Camila Parias, Shira Kammen
- Boston Camerata, Anne Azéma, Camila Parias, Shira Kammen
- Boston Camerata, Anne Azéma, Camila Parias, Shira Kammen
- Boston Camerata, Anne Azéma, Shira Kammen, Christa Patton
- Boston Camerata, Anne Azéma, Christa Patton
- Boston Camerata, Deborah Rentz-Moore
- Boston Camerata, Anne Azéma, Camila Parias, Deborah Rentz-Moore
- Boston Camerata, Anne Azéma, Deborah Rentz-Moore, Camila Parias
- Boston Camerata, Anne Azéma, Deborah Rentz-Moore, Camila Parias
- Boston Camerata, Anne Azéma, Camila Parias, Deborah Rentz-Moore
- Boston Camerata, Anne Azéma, Christa Patton, Shira Kammen
- Boston Camerata, Anne Azéma, Camila Parias, Deborah Rentz-Moore
- Boston Camerata, Anne Azéma, Shira Kammen
- Boston Camerata, Anne Azéma, Camila Parias, Deborah Rentz-Moore
Awards and reviews
Christmas 2021
The earthy instrumental twang of ‘Edi be thu hevene quene’ exudes strong folk influences, and overall this recording taps joyfully into what Azéma calls the ‘less stressful tonality’ of a pre-commercial Christmas period.
December 2021
The new album sucks you into the parallel universe of medieval Aquitainian polyphony – more brown rice than turkey roast, for sure – with its distinctive vocal and vowel colouring and smattering of bells, hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes and harp.
