Deo gracias Anglia!

DEO GRACIAS ANGLIA! • David Skinner, cond; Alamire • OBSIDIAN CD 709 (65:09 Text and Translation) One might be forgiven for confusing this disc with the similarly named Aeon release ( Fanfare 36:3), but only four songs are common to both programs, including the titular item. This disc is drawn from the Trinity Carol Roll, a parchment over six feet long that evidently dates from the early 15th century (certainly after 1415), written by Norfolk natives, but its provenance before its 19th-century donation to Trinity College, Cambridge, is unknown. The 13 Trinity carols are divided into two groups separated by another group of five contemporary carols (three instrumental, two sung) that are found in modern editions. The Trinity roll is the earliest source for the English polyphonic carol. The performers include four singers and three players, among them Andrew Lawrence-King, who has played harp with numerous early-music ensembles (on over 100 recordings, it says here). H