Annotation
According to the liner notes, this is a translation by John Mason Neale of an 8th centruy Greek hymn "Mega kai paradoxon thauma" with the music being Praetorius' setting of the traditional German carol 'Es ist ein Ros entsprungen'. Complicated!
Annotation last modified on 2012-12-15 10:47 UTC.
Relationships
| composer: | Michael Praetorius (composer and organist) |
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| translator: | John Mason Neale |
| later versions: | A great and mighty wonder (harm. Praetorius, descant Marlow) |
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| version of: | Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Praetorius’ harmonisation) |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1996-01-12 – 1996-01-14 | A Great and Mighty Wonder | Choir of Trinity College, Richard Marlow | 4:19 | |
| 2014-01-08 – 2014-01-12 | A great and mighty wonder | The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton | 2:54 | |
| 2018-10-04 – 2018-10-05 | A Great and Mighty Wonder | Wells Cathedral Choir, Jeremy Cole, Matthew Owens | 3:19 | |
| A Great and Mighty Wonder | Choir of King’s College, Cambridge | 3:14 | ||