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Comfort and Joy: Volume One (2004)

“The complexity of the music is fully expressed, the diction is perfect, the emotions alive.” - Gramophone Magazine

 Cantus proudly presents part one of their groundbreaking Christmas offering - Comfort and Joy. To tell the Christmas story in song, Comfort and Joy: Volume One features a millennium of sumptuous music and singing traditions that span the globe. From Gregorian chant and fresh folksong arrangements to modern compositions and traditional Christmas carols, the warm and emotional singing of Cantus is both meditative and stirring. Comfort and Joy: Volume One is a true Christmas present of song.

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Comfort and Joy: Volume One (album)
Cantus
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1. Puer natus est
Introit for the third mass of Christmas
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2. Gabriel’s Message
Basque carol, arr. John Rutter
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3. Ave Maria
Franz Biebl
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4. O Little Town of Bethlehem
Kenneth Jennings
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5. Hodie Christus natus est
antiphon
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6. O magnum mysterium
Jacob Handl
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Morten Lauridsen
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8. Mary Had a Baby
arr. William L. Dawson
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arr. Lawrence J. Wiliford
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10. A La Nanita Nana
arr. Norman Luboff
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11. I Wonder as I Wander
Appalachian tune, John Jacob Niles
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12. The Three Kings
Healey Willan
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arr. Timothy C. Takach
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Peter Cornelius, arr. Erick Lichte
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15. Coventry Carol
15th c. tune, arr. Robert J. Powell
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Franz Gruber, arr. Brian Arreola
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