Search - Altramar :: Nova Stella: A Medieval Italian Christmas

Stunning performances by scholar musicians

12/20/1998

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a glorious CD for the holidays as well as year-round. Altramar's musician-scholars bring a clear, joyous accessibility to music of the medieval period, rendering it a delight for all times and seasons."

Good Album

noel9999 | Salt Lake City, Utah | 12/21/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Not being a scholar of Medieval music, the only expectation I brought to this album was hopeing for something different from all the same tunes we have all heard a million times. This album generally hit the mark for me. I REALLY love the first track, Nova Stella, and the fourth track is very good too. However the rest of the songs were a bit too chant like for me. I cannot dispute to ability or interpretive accuracy of the preformers, but for a layman, they didn't quite do it for me. It was almost worth paying $(...) for two songs."