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Chanticleer is known around the world as “an orchestra of voices” for the seamless blend of its twelve male voices ranging from countertenor to bass. Founded in San Francisco in 1978, Chanticleer has developed a worldwide reputation for its impeccable musicianship, beauty of sound, and wide-ranging repertoire from Renaissance and Mexican Baroque to jazz, gospel, folk, and adventurous new music. Chanticleer has sold over a million records and enjoys a devoted and passionate fan base.
Called “the world’s reigning male chorus,” by the New Yorker magazine, and named “Ensemble of the Year” by Musical America in 2008, Chanticleer will perform more than 100 concerts in 2010-11, the GRAMMY Award-winning ensemble’s 33rd Season.
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A Chanticleer Christmas features the ensemble in its natural a cappella setting. Selling more than a million records over the years, Chanticleer's holiday recording have been their most beloved. Here they offer unforgettable renditions of “The First Nowell”, “Away in a Manger” and “O Holy Night” as well as a new LIVE recording of their signature song, the Biebl “Ave Maria”.
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Works on This Recording
1.
Hodie Christus natus est by Anonymous
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chanticleer
Period: Medieval
2.
Admirabile commercium by Jacob Handl
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chanticleer
3.
Hodie nobis caelorum Rex by Giovanni Maria Nanino
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chanticleer
4.
Enatus est Emanuel by Michael Praetorius
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chanticleer
Period: Renaissance
Written: Germany
5.
Musae Sioniae, Bk 7: Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her by Michael Praetorius
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chanticleer
Period: Renaissance
Written: by 1609; Germany
6.
Caroling, caroling by Alfred S. Burt
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chanticleer
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1954; USA
7.
Angels we have heard on high by Traditional
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chanticleer
Written: France
8.
Bethlehem Down by Peter Warlock
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chanticleer
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1927; England
9.
There Is No Rose of Such Virtue by Robert H. Young
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chanticleer
10.
Rocking Carol by Traditional
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chanticleer
11.
Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle by Traditional
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chanticleer
Written: France
12.
Away in a manger by William J. Kirkpatrick
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chanticleer
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
13.
Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night" by Adolphe Adam
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chanticleer
Period: Romantic
Written: France
14.
The first nowell by Traditional
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chanticleer
Written: England
15.
Ave Maria by Franz Biebl
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chanticleer
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1964; Germany
Featured Sound Samples
Rocking Carol (Traditional)
Admirabile commercium (Handl)
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