English Polyphony: 13th & 14th Centuries

On this CD:

1. Verbum Patris
Composed by English Polyphony
Performed by Charles Bressler, Russell Oberlin, Donald Perry

2. Opem Nobis
Composed by English Polyphony
Performed by Seymour Barab, Charles Bressler, Russell Oberlin

3. Salve Thoma
Composed by English Polyphony
Performed by Seymour Barab, Charles Bressler, Russell Oberlin

4. Pastor Cesus
Composed by English Polyphony
Performed by Seymour Barab, Charles Bressler, Russell Oberlin

5. O Nobilis
Composed by English Polyphony
Performed by Seymour Barab, Charles Bressler, Russell Oberlin, Donald Perry

6. O Mira
Composed by English Polyphony
Performed by Seymour Barab, Charles Bressler, Russell Oberlin, Donald Perry

7. O Decus
Composed by English Polyphony
Performed by Seymour Barab, Charles Bressler, Russell Oberlin, Donald Perry

8. Apparuit
Composed by English Polyphony
Performed by Seymour Barab, Charles Bressler, Russell Oberlin, Donald Perry

9. Worldes Blisce
Composed by English Polyphony
Performed by Charles Bressler, Russell Oberlin

10. Benedicamus Domino
Composed by English Polyphony
Performed by Charles Bressler, Russell Oberlin

11. Deus Tuorum
Composed by English Polyphony
Performed by Seymour Barab, Charles Bressler, Russell Oberlin

12. De Flore
Composed by English Polyphony
Performed by Seymour Barab, Charles Bressler, Russell Oberlin

13. Ave Rex
Composed by English Polyphony
Performed by Seymour Barab, Charles Bressler, Russell Oberlin

14. Jesu Christes Milde Moder
Composed by English Polyphony
Performed by Charles Bressler, Russell Oberlin

15. Fowles in the Frith
Composed by English Polyphony
Performed by Charles Bressler, Russell Oberlin

16. Edi Beo Thu, Hevene Queene
Composed by English Anonymous
Performed by Russell Oberlin

17. Puellare Gremium
Composed by English Polyphony
Performed by Seymour Barab, Charles Bressler, Russell Oberlin

18. Purissima Virgo
Composed by English Polyphony
Performed by Seymour Barab, Charles Bressler, Russell Oberlin

19. Ade Finit
Composed by English Polyphony
Performed by Charles Bressler, Russell Oberlin, Donald Perry

20. Ade Finit
Composed by English Polyphony
Performed by Charles Bressler, Russell Oberlin, Donald Perry

21. A Definement
Composed by English Polyphony
Performed by Charles Bressler, Russell Oberlin, Donald Perry

22. Civitas Nusquam
Composed by English Polyphony
Performed by Seymour Barab, Charles Bressler, Russell Oberlin

23. Cibus
Composed by English Polyphony
Performed by Seymour Barab, Charles Bressler, Russell Oberlin

24. Tu Es Celestis
Composed by English Polyphony
Performed by Seymour Barab, Charles Bressler, Russell Oberlin

25. Beata Viscera
Composed by English Polyphony
Performed by Charles Bressler, Russell Oberlin, Donald Perry

26. Thomas Gemma
Composed by English Polyphony
Performed by Seymour Barab, Charles Bressler, Russell Oberlin

27. Thomas Cesus
Composed by English Polyphony
Performed by Seymour Barab, Charles Bressler, Russell Oberlin

English Polyphony: 13th & 14th Centuries, Music, English Anonymous, English Polyphony, Russell Oberlin, Charles Bressler, Donald Perry, Seymour Barab, Choral, Choral Music, Classical, Vocal, Vocal Music
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
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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

Amazon.com essential recording

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.
Monastic Chant: 12th & 13th C. European Sacred Music
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    ASIN: B00000074R
    Release Date: 1995-11-21

    Tracks:

    1. 1. By Way Of A Preamble: Byzantine Chant: Alleluia - Tropaire de la venue de l'epoux (Lundi Saint) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    2. 1. By Way Of A Preamble: Byzantine Chant: Exapostilarion de l'Office de Mardi Saint: Version arabe - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    3. 1. By Way Of A Preamble: Byzantine Chant: Exapostilarion de l'Office de Mardi Saint: Version grecque - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    4. 1. By Way Of A Preamble: Byzantine Chant: Exapostilarion de l'Office de Mardi Saint - Version arabe - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    5. 1. By Way Of A Preamble: Chants sacres Melchites (IV siecle): Hymne a la Vierge (Liturgie grecque de saint Jean Chrysostome) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    6. 1. By Way Of A Preamble: Chants sacres Melchites (IV siecle): Office de la Nativite de la Mere de Dieu (Grand Canon de saint Jean Damascene) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    7. 2. Monody Before Gregorian Chant: Chants de l'Eglise de Milanaise: Psaume: 'Tecum principium in die virtutis tue'' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    8. 2. Monody Before Gregorian Chant: Chants de l'Eglise de Milanaise: Responsorium: 'Congratulamini mihi omnes qui diligitis Dominum'' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    9. 2. Monody Before Gregorian Chant: Le Chant Beneventain: Communio: 'Qui manducaverit' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    10. 2. Monody Before Gregorian Chant: Les Chants de l'Eglise de Rome (VII-VIII siecles): Introit 'Resurrexi' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    11. 2. Monody Before Gregorian Chant: Les Chants de l'Eglise de Rome (VII-VIII siecles): Office de l'Adoration de la Croix; Improperes: 'Agios o Theos, Sanctus Deus' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    12. 2. Monody Before Gregorian Chant: Le Chant Mozarabe: Cathedrale de Tolded: Sacrificium 'Vox clamantis' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY

    Tracks:

    1. 1. Gallican Chant: Versus de l'eveque Theodulfe d'Orleans: 'Gloria laus' - Deller Consort
    2. 1. Gallican Chant: Semaine Sainte: repons du 7 mode: 'Tenebrae factae sunt' - Deller Consort
    3. 2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Introit: 'Requiem aeternam' - Deller Consort
    4. 2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Kyrie eleison - Deller Consort
    5. 2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Graduel 'Requiem aeternam' - Deller Consort
    6. 2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Trait: 'Absolve, Domine' - Deller Consort
    7. 2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Sequence: 'Dies irae' - Deller Consort
    8. 2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Offertoire: 'Domine Jesu Christe' - Deller Consort
    9. 2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Sanctus - Deller Consort
    10. 2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Agnus Dei - Deller Consort
    11. 2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Communion: 'Lux aeterna' - Deller Consort
    12. 2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Repons: 'Libera me' - Deller Consort
    13. 2. An Immense Corpus: Missa da Requiem Gregorienne: Antienne: 'In paradisum' - Deller Consort
    14. 2. An Immense Corpus: Planctus Hugonis Abbatis: 'Hug dulce nomen' pour la mort d'Hugues, fils de Charlemagne, en 844 - Deller Consort
    15. 3. The Aquitaine Tradition, Or The Problem Of Notation: Antiphona ad processionem: 'O beata infantia' - Schola Hungarica
    16. 3. The Aquitaine Tradition, Or The Problem Of Notation: Introitus cum tropis: 'Quam queritis in praesepe - Puer natus est' - Schola Hungarica
    17. 3. The Aquitaine Tradition, Or The Problem Of Notation: Alleluja 'Dies sanctificatus' - Schola Hungarica
    18. 3. The Aquitaine Tradition, Or The Problem Of Notation: Communio cum tropis: 'Desinat esse dolor - Viderunt Omnes' - Schola Hungarica
    19. 3. The Aquitaine Tradition, Or The Problem Of Notation: Alleluia cum tropis in octava - Schola Hungarica
    20. 3. The Aquitaine Tradition, Or The Problem Of Notation: Cantio ad laudem cantoris: 'Annus novus in gaudio' - Schola Hungarica
    21. 4. The Cistercian Exception: Repons de Matines pour la fete de Saint Bernard: Virtute multa - Ensemble Organum
    22. 4. The Cistercian Exception: Repons de Matines pour la fete de Saint Bernard: In timore Dei - Ensemble Organum
    23. 4. The Cistercian Exception: Repons de Matines pour la fete de Saint Bernard: 'Testamentum eternum' - Ensemble Organum
    24. 4. The Cistercian Exception: Repons de Matines pour la fete de Saint Bernard: 'Dedit Dominus confessionem sancto suo' - Ensemble Organum

    Tracks:

    1. The Art Of The Troubadours: A l'entrada del temps clar - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    2. The Art Of The Troubadours: Vida - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    3. The Art Of The Troubadours: Quand vei la laudeta mover - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    4. The Art Of The Troubadours: Vida - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    5. The Art Of The Troubadours: Sitot me soi - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    6. Cantigas de Santa Maria: Cantiga 77 (Flute a bec et percussion) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    7. Cantigas de Santa Maria: Prologue: 'Porque Trobar' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    8. Cantigas de Santa Maria: Cantiga 37 (Flute de berger et zarb) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    9. Cantigas de Santa Maria: Cantiga 7: 'Santa Maria leva' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    10. Cantigas de Santa Maria: Cantiga 100: 'Santa Maria, strela do dia' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    11. Carmina Burana (XIII siecle): 'Bacche, bene venies' (CB 200) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    12. Carmina Burana (XIII siecle): 'In taberna quando sumus' (CB 196) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    13. Carmina Burana (XIII siecle): 'Axe Phebus aureo' (CB 71) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    14. Carmina Burana (XIII siecle): 'Deduc Syon, uberrimas' (CB 34) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    15. Carmina Burana (XIII siecle): 'Flete flenda' (CB 5) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    16. Les Minnesanger: 'Sinc an, guldin huon!' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    17. Les Minnesanger: Ich lobe ein wip (Instr.) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    18. Les Minnesanger: 'Owe dirre not' - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY
    19. Les Minnesanger: Wol auff, gesell (Instr.) - MEDIEVAL JOURNEY

    Tracks:

    1. 1. 12th Century Polyphony In Aquitaine: 'Domine labia mea aperies' - 'Deus in adjutorium meum' (Choeur) - Ensemble Organum
    2. 1. 12th Century Polyphony In Aquitaine: Versus: 'O primus homo coruit' (a 2 voix) - Ensemble Organum
    3. 1. 12th Century Polyphony In Aquitaine: Versus: 'Veri solis radium' (a 2 voix) - Ensemble Organum
    4. 2. The Notre-Dame School: Messe du Jour de noel (XIII siecle) - Excerpts: Introit trope: 'Puer natus est' - Ensemble Organum
    5. 2. The Notre-Dame School: Messe du Jour de noel (XIII siecle) - Excerpts: Kyrie - Ensemble Organum
    6. 2. The Notre-Dame School: Messe du Jour de noel (XIII siecle) - Excerpts: Graduel: 'Viderunt omnes' - Ensemble Organum
    7. 2. The Notre-Dame School: Messe du Jour de noel (XIII siecle) - Excerpts: Sanctus (organum) - Ensemble Organum
    8. 2. The Notre-Dame School: Messe du Jour de noel (XIII siecle) - Excerpts: Agnus Dei - Ensemble Organum
    9. 2. The Notre-Dame School: Messe du Jour de noel (XIII siecle) - Excerpts: Ite missa est - Deo Gratias - Ensemble Organum
    10. 3. The Gradual Of Eleanor Of Brittany - A Particular Practice Of Polyphony: Kyrie 'Orbis factor' - Ensemble Organum
    11. 3. The Gradual Of Eleanor Of Brittany - A Particular Practice Of Polyphony: Credo in unum Deum - Ensemble Organum
    12. 3. The Gradual Of Eleanor Of Brittany - A Particular Practice Of Polyphony: Sequence: 'Res est admirabilis' - Ensemble Organum
    13. 4. The Motets From The Montpellier Codex, Jewels Of The Ars Antiqua: Plus bele que flor - Quant revient - L'autrier joer - Flos Filius - Anonymous 4
    14. 4. The Motets From The Montpellier Codex, Jewels Of The Ars Antiqua: Puisque bele dame m'eime - Flos Filius - Anonymous 4
    15. 4. The Motets From The Montpellier Codex, Jewels Of The Ars Antiqua: Celui en qui - La bele estoile - La bele, en qui - Iohanne - Anonymous 4
    16. 4. The Motets From The Montpellier Codex, Jewels Of The Ars Antiqua: Amor potest - Ad amorem sequitur - Anonymous 4
    17. 4. The Motets From The Montpellier Codex, Jewels Of The Ars Antiqua: S'on me regarde - Prennes i garde - He, mi enfant - Anonymous 4
    18. 4. The Motets From The Montpellier Codex, Jewels Of The Ars Antiqua: Qui d'amour se plaint - Lux Magna - Anonymous 4
    19. 4. The Motets From The Montpellier Codex, Jewels Of The Ars Antiqua: On doit fin(e) Amor - La biaute - In Seculum - Anonymous 4
    20. 5. An English Ladymass In Salisbury Cathedral (13th Century): Kyrie: 'Kyria christifera' - Anonymous 4
    21. 5. An English Ladymass In Salisbury Cathedral (13th Century): Gloria - Anonymous 4
    22. 5. An English Ladymass In Salisbury Cathedral (13th Century): Sanctus - Benedictus - Anonymous 4
    23. 5. An English Ladymass In Salisbury Cathedral (13th Century): Agnus Dei: 'Virtute numinis' - Anonymous 4

    Tracks:

    1. 1. Le Roman de Fauvel (1310-1316): In mari miserie - Clemencic Consort
    2. 1. Le Roman de Fauvel (1310-1316): Vers 149 a 168 - Clemencic Consort
    3. 1. Le Roman de Fauvel (1310-1316): Ad solitum vomitum - Clemencic Consort
    4. 1. Le Roman de Fauvel (1310-1316): Porchier miex estre. Vers 250 a 280 - Clemencic Consort
    5. 1. Le Roman de Fauvel (1310-1316): J'ai fait nouveletement - Clemencic Consort
    6. 1. Le Roman de Fauvel (1310-1316): Quoniam secta latronum - Clemencic Consort
    7. 1. Le Roman de Fauvel (1310-1316): Vers 5905-5926 - Mario, virgo viginum - Clemencic Consort
    8. 1. Le Roman de Fauvel (1310-1316): Vers 6023-6050 - Clemencic Consort
    9. 1. Le Roman de Fauvel (1310-1316): Quare fremuerunt - Clemencic Consort
    10. 2. La Messe de Tournai (c.1330-40) - Excerpts: Kyrie - Ensemble Organum
    11. 2. La Messe de Tournai (c.1330-40) - Excerpts: Gloria in excelsis Deo - Ensemble Organum
    12. 2. La Messe de Tournai (c.1330-40) - Excerpts: Sanctus - Ensemble Organum
    13. 2. La Messe de Tournai (c.1330-40) - Excerpts: Agnus Dei - Ensemble Organum
    14. 3. The Chansons Of The French And Italian Ars Nova: 'De toutes flours' - Ensemble Organum
    15. 3. The Chansons Of The French And Italian Ars Nova: 'Honte, paour, doubtance' - Ensemble Organum
    16. 3. The Chansons Of The French And Italian Ars Nova: 'Honte, paour, doubtance', version instrumentale - Ensemble Organum
    17. 3. The Chansons Of The French And Italian Ars Nova: 'Che pena e quest'al cor' - Ensemble Organum
    18. 3. The Chansons Of The French And Italian Ars Nova: 'Imperiale sendendo fra pi stelle' - Ensemble Organum
    19. 3. The Chansons Of The French And Italian Ars Nova: Rondeau-canon 'Tout par compas' - Ensemble Organum
    20. 3. The Chansons Of The French And Italian Ars Nova: Rondeau 'Belle, bonne, sage' - Ensemble Organum
    21. 3. The Chansons Of The French And Italian Ars Nova: Rondeau 'Fumeux fume par fumee' - Ensemble Organum
    22. 3. The Chansons Of The French And Italian Ars Nova: Ballade 'On voit tout' - Ensemble Organum
    23. Sacred Music In 14th Century England: 'Campanis cum cymbalis - Honoremus Dominam' - The Hilliard Ensemble
    24. Sacred Music In 14th Century England: 'Mater ora filium' - The Hilliard Ensemble
    25. Sacred Music In 14th Century England: 'Edi be thu' - The Hilliard Ensemble
    26. Sacred Music In 14th Century England: 'Gabriel From Heven-King' - The Hilliard Ensemble
    27. Sacred Music In 14th Century England: 'Gaude virgo Mater Christi' - The Hilliard Ensemble

    Tracks:

    1. Johannes Ciconia (c. 1335-1414): 'Ligiadra donna' pour vielles - The Newberry Consort
    2. 1. 15th Century English Music: Les Carols: Alleluya: 'A Nywe werke' - Anonymous 4
    3. 1. 15th Century English Music: Les Carols: 'Ecce quod natura' - Anonymous 4
    4. 1. 15th Century English Music: Les Carols: Nowel: 'Owt Of Your Slepe Aryse' - Anonymous 4
    5. 1. 15th Century English Music: Les Carols: 'Anna Mater Matris Christi' - The Hilliard Ensemble
    6. 1. 15th Century English Music: Les Carols: 'Tota pulcra es, amica mea' - The Hilliard Ensemble
    7. 1. 15th Century English Music: 15th Century Marial Polyphony: Conduit 'O Maria stella maris' - Anonymous 4
    8. 1. 15th Century English Music: 15th Century Marial Polyphony: Sequence 'Salve virgo singularis' - Anonymous 4
    9. 1. 15th Century English Music: 15th Century Marial Polyphony: Motet 'Veni mater gracie - Dou Way, Robin' - Anonymous 4
    10. 2. The Emergence Of Specifically Instrumental Music: Musicue instrumentale a la Cour d'Espagne: 'Propinan de Melyor' - The Newberry Consort
    11. 2. The Emergence Of Specifically Instrumental Music: Musicue instrumentale a la Cour d'Espagne: --sans titre - The Newberry Consort
    12. 2. The Emergence Of Specifically Instrumental Music: Musicue instrumentale a la Cour d'Espagne: 'La Spagna' - The Newberry Consort
    13. 2. The Emergence Of Specifically Instrumental Music: Musicue instrumentale a la Cour d'Espagne: 'La Spagna' - The Newberry Consort
    14. 3. Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1420-1497) - Requiem - Excerpts: Introit. 'Requiem eternam dona eis Domine' - Ensemble Organum
    15. 3. Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1420-1497) - Requiem - Excerpts: Kyrie - Ensemble Organum
    16. 3. Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1420-1497) - Requiem - Excerpts: Tractus: 'Sicut servus desideral ad fontes aquarum' - Ensemble Organum
    17. 3. Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1420-1497) - Requiem - Excerpts: Sanctus - Ensemble Organum
    18. Lute Music: Ricercar 'L'autre jour' - Paul O'Dette
    19. Lute Music: 'Nous bergiers' - Paul O'Dette
    20. Lute Music: Ricercar No. 33 - Paul O'Dette
    21. Lute Music: 'Il est bel et bon' - Paul O'Dette

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Excellent, but What Are the Words?.......2006-07-04

    This is a wonderful collection of music spanning many centuries, some of which you are unlikely to encounter anywhere else. The performances are beautiful, too. The one drawback is that the liner notes contain very few song text translations, a big problem for a large CD set with music that is primarily vocal.

    5 out of 5 stars outstanding collection.......2002-09-27

    I have quite a number of CDs with Medieval Age polyphony, byzantine chant and renaissance music, but this collection goes beyond what could usually be expected from such boxsets. I'd highly recommend it to all.

    5 out of 5 stars Awesome.......2001-09-20

    This is the best collection of medieval music I have ever heard. The performances are top-notch, and all of the songs are well done. I highly reccomend this collection not only for fans of medieval music, but for any music lover.

    5 out of 5 stars 7.5 hours of superb music at a most reasonable price........1999-12-24

    There isn't a clunker in this set. All the performers are top drawer and the recordings are good. The notes are a little brief and a bit scholarly, but can be ignored easily.

    You will get an idea of the different kinds of medieval music as well as the top groups and soloists working currently in the field.

    When I got this set, my mother and I listened to all 7+ hours straight through. We then started buying CDs from the different performers we had to hear more from.

    At twice the price, this would still be an excellent addition to any classical or medieval music collection, as well as the best introduction to medieval music around.
    Alleluia Nativitas: Medieval Christmas
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Alleluia Nativitas: Medieval Christmas

      Manufacturer: Metronome
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
      Sacred & ReligiousSacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems
      Vocal & SongVocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems
      Orlando ConsortOrlando Consort | ( O ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      ChantsChants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      MotetsMotets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      PartsongsPartsongs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
      General ChristmasGeneral Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
      Pop Instrumental & Easy ListeningPop Instrumental & Easy Listening | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
      General ChristmasGeneral Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music
      Pop Instrumental & Easy ListeningPop Instrumental & Easy Listening | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music
      ASIN: B00005RDC4
      Release Date: 2001-10-16

      Tracks:

      1. France: Novus Annus Hodie
      2. France: Ut Iam Cessit
      3. France: Fulget Dies Celebris
      4. France: Vetus Abit Littera
      5. France: Procedenti Puero
      6. France: Mater Dei Salus Rei
      7. France: In Sompnis Mira
      8. France: Huic Et Placuit
      9. France: Viderunt Omnes
      10. England: Angelus Ad Virginem
      11. England: Flos Regalis
      12. England: Beata Viscera
      13. England: Orientis Partibus
      14. England: Salve Sancta Parens
      15. England: Virgo Maria
      16. England: Edi Beo Thu
      17. England: Super Te Jerusalem
      18. England: O Nobilis Nativitas
      19. England: There Is No Rose
      20. England: St Thomas Honour We
      21. England: Nowell, Nowell: The Boare's Head
      English Polyphony: 13th & 14th Centuries
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		English Polyphony: 13th & 14th Centuries

        Manufacturer: Lyrichord Discs Inc.
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
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        1. English Medieval Songs: The 12th and 13th Centuries
        2. Byrd: Music for Voice & Viols
        3. Dowland: Lute Songs
        4. Las Cantigas de Santa Maria
        5. Troubadour and Trouvère Songs

        ASIN: B0000022AZ
        Release Date: 1994-06-28

        Tracks:

        1. Verbum Patris - Russel Oberlin/Charles Bressler/Donald Perry
        2. Opem Nobis/Salve Thoma/Pastor Cesus - Russel Oberlin/Charles Bressler/Seymour Barab
        3. O Nolilis/O Mira/o Decus/Apparuit - Russel Oberlin/Charles Bressler/Donald Perry/Seymour Barab
        4. Worldes Blisce/Benedicamus Domino - Russel Oberlin/Charles Bressler
        5. Deus Tuorum/De Flore/Ave Rex - Russel Oberlin/Charles Bressler/Seymour Barab
        6. Jesu Cristes Milde Moder - Russel Oberlin/Charles Bressler
        7. Fowles In The Frith - Russel Oberlin/Charles Bressler
        8. Edi Beo Thu/Purissima Virgo - Russel Oberlin/Charles Bressler/Seymour Barab
        9. Puollaro Gromium - Russel Oberlin/Charles Bressler/Seymour Barab
        10. Ade Finit/Ade Finit/A Definement - Russel Oberlin/Charles Bressler/Donald Perry
        11. Civitas Nusquam/Cibus/Tu Es Celestis - Russel Oberlin/Charles Bressler/Seymour Barab
        12. Beata viscera - Russel Oberlin/Charles Bressler/Seymour Barab
        13. Thomas Gemma/Thomas Cesus - Russel Oberlin/Charles Bressler/Seymour Barab/Martha Blackman

        Music Review:

        1. Fabrics
        2. Falla: El corregidor y la molinera/Lorca: Conciones espanolas antiguas
        3. French Sacred Music of the 14th Century, Vol. I
        4. Gershwin: Porgy And Bess
        5. Giger: Yuhi no Mimi [An ear
        6. Granados: Danzas Españolas
        7. Hans Ulrich Lehmann: Chamber Music
        8. Henry Purcell: Celebrated Songs/Sacred Airs/Concerted Pieces For Strings & Harpsichord
        9. Hindemith: Piano Music
        10. Holewa: Concertino for soprano, guitar, & instrumental ense; Duettino II

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