Nowell’s Delight: A Renaissance Christmas Celebration

Listen to Nouvelles, Nouvelles


Piffaro Recordings, 2005

Live performances from 8 seasons of Piffaro’s Philadelphia holiday concerts. English, Spanish, French and German favorites, many featuring soprano Laura Heimes.


Contents

Nowell, the boarës head — Anonymous (Selden MS, early 15th c.)

Nowell, tidings true — Anonymous (Oxford Selden MS, early 15th c.)
Hail, Mary, full of grace — Anonymous (Trinity Roll, early 15th c.)
Lullay: I saw — Anonymous (Trinity Roll, early 15th c.)
Nowell sing we — Anonymous. (Selden MS, early 15th c.)

Vos virgen soys nuestra madre — Anonymous (early 16th c.)
Soberana Maria — Anonymous (early 16th c.)
Que bonito niño chiquito — Anonymous (16th c.), arr. Piffaro
Angeles del zielo — Anonymous (early 16th c.)

Nouvelles, nouvelles — pub. Nicolas Martin (1556) arr. Piffaro
Sus, debout — Guillaume Costeley (1531-1606)
D’ou venez vous, Madame Lucette — Pierre Moulu (c.1480-1550)
Or vous tremoussez, pasteur de Judée – Anonymous, (text Jean Daniel, 16th c.), arr. Piffaro
Cum natus esset Jesus — Jean de Castro (c.1540-1594)
Noel Lorraine • anon. (16th c.), arr. Piffaro

En natus est Emmanuel — Michael Praetorius (c.1571-1621)
Maria wallt zum Heiligtum — Johannes Eccard (1553-1606)
Stella, quam viderant Magi — Jacob Regnart (1540-1599)
Resonet in laudibus — Praetorius

Tomorrow shall be my dancing day — Anonymous (early 17th c.)
Greensleeves — Anonymous (Folger Lute Book, c. 1600)
Greensleeves — Anonymous (late 16th c.), arr. Adam Gilbert
The old yeare now — Anonymous (early 17th c.), arr. Piffaro