One of my favorite Christmas Carols. Nice version too.

I'm awake !! Best song in the winter-spring-summer............. Brings back memories

Questo brano è FANTASTICO, l'ho adorato fin dalla prima volta in cui l'ho sentito. E non è un'esecuzione semplice. Molto energetico, e sempre perfetti voi. :)

Guardar can mean "to retain, to keep." Using "El lobo DE nuestra cordera" is actually saying "he keeps the wolf away from our lamb."

@atisaseret All I know is there is a Gael language known as Gallego spoken in Galicia. Perhaps it is no longer widely used or only preserved as a second language for most Galicians.

Well I'm from Galicia and yes, we are bilingual. We speak both Spanish and Galician. Galician is a language (not a dialect) closed related to Portuguese. It's the official language (along with Spanish) in the Spanish Autonomous Community of Galicia. There are at least 2 more languages in Spain others than Spanish. They are Basque (Euskera) and Catalan wich are offical in some Spanish Autonomous Communities. iA quick visit to the wikipedia can give you more information.

is this group of fantasic singers still making music!?...love dani!...

Omfg... loved it... closed my eyes and i was in bliss.

best version i have heard ever

Spanish Carol 16th century. 🇪🇸

This is amazing! Greetings from Poland !

@jodiebug1 - Hi there - you're most likely right - Spain was at one time a conglomeration of Languages and Cultures - so anything is possible.

Beautiful. You should sing Verbum caro factum est and Dadme albricias hijos d'Eva, another two Renaissance "villancicos" (Christmas songs) from the Cancionero de Uppsala.

I would dare say that this rendition is right up there with the Kings Singer's version!

Good spanish!!! Love it!!! ;D

OMG! Totally awesome!!

Wow, beautiful, and excellent pronunciation!

Quanti bei ricordi... :D

Very professional.

WONDERFUL! I have just listened to several versions of this piece, and this is the best. THANK YOU! (I suppose I should find out what the words mean.)

Gallego is a language in Spain, which is similar to Spain and Portuguese. For example the capital of Galicia is called A Coruña in Gallego, not La Coruña. Most regions of Spain do have unofficial and official languages other than Castillian Spanish. Catalunya has Català, Aragon has Aragonés, Leon has llengua llionesa, The Basque Country has Basque, and there are many more endangered languages as well, such as estremeñu (Extremaduran). Also, Andalusia gave rise to languages such as Ladino.

Love this

perfect!! my compliments

@jodiebug1 - but we both agree - it's SO hauntingly Beautiful... Thank you. Peace

@atisaseret Fyi, Galician is not ancient Spanish. It's its whole own language. Otherwise, I completely agree-- beautiful!

@candidnt many many thanks.... and happy holidays to you!

I agree with the first comment....great job!

Mmmm.....I really love the echo

@andres2001us The problem is that the word "guardar" has changed his meaning. It probably meant "God kept away the wolfe frome the lambs" - so probably the Uppsala edition could be right... I am also spanisch native and has red a lot of early writers like Cervantes and Calderón, but sometime it is difficult to decide, because the words have changed their meaning like the word "guardar". At least it is worth to discuss it and decide a clear interpretation.

Yes is Spanish, but NOT GALICIAN BUT CASTILIAN (the dilect named just "spanish" in english). It's ancient Spanish (ancient Castilian)

I'm spanish and it is written in old spanish, but for spanish people it is easy to translate it (at least for me) SPANISH POWER MWAHAHAHAH And ''dios guardo el lobo de nuestra cordera'' means: God kept the (cordera = girl that feed lambs) safe from the wolf.

ancora complimenti...... ma dove vi si può contattare?

geniall

ok, let me sleep for a long time then.....

as you can see, in internet there are many sites reporting "de nuestra cordera"... different versions??? ehm, we are italian, not english, anywhere ;-))

@blueicefalcon toatally agree blue!

1, Great performance 2, to understand such an old writing one must consult the original (Cancionero de Upsala) where this (less logical) original text is repeated multiple times. 3, This particular piece is said (and not confirmed) to be written by priest called Martin. And there are plenty of examples from this period where certain people are mocked using content parallels. If this is the case - we will probably never know. 4, this spannish cancionero was printed in Venice 1556 in printery with papal privileges.

@atisaseret Ni portugues ni gallego !!! Mateo Fletxa nació en Prades (Tarragona ) España . si? gracias

This is very good. But, I must agree. The Monkee's version IS the best.

As someone else pointed out, it's "Dios guardo del lobo a nuestra Cordera.." It's really hard to understand why, among the many many beautiful villancicos out there, English speaking people choose this one which is so difficult to pronounce (so many "r"s!)

it's spring ;-)

thanks... hanks... anks... ;-))

wow wow... is this real ?

You're wrong. I also learned it as "de nuestra cordera".

Have you recorded this? If so I'm buying!

It's a pity they do not follow 16th century pronunciation, but great performance

@VeronicaMGS Grazie! ;-)

Seeing the woman in the left, I've thought of Hermione with blond hair immediately. Then, I've thought of all Gryffindor house.

don't tell them ;))

Yes :-))) We did the same mistake, because in the score it is written wrong... Even if I speak well spanish first I thaugt... "Well, maybe early spanish is different" ...but discusing it with a lot of spanish natives, we came to the conclusion it´s just a mistake in the score... So Pacuzo is right :-))) Yes, I would agree we rather should save the wolfes...so it´s not such a drama ...hahahaha

@violatione mmmm... not yet.... may be in the future ;-)

@AgimA74 - Please READ my ABOVE comments. Galicia is a PROVINCE - people from that Province are called GALLEGOS. The Language of Ancient Spain is CASTELLANO or in English - Castillan. And considering that it is part of my Heritage, I do know something of the it's History and Culture. What most of us agree on is that RIU CHIU is done in Ancient Spanish or Castillian, and that it quite beautiful Case Closed.

Why force your sound at the end of phrases? It really messes up the intonation.

don't worry .... it's just a bad dream ;-D

Dios guardo del lobo a nuestra cordera

@jodiebug1 - it's origins were from that province NOT that Galician is ancient Spanish. It's text was originally written in Portuguese, has been attributed by some to Mateo Flecha (1481-1553). The melody to Riu, riu, chiu probably dates to the fifteenth century or earlier. But we do agree, it is SO hauntingly beautiful. I got to sing it with others and since I am of Spanish descent, it was easer for me to pronounce all those rough 'r's. LOL

"Dios guardo del lobo a nuestra cordera" should be sang, which means that the congregation is being rescued from the dangerous wolf. The way you sing "Dios guardó el lobo de nuestra cordera" would mean, that the wolf is being saved from the cristianity. In a humoristic way it would make sense, if you consider how some christians bite! Best wishes

@jodiebug1 - my Ancesters are from The Basque province of Spain (Northern Spain) and they speak Basque. As far as I know, it's the ONLY Region in Spain where they speak another 'Language' other than Spanish (Castillian). I've never heard of the Galician Province of Spain which is located in the Western part - speak any other Language or Dialogue unless it's in Ancient times.

This piece is an Ancient Spanish (Galician) Chant. I LOVE Medieval/Renaissance Music!

Well, not in modern Spanish at least. In modern Spanish it has just the opposite meaning.

The Lyrics of the third verse are wrong. The original lyrics are: "Dios guardó DEL lobo A nuestra cordera". Which means: The Lord protected OUR (she)lamb FROM the wolf" or "As God kept our lamb from the wolf" The lamb is a Virgin Mary's reference, while the wolf means the original sin. So the Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin. Maybe someone recorded the song changing the prepositions "DEL" and "LA" giving the song a totally opposed meaning.

@PapagenoHannover God save the wolves ;)

@EnsembleDEUM lmfao

i think atisaseret don't know nothing about spanish language.