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.

• 1Plainsong Quem Terra, Pontus thera
• 2Jakob Handl (Known As “Gallus”) (1550-1591) Canite Tuba in Sion
• 3Toms Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) Ne Timeas Maria
• 4Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) Dixit Maria Ad Angelum Ensemble: Gerrod Pagenkopf, Logan Shields, Adam Ward, Kory Reid, Matthew Mazzola, Andrew Van Allsburg, Matthew Knickman
• 5Peter Philips (C. 1560-1628) Gaudens Gaudebo
• 6Carol, Trad. American, Arr. Robert Shaw (1916-1999) and Alice Parker (B. 1925) Away in a Manger
• 7William Byrd (C. 1539-1623) Ecce Virgo Concipiet
• 8Jacob Regnart (1540-1599) Ave Regina Caelorum
• 9Lewis 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
• 10Trad. Canadian, Arr. Mark Sirrett (B. 1952) D’o Viens-Tu, Bergre? Soloist: Gerrod Pagenkopf
• 11Trad. Spanish, Arr. Robert Shaw and Alice Parker Haca Beln Va Un Burrico Soloist: Matthew Knickman
• 12Trad. Spanish, Arr. Robert Shaw and Alice Parker la Virgen Lava Paales Soloist: Adam Ward
• 13Nicolas Saboly (1614-1675), Arr. Robert Shaw and Alice Parker Touro-Louro-Louro!
• 14Michael Praetorius (1571-1621), Arr. Harry Christophers (B. 1953) Quem Pastores Laudavere Quartet: Gerrod Pagenkopf, Adam Ward, Brian Hinman, Zachary Burgess
• 15Pierre de Manchicourt (C. 1510-1564) Reges Terrae
• 16Carol, Trad. German, Arr. Robert Shaw and Alice Parker Susanni, Susanni
• 17Jaakko Mntyjrvi (B. 1963) Staffan Var en Stalledrng
• 18Trond Kverno (B. 1945) Corpus Christi Carol Soloists: Cortez Mitchell, Andy Berry
• 19Steven Sametz (B. 1954) Gaudete, from “Two Medieval Lyrics”
• 20Rosephanye Powell (B. 1962) a Christmas Medley Soloists: Matthew Mazzola, Cortez Mitchell, Brian Hinman
• 21Anonymous, Arr. Piotr Nawrot (B. 1955) Dulce Jess Mo Soloist: Cortez Mitchell