Title:
Christmas in early America : 18th century carols and anthems / the Columbus Consort.
Author:
Columbus Consort, performer.
Publication Information:
Amsterdam : Channel Classics Records, [1993]
℗1993
Call Number:
RC COLU CIE C93
Corporate Author:
Physical Description:
1 audio disc (55:40) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Performed on period instrumnets.
Compact disc.
Booklet with program notes in English, French, and German and texts in original languages (30 p.) inserted in container.
Contents:
How beauteous are their feet / Supply Belcher (5:25) -- How beauteous are their feet / Samuel Holyoke (4:19) -- Anthem for Christmas / Benjamin Carr (3:40) -- If angels sung a savior's birth / Joseph Stephenson (1:35) -- Th'Almighty spake, and Gabriel sped / Samuel Holyoke (2:15) -- Comfort ye my people / Samuel Holyoke (2:15) -- Hark! The glad sound / John Jenkins Husband (2:11) -- While shepherds watched their flocks by night / Musgrave Heighington (3:07) -- While shepherds watched their flocks by night / Jacob French (3:07) -- While shepherds watched their flocks by night / William Billings (6:22) -- Unto us a child is born / Johann Friedrich Peter (3:29) -- Prince of Peace, Immanuel / John Antes (2:20) -- Hail infant newborn / David Moritz Michael (1:13) -- To us a child is born / Johannes Herbst (1:54) -- Thou child divine / Johann A.P. Schulz (2:34) -- Meine Seele erhebet den Herrn / Jeremiah Dencke (1:09) -- Hosanna! Blessed is He that come in the name of the Lord / Christian Gregor (1:51) -- Magnificat anima mea Dominum / Charles Theodore Pachelbel (5:48).