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This new Christmas CD Puer natus in Bethlehem, Alleluia! on CBC Records features not only a fascinating array of Christmas choral music but is also the premiere recording of the Elmer Iseler Singers under their new artistic director, Lydia Adams. To mark this occasion CBC Records and the Elmer Iseler Singers have collaborated to create this unique seasonal ‘concept’ CD of Christmas choral music that is medieval, modern and meditative! Taking the ancient Piae Cantiones plainsong melodies of medieval origin as the inspiration for this CD, the Elmer Iseler Singers have fashioned new and fresh arrangements by many of Canada’s finest composers. These pious songs were originally sung by young scholars and have been passed down through the ages to us today as some of the most familiar and popular of Christmas songs: Ave Maris Stella, Resonet in laudibus, Corde Natus, Puer natus In Bethlehem and In dulci jubilo…to name but a few. Now, in their refashioned guise, these magnificent and timeless melodies find new life in the voices of the renowned Elmer Iseler Singers. Puer natus in Bethlehem, Alleluia! takes the listener into a sound world of both quiet contemplation and sparkling energy, combining through glorious choral music the spiritual connection and joyous celebration of this most important holiday season.	1)  Ave Maris Stella  2)  Gaudete! 3)  In the Bleak Mid-winter 4)  A Christmas Lullaby 5)  Angelus ad Virginem 6)  In Dulci Jubilo 7)  Jumalisten joucko 8)  The Huron Carol 9)  Christmas Lullaby 10) Puer Nobis Nascitur 11) Puer Nobis Nascitur 12) Puer Natus in Bethlehem 13) Un Instant Mystique 14) Laetetur Jerusalem 15) Laetetur Jerusalem 16) Paranymphus Adiens 17) Paranymphus Adiens 18) Corde Natus 19) Father’s Love Begotten 20) Waye Not His Cribb 21) Verbum Caro Factum Est 22) Verbum Caro Factum Est 23) Resonet in Laudibus 24) Christmas Song 14th Century	Eleanor Daley Derek Holman Alexander Tilley Stephen Chatman Lydia Adams Andrew Ager Stephen Chatman Eleanor Daley Graeme Wearmouth Chant Donald Patriquin Chant Eric Robertson Chant Ruth Watson Henderson Chant Christos Hatzis Chant Peter Togni Mark Sirett Chant Berthold Carrière Chant Healey Willan
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