The Christmas concerts of Chanticleer are an institution in the USA, and international tours and recordings have made the brilliant male-voice ensemble, based in San Francisco, familiar to audiences all over the world. As Gramophone has written, "Chanticleer, it seems, can sing just about anything," and Chanticleer sings Christmas bears that out, embracing traditional carols and gospel numbers, plainsong, European and Mexican music of the 16th and 17th centuries, and composers and arrangers of the present day.
2 Jakob Handl (Known As "Gallus") (1550-1591) Canite Tuba in Sion
3 Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) Ne Timeas Maria
4 Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) Dixit Maria Ad Angelum Ensemble: Gerrod Pagenkopf, Logan Shields, Adam Ward, Kory Reid, Matthew Mazzola, Andrew Van Allsburg, Matthew Knickman
5 Peter Philips (C. 1560-1628) Gaudens Gaudebo
6 Carol, Trad. American, Arr. Robert Shaw (1916-1999) and Alice Parker (B. 1925) Away in a Manger
7 William Byrd (C. 1539-1623) Ecce Virgo Concipiet
8 Jacob Regnart (1540-1599) Ave Regina Caelorum
9 Lewis Redner (1831-1908) Verses 1 and 2; William Fred Scott (B. 1953) Verse 3; Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Verse 4 O Little Town of Bethlehem Soloist: Logan Shields
11 Trad. Spanish, Arr. Robert Shaw and Alice Parker Hacía Belén Va Un Burrico Soloist: Matthew Knickman
12 Trad. Spanish, Arr. Robert Shaw and Alice Parker la Virgen Lava Pañales Soloist: Adam Ward
13 Nicolas Saboly (1614-1675), Arr. Robert Shaw and Alice Parker Touro-Louro-Louro!
14 Michael Praetorius (1571-1621), Arr. Harry Christophers (B. 1953) Quem Pastores Laudavere Quartet: Gerrod Pagenkopf, Adam Ward, Brian Hinman, Zachary Burgess
15 Pierre de Manchicourt (C. 1510-1564) Reges Terrae
16 Carol, Trad. German, Arr. Robert Shaw and Alice Parker Susanni, Susanni
17 Jaakko Mäntyjärvi (B. 1963) Staffan Var en Stalledräng
18 Trond Kverno (B. 1945) Corpus Christi Carol Soloists: Cortez Mitchell, Andy Berry
19 Steven Sametz (B. 1954) Gaudete, from "Two Medieval Lyrics"
20 Rosephanye Powell (B. 1962) a Christmas Medley Soloists: Matthew Mazzola, Cortez Mitchell, Brian Hinman
The Christmas concerts of Chanticleer are an institution in the USA, and international tours and recordings have made the brilliant male-voice ensemble, based in San Francisco, familiar to audiences all over the world. As Gramophone has written, "Chanticleer, it seems, can sing just about anything," and Chanticleer sings Christmas bears that out, embracing traditional carols and gospel numbers, plainsong, European and Mexican music of the 16th and 17th centuries, and composers and arrangers of the present day.
