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12:00 AM

La Couranto

Composer	Thomas Morley
Ensemble	Folger Consort
CD/Album	"This England"
Record co./Cat #	Bard 9001
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12:00 AM

Cantiga de Santa Maria

Composer	King Alfonso X "El Sabio"
Ensemble	The Rose Ensemble
CD/Album	"Rosa das Rosas: Cantigas de Santa Maria and Other Spiritual Songs for the Virgin"
Record co./Cat #	Rose 00007
	Purchase CD

12:00 AM

The Shortest Day

Composer	The Christmas Revels
Ensemble	Robert J. Lurtsema, narrator
CD/Album	"In Celebration of the Winter Solstice"
Record co./Cat #	Revels 1078
	Purchase CD

12:00 AM

The Gloucestershire Wassail

Composer	Traditional English
Ensemble	The Waverly Consort
CD/Album	"A Waverly Consort Christmas"
Record co./Cat #	Virgin 55193
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12:00 AM

Guillo, prends ton tambourin; Noël Nouvelet; Fum, fum, fum!; Riu, riu, riu

Composer	Traditional French & Spanish
Ensemble	Apollo's Fire/Sandra Simon, vocal soloist
CD/Album	"Noëls du monde ancien"
Record co./Cat #	Eclectra 2041
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12:00 AM

Murakkaz "Ah Ya Muddasin" ("Be Merry and Take Pleasure")

Composer	From the Nuba: Ram Al-Maya, Lybian tradition
Ensemble	Calamus
CD/Album	"The Splendor of Al-Andalus: Arab-Andalusian Music of 12th to 15th c. Spain"
Record co./Cat #	MA Recordings M026A
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12:00 AM

Qaym Wa Nusf ("How Sweet is the Nectar in Your Eyes")

Composer	From the Nuba Isbihan
Ensemble	Calamus
CD/Album	"The Splendor of Al-Andalus: Arab-Andalusian Music of 12th to 15th c. Spain"
Record co./Cat #	MA Recordings M026A
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12:00 AM

Branle de l'Official - Ding! Dong! Merrily on High

Composer	Thoinot Arbeau
Ensemble	The Baltimore Consort
CD/Album	"Bright Day Star"
Record co./Cat #	Dorian 90198
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12:00 AM

The Holly & the Ivy & Masters in This Hall

Composer	Traditional English
Ensemble	The Christmas Revels
CD/Album	"In Celebration of the Winter Solstice"
Record co./Cat #	Revels 1078
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12:00 AM

La Mañana de San Juan

Composer	Traditional (Salamanca, 1552)
Ensemble	Begoña Olavide & friends
CD/Album	"Mudejar"
Record co./Cat #	MA Recordings MO42A
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12:00 AM

Yo Me Soy La Morenica

Composer	Anonymous (from the Cancionero de Uppsala)
Ensemble	Begoña Olavide & friends
CD/Album	"Mudejar"
Record co./Cat #	MA Recordings MO42A
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12:00 AM

Borea (prelude from Nouba Ram al Maya)

Composer	Traditional Arabo-Andalusian
Ensemble	Sharq Arabic Ensemble& Boston Camerata
Conductor	Joel Cohen
CD/Album	"A Mediterranean Christmas"
Record co./Cat #	Warner Classics 62560
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12:00 AM

Pastorella-Gavotta

Composer	Johann Heinrich Schmelzer
Ensemble	Clemencic Consort
Conductor	René Clemencic
CD/Album	"Christmas in Old Austria"
Record co./Cat #	Arte Nova 885080
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12:00 AM

Tjovane ("The Thieves") & Solbønn ("Sun-prayer")

Composer	Traditional Scandanavian
Ensemble	Trio Medieval
CD/Album	"Folk Songs"
Record co./Cat #	ECM New Series 2003
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12:00 AM

"Chascuns dit que je folio" ("Everyone says I am crazy, but no one knows it more than I")

Composer	Tobie Miller
Ensemble	La Rota
CD/Album	"Heu, Fortuna: Music from the Time of Philippe IV the Fair"
Record co./Cat #	ATMA 2561
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12:00 AM

Dances from "The English Dancing Master"

Composer	John Playford
Ensemble	Folger Consort
CD/Album	"This England"
Record co./Cat #	Bard 9001
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12:00 AM

In dir ist Freude ("In You is Joy")

Composer	Giovanni Gastoldi
Ensemble	The Baltimore Consort
CD/Album	"Bright Day Star"
Record co./Cat #	Dorian 90198
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