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Gabriels Message - Festive Music From Medieval England by Mediva Mediva : Gabriels Message - Festive Music From Medieval England.
Medieval music made enticingly modern.


Gabriel's Message is a celebration of Advent, gathering together pieces from 13th-15th Century English manuscripts which depict the Angel Gabriel's visit to the Virgin Mary. Gabriel's Message is an anthology of Christmas past, from harsh winds to crackling fires, a peal of bells or a baby's cry, it captures the sounds of winter with both its hardships and its festivities.
Songs:

1. The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came
2. Nowell This Is The Salutation Of Th' angel Gabriel
3. Edi Beo Thu Hevene Quene
4. Nowell Nowell
5. Stella Maris Nuncuparis
6. As I Lay Upon A Night
7. Salve Virgo Virginum
8. Nota
9. Ad Rose Titulum
10. Lullay - As I Lay On Yole Night
11. Estampie
12. Veni Mater Gracie - Dou Way Robin
13. Verbum caro factum est

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Release date: 1/22/2010
Mediva lives in Cheshunt England

Tagged as: Classical, Medieval, Classical Singing, Lute, Viola da Gamba


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