Chanticleer
Plainsong Quem Terra, Pontus Aethera
Handl (Gallus): Canite Tuba in Sion
Victoria: Ne Timeas Maria
Hassler: Dixit Maria Ad Angelum
Philips: Gaudens Gaudebo
Avay in a Manger (Arr. by Robert Shaw & Alice Parker)
Byrd: Ecce Virgo Concipiet
Regnart: Ave Regina Caelorum
Redner / Scott / Vaughan Williams: 4 Verses
D'ou Viens-tu, Bergere? (Arr. Mark Sirrett)
Hacia Belen Va Un Burrico (Arr. Robert Shaw & Alice Parker)
La Virgen Lava Panales (Arr. Robert Shaw & Alice Parker)
Saboly: Touro-louro=louro! (Arr. Robert Shaw & Alice Parker)
Praetorius: Quem Pastores Laudavere (Arr. Harry Christophers
Manchicourt: Reges Terrae
Susanni, Susanni (Arr. Robert Shaw & Alice Parker)
Mäntyjärvi: Staffan Var en Stalledrang
Kverno: Corpus Christi Carol
Sametz: Gaudate, from Trio Medieval Lyrics
Powell: a Christmas Medley
Dulce Jesus Mio (Arr. Piotr Nawrot)
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.