The Boston Camerata

The Boston Camerata & Anne Azema – Hodie Christus natus est (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 58:12 minutes | 1,04 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © harmonia mundi

Drawing on a wide variety of sources, mingling liturgical Latin with French, English, Italian and Iberian vernaculars, these magnificent songs, hymns and processionals show the multitude of ways in which the birth of Christ was celebrated in medieval times. The trio of female singers is accompanied by harp, fiddle, bells and wind instruments: together they touchingly evoke all the tenderness, hope and joy of medieval Christmas songs.

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Anne Azema, The Boston Camerata – Free America! (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:43 minutes | 1,06 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © harmonia mundi

The United States of America, a promised land? “Free America!” celebrates the ideas and hopes which preoccupied the young American Republic in the years 1770-1860: the need for freedom of assembly, a willingness to rebel and go into battle fully aware of the cost, but above all, a desire for a new harmony whose songs, hymn tunes, and marches accompany the long journey to a new “promised land.” A powerful message, informing the first collaboration between harmonia mundi and Anne Azéma, now leading the Boston Camerata.
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