Joyeux Noel: 12 French Carols for 2 Violas; Various (Deloache Editions)

Joyeux Noel: 12 French Carols for 2 Violas - Arranged by Jonathan DeLoach

These lovely arrangements combine traditional French Christmas carols with excerpts from 'Six sonatas of two parts, fitted and contriv'd for two flutes' (1730) by Jean Baptiste Loeillet de Gant (c1688-c1720) and 'Duos galants pour deux musettes, vielles et autres instruments, Op. 5' (c1742) by Esprit Phillippe Chedeville (1696-1762).

CONTENTS:

• * Angels we have heard on high / Loeillet, Sonata I: ii. Allegro
• * Bring a torch, Jeannette, Isabella / Chedeville, Duo IV: Gigue
• * Ding dong! merrily on high / Loeillet, Sonata II: ii. Allegro
• * He is born, the holy Child / Loeillet, Sonata IV: i. Largo
• * Here betwixt ass and oxen mild / Loeillet, Sonata III: i. Adagio
• * Masters in this hall / Loeillet, Sonata III: iv. Giga
• * Shepherd, shake off your drowsy sleep / Chedeville, Duo II: Rondeu
• * Sing we now of Christmas / Loeillet, Sonata IV: iv. Gavotta
• * Take heart, the journey's ended / Loeillet, Sonata IV: iii. Adagio
• * Whence comes the rush of wings afar? / Loeillet, Sonata Vi: i. Vivace
• * Whence is that goodly fragrance flowing? Chedeville, Duo V: Prelude
• * Willie, take your little drum / Chedeville, Duo V: Rigaudon