Llibre Vermell

Llibre Vermell - La route des pèlerins de Montserrat
Chants et danses de pèlerinage en Catalogne au XIVe siècle - Pilgrimage songs & dances of Catalonia at the XIVth century
Ensemble Anonymus - Claude Bernatchez, dir.
Analekta "International" AN 2 8001 [CD]
Analekta "Fleur de Lys" FLX 2 3055 [CD]

Contents:

    Anon., Llibre Vermell de Montserrat:
  1. Fanfare [Contrafactum of "O Virgo splendes"] (instr.)
    Song: O Virgo splendes
  2. Improvisation on "Ad mortem festinamus" (instr.)
    Virelai/danse: Stella splendens
  3. Motet: Imperayritz de la ciutat joyosa (instr.)
  4. Song: Laudemus Virginem
  5. Virelai: Mariam matrem virginem (instr.)
  6. Song: Splendens ceptigera
  7. Danse en rond (a ball redon) [Contrafactum of "Polorum regina"] (instr.)
  8. Ballad/dance: Los set goyts
  9. Virelai: Cuncti simus concanentes
  10. Improvisation on "Los set goyts" (instr.)
    Virelai/danse: Polorum regina
  11. Song: Splendens ceptigera (instr.)
    Virelai: Mariam matrem virginem
  12. Song: Laudemus virginem (instr.)
    Motet: Imperayritz de la ciutat joyosa
  13. Virelai: Stella splendens (instr.)
    Virelai: Ad mortem festinamus
    Danse macabre [Contrafactum of "O Virgo splendes] (instr.)
  14. Song: O virgo splendes
    Fanfare [Contrafactum of "O Virgo splendes"] (instr.)

Playing time: 66' 36"

Performers:
Ensemble Anonymus - Instrumental ensemble
Claude Bernatchez (zarb, bell, medieval fiddle), Lucie Brosseau (medieval fiddle), Andrew Clayden (sackbut, percussions), Elise Guay (recorders), Pierre Langevin (recorder, dulcimer, organetto, bagpipe, psalterion), Gary Nagels (sackbut, tambourine), Guy Ross (lute)
Ensemble Anonymus - Vocal ensemble
Jeanne Bovet (mezzo-soprano), Renée Lapointe (mezzo-soprano), Marie-Claude Matte (mezzo-soprano), Robert Huard (bass), Nicolas Lemieux (baritone), Alfred Marin (tenor), Guy Ross (tenor)
Claude Bernatchez, dir.

Recording site and date:
Église Saint-Dominique, Quebec, Canada [11/1993]

Excerpts:
[5], [12]-[13] Analekta AN 2 9780 [CD] Joyaux médiévaux - Jewels of the medieval era

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 432-136 (dec. 1996)
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):

Comments:
Possibly the best recording of this canadian ensemble.

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