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A String Quartet Christmas - Volumes 1-3
Release Date:
09/28/2010
Label:
Steinway & Sons
Catalog #:
50001
Composer:
Lowell Mason , Traditional , John Francis Wade , Richard Storrs Willis ...
Performer:
Nathaniel Rosen , Alexander Romanul , Arturo Delmoni , Katherine Murdock ...
Number of Discs:
3
Recorded in:
Stereo
Length:
2 Hours 44 Mins.
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If ever a season called for music in the home, it is Christmas. In the days before recordings, members of the household, invariably proficient on one instrument or another, would play music together - both for their own enjoyment and to set a festive mood. The arrangements in this audiophile set from Arturo Delmoni, meticulously produced by John Marks, hearken back to those earlier days. And in that tradition of music-making, the modern household may well be inspired to sing along.
Album Credits:
Volume 1 recorded April 24, 1995 at the Church of the Holy Trinity, New York City.
Volume 2 recorded May 21, 1997 in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, State University of New
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Volume 3 recorded June 29 & 30, 1998 in the Nave of Riverside Church, New York City.
Producer: John Marks
Recording Engineer: Jerry Bruck
Mastering Engineer: Robert C. Ludwig
Reviews:
"A three-disc set that features excellent performers, including violinist Arturo Delmoni and cellist Nathaniel Rosen, and a huge chunk of holiday fare. These recordings were available separately in years past, but are gathered together now in a neat package... This is a perfect product for anyone wanting to bring it down a little -- in this case, a whole lot, really -- and focus purely on the melodic beauty inspired by Christmas Time... The arrangements are sensitive, the playing really first-class. To vary the sonic flavor of a string quartet, there are occasional appearances of harp and organ. There are two dozen or so carols and other items per disc, covering many centuries and mixing the well-known with the rare and surprising. Among the surprises is an arrangement for violin and organ of the haunting Adagio from Alessandro Marcello's Oboe Concerto, which, somehow, takes on a reverential, Christmas Eve-like feeling in this context. " -- Tim Smith, The Baltimore Sun
"A first-class string quartet plays tasteful arrangements … in refreshingly ungimmicky style. Warmly recommended for those who like the tunes better than the words." -- The Washington Post
"A simple string quartet breathes new life into Christmas classics … brings out the natural beauty in the songs of Christmas. This album will substitute nicely if you won’t be having a live string quartet at this year’s Christmas party." -- The Christian Science Monitor
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1.
Joy to the World
Composer:
Lowell Mason
Performer:
Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Alexander Romanul (Violin) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Katherine Murdock (Viola)
Period:
Romantic
Written:
19th Century USA
2.
The first nowell
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Alexander Romanul (Violin) , Katherine Murdock (Viola)
Written:
England
3.
Adeste fideles "O come, all ye faithful"
Composer:
John Francis Wade
Performer:
Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Katherine Murdock (Viola) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Alexander Romanul (Violin)
Period:
Classical
Written:
by 1782 England
4.
It came upon the midnight clear
Composer:
Richard Storrs Willis
Performer:
Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Katherine Murdock (Viola) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Alexander Romanul (Violin)
Period:
Romantic
5.
O little town of Bethlehem
Composer:
Henry Walford Davies
Performer:
Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Katherine Murdock (Viola) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Alexander Romanul (Violin)
Period:
20th Century
Written:
England
6.
Silent Night
Composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber
Performer:
Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Alexander Romanul (Violin) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Katherine Murdock (Viola)
Period:
Classical
Written:
1818 Austria
7.
Angels from the realms of glory
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Alexander Romanul (Violin) , Katherine Murdock (Viola)
Written:
France
8.
Away in a manger
Composer:
William James Kirkpatrick
Performer:
Katherine Murdock (Viola) , Alexander Romanul (Violin) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin)
Period:
20th Century
Written:
USA
9.
Gaudeamus
Composer:
Antony Hopkins
Performer:
Katherine Murdock (Viola) , Alexander Romanul (Violin) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin)
Period:
20th Century
Written:
England
10.
Deck the Halls
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Katherine Murdock (Viola) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Alexander Romanul (Violin)
Written:
Wales, UK
11.
Angels we have heard on high
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Katherine Murdock (Viola) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Alexander Romanul (Violin)
Written:
France
12.
Good King Wenceslas
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Katherine Murdock (Viola) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Alexander Romanul (Violin)
Written:
England
13.
The Golden Carol
Composer:
Anonymous
Performer:
Katherine Murdock (Viola) , Alexander Romanul (Violin) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin)
14.
Here we come a-wassailing
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Katherine Murdock (Viola) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Alexander Romanul (Violin)
Written:
England
15.
Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Alexander Romanul (Violin) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Katherine Murdock (Viola)
Written:
France
16.
The Holly and the Ivy
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Katherine Murdock (Viola) , Alexander Romanul (Violin) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello)
Written:
England
17.
What child is this?
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Katherine Murdock (Viola) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Alexander Romanul (Violin)
Period:
Renaissance
Written:
16th Century England
18.
God rest ye merry, gentlemen
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Katherine Murdock (Viola) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Alexander Romanul (Violin)
Written:
England
19.
Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Carol"
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Alexander Romanul (Violin) , Katherine Murdock (Viola)
Period:
Renaissance
Written:
16th Century England
20.
O come, O come Emmanuel
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Alexander Romanul (Violin) , Katherine Murdock (Viola)
Period:
Renaissance
Written:
15th Century France
21.
In dulci jubilo
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Alexander Romanul (Violin) , Katherine Murdock (Viola) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello)
Period:
Medieval
Written:
12th Century Germany
22.
O sanctissima "Sicilian Mariners"
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Alexander Romanul (Violin) , Katherine Murdock (Viola)
23.
We wish you a merry Christmas
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Katherine Murdock (Viola) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Alexander Romanul (Violin)
Written:
England
24.
Musae Sioniae: Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen
Composer:
Michael Praetorius
Performer:
Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Katherine Murdock (Viola) , Alexander Romanul (Violin)
Period:
Renaissance
Written:
by 1609 Germany
25.
Ave Maria
Composer:
Charles Gounod
Performer:
Emily Mitchell (Harp) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Natasha Lipkina (Viola) , Nina Bodnar (Violin) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin)
Period:
Romantic
Written:
1859 France
26.
Adam lay ybounden
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Nina Bodnar (Violin) , Emily Mitchell (Harp) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Natasha Lipkina (Viola) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello)
27.
L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25: L'adieu des bergers
Composer:
Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Natasha Lipkina (Viola) , Nina Bodnar (Violin) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Emily Mitchell (Harp)
Period:
Romantic
Written:
1850-1854 France
28.
Il est né, le divin enfant
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Emily Mitchell (Harp) , Natasha Lipkina (Viola) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Nina Bodnar (Violin)
Period:
Renaissance
Written:
15th Century France
29.
In the bleak mid-winter
Composer:
Gustav Holst
Performer:
Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Nina Bodnar (Violin) , Natasha Lipkina (Viola) , Emily Mitchell (Harp) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello)
Period:
20th Century
Written:
by 1906 England
30.
Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!, BWV 208: Schafe können sicher weiden "Sheep May Safely Graze"
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Natasha Lipkina (Viola) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Nina Bodnar (Violin) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Emily Mitchell (Harp)
Period:
Baroque
Written:
1713 Cöthen, Germany
31.
All through the night
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Natasha Lipkina (Viola) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Nina Bodnar (Violin) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin)
Written:
Wales, UK
32.
El noy de la mare
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Natasha Lipkina (Viola) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Nina Bodnar (Violin) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin)
Period:
Romantic
Written:
Spain
33.
Once in Royal David's City
Composer:
Henry John Gauntlett
Performer:
Nina Bodnar (Violin) , Natasha Lipkina (Viola) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Emily Mitchell (Harp) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello)
Period:
Romantic
Written:
19th Century England
34.
Ding Dong! Merrily on high
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Natasha Lipkina (Viola) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Nina Bodnar (Violin) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin)
Period:
Renaissance
Written:
16th Century France
35.
Fairest Lord Jesus "Crusader's Hymn"
Composer:
James Hopkirk
Performer:
Natasha Lipkina (Viola) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Nina Bodnar (Violin) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin)
36.
Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria"
Composer:
Franz Schubert
Performer:
Nina Bodnar (Violin) , Emily Mitchell (Harp) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Natasha Lipkina (Viola) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin)
Period:
Romantic
Written:
1825 Vienna, Austria
37.
Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Jesu bleibet meine Freude "Jesu, joy of man's desiring"
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Natasha Lipkina (Viola) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Nina Bodnar (Violin) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin)
Period:
Baroque
Written:
1723 Leipzig, Germany
38.
The Eastern Star So Bright And Clear
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Natasha Lipkina (Viola) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Nina Bodnar (Violin) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin)
39.
I saw three ships
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Natasha Lipkina (Viola) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Nina Bodnar (Violin) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin)
Written:
England
40.
Insprugk, ich muss dich lassen
Composer:
Heinrich Isaac
Performer:
Natasha Lipkina (Viola) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Nina Bodnar (Violin) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin)
Period:
Renaissance
41.
He Shall Feed His Flock
Composer:
John Ness Beck
Performer:
Natasha Lipkina (Viola) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Nina Bodnar (Violin) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin)
42.
Cherry Tree Carol
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Natasha Lipkina (Viola) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Nina Bodnar (Violin) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin)
Written:
England
43.
O Jesulein süss, o Jesulein mild
Composer:
Samuel Scheidt
Performer:
Natasha Lipkina (Viola) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Nina Bodnar (Violin) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin)
Period:
Baroque
Written:
by 1650 Halle, Germany
44.
Lute-book lullaby
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Natasha Lipkina (Viola) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Nina Bodnar (Violin) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin)
45.
Wexford Carol
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Natasha Lipkina (Viola) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello) , Nina Bodnar (Violin) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin)
Written:
Ireland
46.
How brightly shone the morning star
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Emily Mitchell (Harp) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Nina Bodnar (Violin) , Natasha Lipkina (Viola) , Nathaniel Rosen (Cello)
47.
Carol of the Bells
Composer:
Mykola Leontovych
Performer:
Ellen DePasquale (Viola) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Danielle Maddon (Violin) , Rafael Figueroa (Cello)
Period:
Modern
Written:
1910 Ukraine
48.
All my heart this night rejoices
Composer:
Johann Georg Ebeling
Performer:
Ellen DePasquale (Viola) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Danielle Maddon (Violin) , Rafael Figueroa (Cello)
49.
Candlelight Carol
Composer:
John Rutter
Performer:
Ellen DePasquale (Viola) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Danielle Maddon (Violin) , Rafael Figueroa (Cello)
Period:
20th Century
Written:
1984 England
50.
Concerto for Oboe in D minor: 2nd movement, Adagio
Composer:
Alessandro Marcello
Performer:
Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Timothy Smith (Organ)
Period:
Baroque
Written:
by 1717 Italy
51.
The Christmas Rose
Composer:
Gilbert M. Martin
Performer:
Timothy Smith (Organ)
52.
When Christmas morn
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Rafael Figueroa (Cello) , Danielle Maddon (Violin) , Ellen DePasquale (Viola)
53.
Stille, stille, lasst uns lauschen
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Ellen DePasquale (Viola) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Danielle Maddon (Violin) , Rafael Figueroa (Cello)
Period:
20th Century
54.
While shepherds watched their flocks by night
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Rafael Figueroa (Cello) , Danielle Maddon (Violin) , Ellen DePasquale (Viola)
Period:
Renaissance
Written:
by 1592 England
55.
Christmas lullaby
Composer:
John Rutter
Performer:
Ellen DePasquale (Viola) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Danielle Maddon (Violin) , Rafael Figueroa (Cello)
56.
Sans Day Carol
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Ellen DePasquale (Viola) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Danielle Maddon (Violin) , Rafael Figueroa (Cello)
Written:
Cornwall, England
57.
Noëls (6) for Harp, Op. 32
Composer:
Marcel Tournier
Performer:
Emily Mitchell (Harp)
Period:
20th Century
Written:
France
58.
Noël Breton
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Ellen DePasquale (Viola) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Danielle Maddon (Violin) , Rafael Figueroa (Cello)
59.
L'arlésienne: Suite no 2 - 4th movement, Farandole
Composer:
Georges Bizet
Performer:
Ellen DePasquale (Viola) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Danielle Maddon (Violin) , Rafael Figueroa (Cello)
Period:
Romantic
Written:
France
60.
Thy little ones, dear Lord, are we
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Ellen DePasquale (Viola) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Danielle Maddon (Violin) , Rafael Figueroa (Cello)
61.
From Heaven Above
Composer:
Traditional
Performer:
Ellen DePasquale (Viola) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Danielle Maddon (Violin) , Rafael Figueroa (Cello)
62.
Angel's Carol "Have you heard the sound of angel voices"
Composer:
John Rutter
Performer:
Ellen DePasquale (Viola) , Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Danielle Maddon (Violin) , Rafael Figueroa (Cello)
Period:
20th Century
Written:
England
63.
Le Sommeil de l'Enfant Jesus
Composer:
Paul-Henri Büsser
Performer:
Arturo Delmoni (Violin) , Emily Mitchell (Harp) , Timothy Smith (Organ)
Period:
20th Century
Written:
1896 France
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