Missa Dei Patris

On this CD:

1. Missa Dei Patris for soloists, organ, chorus & orchestra in C major, ZWV 19
Composed by Jan Dismas Zelenka
Performed by Olaf Bar, Reinhart Ginzel, Venceslava Hruba-Freiberger, Rene Jacobs, Friedrich Kircheis

Missa Dei Patris, Music, Zelenka, Singkreis, Saxoniae, Guttler, Classical
Lammas Ladymass - 13th and 14th Century English Chant and Polyphony
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • A special mass for Mary
  • English Ladymass at its best
  • Medieval chants in honour of Our Lady
  • Sounds Good but all in all it lacks points of interest
  • Simply beautiful
 Lammas Ladymass - 13th and 14th Century English Chant and Polyphony
Plainchant , English Anonymous , Sarum Chant , and Anonymous 4
Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
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ASIN: B00000C29Z
Release Date: 1998-09-01

Tracks:

  1. Antiphon: Que est ista
  2. Hymn: O quam glorica
  3. Conductus: Ave tuos benedic
  4. Motet: In odore
  5. Conductus: Salve mater salvatoris
  6. Introit: Salve sancta parens
  7. Kyrie
  8. Gloria
  9. Gradual: Benedicta et venerabilis
  10. Conductus: Ave gloriosa mater
  11. Alleluia: Virga ferax aaron
  12. Sequence: O Maria stella maris
  13. Sequence: O ceteris preamabilis
  14. Motet: O quam glorifica - O quam felix feminal
  15. Offertory: Recordare virgo mater
  16. Sanctus
  17. Agnus Dei
  18. Communion: Alma dei genitrix
  19. Conductus: Salve mater salvatoris
  20. Conductus: Paradisi porta
  21. Dismissal: Ite missa est
  22. Sequence: Pangat melos grex devotus

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The huge success of Anonymous 4--four women who sing nothing but chant and polyphony from the Middle Ages--is one of the remarkable musical phenomena of the '90s. What this ensemble has proved is that, when it comes to music, time is insignificant and arbitrary. Art, and certainly that which is spiritual, is timeless and transcendent. Humans relate to the elemental forces of music the same today as they did last year or last millenium. This latest release is a return to the musical sources featured on the group's first, sensational recording, An English Ladymass. Here are chants and polyphonic pieces from 13th- and 14th-century England, selected and arranged to "create a Ladymass for the summer portion of the church year, as it might have been sung around the feast of Mary's Assumption in August." It's beautiful; it's sublime; it's otherworldly; and it's timeless. --David Vernier

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A special mass for Mary.......2005-10-30

'a Lammas Ladymass' performed by Anonymous 4 is a special mass celebrating the ascencion of the Virgin Mary, typically celebrated, especially in medieval England, in early August.

This recording has all the usual sections of the Mass such as the Kyria, the Gloria, the Sanctus, and the Agnus dei, plus eighteen other parts I am less familiar with.

I am a very big fan of this group and I can listen to this for hours on end, and often do, but I suspect this particular recording is best bought if you are especially fond of the medieval mass, as it is just a bit less interesting than their works on secular motets and carols.

Nonetheless, this is a great recording, up to all the standards I hear in all their other recordings.

5 out of 5 stars English Ladymass at its best.......2005-10-14

The music on this disc comes from the tradition of special masses done in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a very popular figure in medieval Europe - in some languages, more than half the music that survives from this period was written dedicated to her. The Ladymass was often performed weekly, and in larger communities and cathedrals, daily, in the Lady Chapels.

The Anonymous 4 have arranged this disc around a mass sequence, using a Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus and Agnus dei. They have also incorporated other pieces - motets, an Alleluia setting, and other pieces such as the conductus (several voices declaiming the same text together), are incorporated to fill out the programme. These would not have been performed in this kind of sequence and number in a proper worship service, but most would have been appropriate in worship settings during a Ladymass.

For this disc, these pieces of polyphony and chant come from the English tradition. Thus, many things that on the continent might have been in polyphonic setting, the Anonymous 4 have simplified and set in conductus style, which was often the case in English churches.

The music here is beautiful, in full flower of the spirit of the composition, the subject, and the power of the Anonymous 4 to bring such music to life.


-- Liner Notes --
This text accompaniment to this disc is very full, so much so that the booklet is not contained within the jewel case, but rather within a slipcover in which both the CD/jewel case and the booklet reside. The liner notes include a description of the work, a brief piece about the quartet, and the lyrics of the songs both in original language and in translation - all repeated in English, German, and French sections. The cover art comes from 'Coronation of the Virgin' from a Book of Hours, from France and Belgium, circa 1480. There are other details from this book and from other manuscripts found in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, throughout this booklet.

-- Anonymous 4 --
Contrary to the implication of their name, the Anonymous 4 are not anonymous. This is a vocal quartet made up of Ruth Cunningham, Marsha Genensky, Susan Hellauer, and Johanna Rose at the time of this recording (Ruth Cunningham will later go on to a solo career early, and another member will join - Jacqueline Horner). They came together as a formal group in 1986, and have been ensemble-in-residence at St. Michael's Church in New York City, giving concert series in New York as well as throughout North America. They have been featured a number of times on national media in North America as well as Germany. They then went on to yet more success, eventually performing more that 1000 concerts worldwide.

Their specialty is working with chant, monophonic and polyphonic music, and working with medieval texts. According to one source, 'The group takes its name from an anonymous music theorist of the late 13th century, Anonymous IV, who is the principal source on the two famous composers of the Notre Dame school, Léonin and Pérotin.'

The group ended a touring career of nearly two decades in 2004.

5 out of 5 stars Medieval chants in honour of Our Lady.......2001-04-07

This compilation of english chants from the 13th and 14th centuries in honour of Our Lady is really sublime, depicting an hipotethical Mass similar to those that could be sung in praise of God's Mother, in the afore-mentioned period.

Anonymous 4 sing beautifully, and where the male medieval chant is determined, decided, firm and strong in the affirmation of religious faith, the female chant, like this one I am reviewing now, is subtle, kind, sweet and tender, almost angelical, but without lose any efectiveness in the expression of that same religious faith.

It is an enormous pleasure to listen such a record, an authentic rest to the soul, and I obviously must recommend it.

Finally, a last word to eulogize the visual presentation of the record made by Harmonia Mundi: the booklet, as usual on that label, is wonderfully illustrated.

3 out of 5 stars Sounds Good but all in all it lacks points of interest.......2000-05-08

This CD is pretty good, I don't understand a single word of the language it is being sung in and I still like the sound of it quite a bit. But it just starts to wear on me after awhile there's nothing all that stirring or powerful at any point in it. The Voices of Light album that was done for the Passion of Joan of Arc video seems to have a lot more power and emotion in it. Still I have to admire any group that can awaken such a renewed look at such old music and can truly make people realize how good this music was. The album definitely is excellent at times it just seems to get old quickly.

5 out of 5 stars Simply beautiful.......1999-04-19

I don't understand a word of the lyrics but then music is so universal and this is no exception. I just love listening to it especially in the evening after a hard day's work and need to unwind. Very relaxing and with a good sound system puts you in another dimension.
Orlande de Lassus: Sacred Choral Music; Missa ad imitationem Vinum bonum
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    		Orlande de Lassus: Sacred Choral Music; Missa ad imitationem Vinum bonum

    Manufacturer: Gaudeamus
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    English Choral Music, 1514-1682
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      		English Choral Music, 1514-1682

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      Release Date: 1998-02-17

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      1. Alleluja, I Heard A Voice - Christ Church Choir
      2. Give Ear O Lord - Christ Church Choir
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      7. Evening Services For Five Voices: O Lord, Grant The King A Long Life - Christ Church Choir
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      9. Evening Services For Five Voices: Gloria In Excelsis Deo - Christ Church Choir
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      1. Missa Mater Christi: Introitus: Rorate coeli desuper - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
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      4. Missa Mater Christi: Oratio: Deus, qui de beatae Mariae - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      5. Missa Mater Christi: Epistola: Lectio Esaie prophete - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      6. Missa Mater Christi: Alleluya, Ave Maria - Alleluya, Christus resurgens - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
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      13. Missa Mater Christi: Canon - Pater noster - Pax Domini - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      14. Missa Mater Christi: Agnus Dei - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      15. Missa Mater Christi: Communio: Ecce virgo concipies - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
      16. Missa Mater Christi: Post Communio: Gratiam tuum quaesumus Domine - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
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      3. Mass For Five Voices: Gloria - Christ Church Choir
      4. Mass Propers For All Saints: Gradualis: Timete Dominium - Christ Church Choir
      5. Mass For Five Voices: Credo - Christ Church Choir
      6. Mass Propers For All Saints: Offertorium: Justorum animae - Christ Church Choir
      7. Mass For Five Voices: Sanctus; Benedictus - Christ Church Choir
      8. Mass Propers For All Saints: Communio: Beati mundo corde - Christ Church Choir
      9. Mass For Five Voices: Agnus Dei - Christ Church Choir
      10. Motet: Laudibus in Sanctis - Christ Church Choir
      11. Motet: Laudate pueri Dominum - Christ Church Choir
      12. Motet: Laudate Dominum - Christ Church Choir

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      2. Mass for four voices: Kyrie - Byrd
      3. Mass for four voices: Gloria - Byrd
      4. Mass Propers For The Feast Of Corpus Christi: Gradualis: Oculi omnium - Byrd
      5. Mass Propers For the Feast Of Chorpus Christi: Sequentia: Lauda Sion salvatorem (Plainsong) - Byrd
      6. Mass for four voices: Credo - Byrd
      7. Mass Propers For The Feast Of Corpus Christi: Offertorium: Sacerdotes Domini - Byrd
      8. Mass for four voices: Sanctus - Benedictus - Byrd
      9. Mass Propers For The Feast Of Corpus Christi: Communio: Quotiescunque manducabitis - Byrd
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      12. Hymn To The Blessed Sacrament: Ave verum corpus - Byrd
      13. Hymn To The Blessed Sacrament: O salutaris hostia - Byrd

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      2. Mass For Three Voices: Kyrie - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
      3. Mass For Three Voices: Gloria - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
      4. Propers For The Nativity: Gradualis: Viderunt omnes fines terrae - Dies sanctificatus - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
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      7. Mass For Three Voices: Sanctus - Benedictus - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
      8. Propers For The Nativity: Communio: Viderunt omnes fines terrae - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
      9. Mass For Three Voices: Agnus Dei - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
      10. Antiphon: Hodie Christus Natus est - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
      11. Hymn: Christe redemptor omnium - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
      12. Antiphon: O admirabile Commertium - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
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      1. Music For Our Lady And Divine Office: Ex eius tumba: Sospitati dedit aegros - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
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      It doesn't get much more authentic than this! These eight CDs present music by William Byrd, Thomas Weelkes, Henry Purcell, John Blow, Matthew Locke, the little-known Pelham Humfrey, John Sheppard, and John Taverner--all recorded in Dorchester Abbey, Oxford, England, and sung by the Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford's great all-male choir. Their heritage goes back to Taverner himself. Their sound is both pure and lush, their singing immaculate. This is music in the finest English tradition, beautiful, devotional music for all seasons. --Robert Levine
      Palestrina: Soul of Rome
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Heavenly music, perfectly sung
      		 Palestrina: Soul of Rome
      Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina , Costanzo Festa , Tomas Luis de Victoria , and Lionheart
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      Tracks:

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      3. Gloria: Missa in duplicibus minoribus I
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      6. Credo: Missa in duplicibus minoribus I
      7. Tibi Christe splendor Patris
      8. Sanctus: Missa in duplicibus minoribus I
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      11. Agnus Dei: Missa in duplicibus minrobus I
      12. Surrexit pastor bonus
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      5 out of 5 stars Heavenly music, perfectly sung.......2003-11-03

      A superb selection of some of Renaissance master Palestrina's exquisitely transcendent music, sung to perfection by this 6-man a capella group. Very peaceful, restful, meditative, it's ideal background music for work or home, for any time of day or night. Sublimely beautiful--even moreso than Lionheart's Paris: 1200--with it's rich, shifting, gorgeous harmonies.
      Zelenka - Missa Dei Patris / M. Bach, D. Taylor, Brutscher, G. Schwarz, Bernius
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • The genius of Zelenka
      		 Zelenka - Missa Dei Patris / M. Bach, D. Taylor, Brutscher, G. Schwarz, Bernius

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      Release Date: 2001-07-24

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      1. Kyrie I
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      3. Kyrie II
      4. Gloria
      5. Domine Deus
      6. Domine Fili
      7. Qui sedes
      8. Guoniam
      9. Cum Sancto Spiritu
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      13. B00005N6MO Et ressurexit
      14. Et vitam venturi saeculi
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      18. Agnus Dei
      19. Agnus Dei
      20. Dona nobis pacem

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars The genius of Zelenka.......2006-02-18

      The late masses of Jan Dismas Zelenka are generally regarded as being the high water-mark of his ouvre, if not the high point of all baroque masses. His individual style is very apparent in all of them, and the Missa Dei Patris does not disappoint. (the other masses are Missa Dei Filii, Missa Sanctissime trinitatis, Missa Omnia Sanctorum, and Missa Votiva, all except the last available in good HIP versions)

      The quality of the music goes without saying to anyone familiar with Zelenka, and for those who aren't, suffice it to say that if you like the choral music of Bach, Handel or Vivaldi, Zelenka will almost definitely appeal. The choral fugues are stunning, and there are numerous delightful arias, especially the Agnus Dei which is a devastatingly beautiful, extremely slow triple time aria that seems almost static in its lugubrious pace and has the same Affekt throughout it's 8 minute duration. Sometimes I listen to it repeatedly in succession and time seems to slow down, and I realize I have just spent half an hour immersed in it. Fantastic!!

      The performance is excellent, as usual with Bernius directing the Stuttgart Chamber Choir, one of the best choirs around. The soloists also impress, with my favorite being Dan Taylor who besides having one of the best alto voices in the world, gets some of the best music in the world to sing. He's a lucky guy. Buy this disc, and also seek out the other recordings of Zelenka's late masses, you cannot be disappointed.
      Von Bingen: Hortus Deliciarum
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        		Von Bingen: Hortus Deliciarum

        Manufacturer: Opus 111
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        ASIN: B0000B0WVY
        Release Date: 2003-11-18

        Album Description

        A distant precursor of Diderot and the creators of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Herrad of Landsberg, abbess of the monastery of Mont Sainte-Odile at Hohenburg on the banks of the Rhine, compiled between 1159 and 1175 an encyclopaedia covering every aspect of human knowledge: the Hortus deliciarum or `garden of delights'. Amid sacred history, mythology, geography and much else, she gave prominence to music, thus making this superbly illuminated volume an essential source for the new tendencies that were beginning to emerge in the sacred chant of her time, the fertile twelfth century which witnessed the birth of both polyphony and liturgical drama, and which was also rich in forceful feminine personalities like Herrad hrself - women such as Heloise and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Or such as that other celebrated abbess, Hildegard of Bingen, the author of indescribably beautiful poems and melodies which still speak to us across the centuries. This richly varied programme built around these two exceptional women, Hildegard and Herrad, alongside excerpts from their own manuscripts, also offers a selection of repertories that they very probably knew, to form a new `garden of delights', tended by an Ensemble Discantus in more inspired form than ever with their skilful blend of female vocal timbres.
        Tallis: Missa Puer Natus Est Nobis (The Tallis Christmas Mass)
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • Unearthly voices
        		 Tallis: Missa Puer Natus Est Nobis (The Tallis Christmas Mass)

        Manufacturer: Gimell
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        5. The Tallis Scholars Sing Thomas Tallis

        ASIN: B00005ATDG
        Release Date: 2001-11-13

        Tracks:

        1. Missa Puer Natuus Est Nobis: Gloria
        2. Missa Puer Natuus Est Nobis: Sanctus & Benedictus
        3. Missa Puer Natuus Est Nobis: Agnus Dei
        4. Audivi Vocem
        5. Magnificat (Four Voices)
        6. Ave, Dei Patris Filia

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Unearthly voices.......2005-12-07

        I have long thought that Tallis is one of the best composers as his music if unfailingly enjoyable. This cd from the Tallis Scholars makes a very strong case for Thomas, and highlights the Scholars strengths as well.

        The (incomplete) mass was probably written in 1554 on the occasion of Phillip II of Spain's visit to England to wed Queen Mary. Phillip had brought his Capilla Flamenca with him, so Tallis wrote this mass in a more continental style for their benefit. It is missing the characteristic high treble lines often associated with the English school, and compacts the seven voices into a relatively narrow range. The contrapuntal technique employed is fierce, with the cantus firmus in the tenor surrounded by a thick imitative texture.

        Audivi vocem is a well known motet that is quite beautiful, while the Magnificat is a very early work from Tallis' youth, which is fairly straight forward.

        The Marian antiphon Ave Dei patris is also an early work, but shows very clearly the brilliance of a young Tallis. It is more archaic sounding, obviously influenced by similar works by Fayrfax and Taverner. It is very English sounding with stratospheric treble parts ringing out over the other voices. This top line is sung by Ruth Holten and Deborah Roberts, and it is amazing that humans are able to make that pure ethereal sound. They blend together perfectly, and it is hard to believe it is two separate voices. Utterly gorgeous!!

        Some people are not fond of the Tallis Scholars sometimes treble-heavy sound, but on this cd it is shown to great advantage. This is a recording well worth owning.
        Merbecke: Ave Dei Patris Filia; Domine Ihesu Christe
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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        		 Merbecke: Ave Dei Patris Filia; Domine Ihesu Christe

        Manufacturer: Gaudeamus
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        2. Lancastrians to the Tudors
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        5. Palestrina: Stabat Mater

        ASIN: B0000030OR
        Release Date: 1996-08-20

        Tracks:

        1. Domine Ihesu Christe
        2. Antiphona Per Arma Iustitie (Plainsong)
        3. Gloria
        4. Credo
        5. Sanctus/Benedictus
        6. Agnus Dei
        7. A Virgin And Mother
        8. Ave Dei Patris Filia

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Enjoyable.......2007-04-12

        I think that the Merbecke's masses CD is one of the most enjoyable early choral CDs that I have.
        Robert Fayrfax: Missa O quam glorifica; Ave Dei Patris filia
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • Beautifully serene music
        		 Robert Fayrfax: Missa O quam glorifica; Ave Dei Patris filia

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        ASIN: B0000030OL
        Release Date: 1995-06-20

        Tracks:

        1. Orbis Factor
        2. Gloria
        3. Credo
        4. Sanctus/Benedictus
        5. Agnus Dei
        6. O Quam Glorifica
        7. Ave Dei Patris Filia
        8. Sumwhat Musyng
        9. That Was My Joy (Anonymous)
        10. To Complayne Me, Alas

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Beautifully serene music.......1999-07-05

        All lovers of Renaissance choral music should not hesitate in acquiring this wonderful CD by a hitherto unknown English composer.
        Venite A Laudare
        Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
        • Infectious enthusiasm
        • Uneven but joyful and interesting
        		 Venite A Laudare

        Manufacturer: Opus 111
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        ASIN: B00000IXWP
        Release Date: 1999-05-11

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Infectious enthusiasm.......2005-06-21

        This CD by the excellent Parisian ensemble Obsidienne is a thorough delight from start to finish. The whole program is a wonderful traversal of the Renaissance concentrating largely on music of the 15th century but also the 16th century, including both secular and sacred laudi, all of which are expertly chosen to form a highly satisfying experience. The highly appropriate inclusion of instrumental laudi also add further colour to the selection, with the wonderful use of the cornamuse. The opening Venite a Laudare will have you dancing in your seat - if not nothing will. The most substantial work in this collection is probably the Agricola, who is in any case a sorely under-recorded composer - if you like this colourful if eccentric composer then this CD is worth acquiring for this alone.

        This CD also received the highly prestigious five star rating from Goldberg magazine.

        Highly recommended.

        4 out of 5 stars Uneven but joyful and interesting.......2005-03-15

        This cd contains music from the whole rennaisance (15. and 16. centuries) and the mixture is a bit uneven to my opinion, also because liturgical music is mixed with examples of popular laudas. But still it is one of my favourite cd's, since it contains fascinating pieces like Ciconia's "Gloria Spiritus et alme" from about 1400. And the "laudes" are sung with much joy and enthusiasm that infects the listener.

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