Sing heigh, ho! Unto the green holly!
The Folger Consort

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Bard BDCC1-8902 (cassette)
1989

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Bard Records 097761890247 (CD)
2009

Gothic Christmas music
1. Lux hodie ... Orientis partibus  [7:43]
2. In seculum  [0:41]
3. Alleluia psallat  [1:42]


Tuscany circa 1400
4. Chominciamento  [3:40]
5. Da ciel venne  [3:30]
6. Ave maris stella  [1:23]
7. Stella Nuova  [2:24]


15th-century English carols
8. Nowell, Nowell  [2:14]
9. Abide  [1:08]
10. As I lay upon a night  [3:42]
11. Nowell, Nowell: In Bethlehem  [1:21]
12. The Boares Head  [3:14]


16th-century French noels
13. Sus, debout, gentilz Pasteurs  [2:47]
14. Allon, gay  [1:14]
15. David, Jacob, Ezechias  [1:47]
16. Allon, gay  [1:01]
17. Allon, gay bergers  [1:26]


17th-century Mexican Christmas villancicos
18. Ay, cómo flecha la niña rayos  [3:43]
19. Tarara  [1:44]
20. A la sacra xacarcilla  [3:08]


17th-century Germany and Netherlands
21. Lasset uns nun gehen  [1:46]
22. Ons is gheboren een kindekijn  [3:03]
23. Ein kind ist uns geboren  [3:44]
24. Hodie Christus natus est  [5:25]






The Folger Consort

Robert Eisenstein — rebec, vielle, viol, recorder
Christopher Kendall — lute, harp, mandora
Scott Reiss — recorders, percussion, psaltery, reed pipe, bells

with
Julianne Baird — soprano
Michael Collver — countertenor
Frederick Urrey — tenor
William Sharp — baritone
and
Peggy Marie Haas — organ


Recorded live in the Folger's Great Hall on December 22, 1984
Recording and editing engineer : Curt Wittig

℗ 1995 Bard Records.