Mass said to have been composed for the Coronation of Charles V (1364) ...1

Guillaume de Machaut: Messe dite du Sacre de Charles V (1364) ...1

Les Paraphonistes de St-Jean des Matines, Choeur et cuivres – Guillaume de Van, dir.
L'Anthologie sonore 31 [78rpm, 30cm, Europe]
The Gramophone Shop « L'Anthologie sonore » AS 31 [78rpm, 30cm, USA]

Production number engraved & on label; matrix number engraved on disc
side 1: AS 74; M6-? (under label)
side 2: AS 75; M6-? (under label)

Contents:

Guillaume de Machaut: Messe de Nostre-Dame, Paris, Bibl. Nat., frç Mss 1584, 1585, 9221, 222545, 222546

1. Credo

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2. Credo

Performers:
Les Paraphonistes de St-Jean des Matines
Choir, Brass
Guillaume de Van, dir.; Curt Sachs, art. dir.

Playing time: 04' 20" + 03' 46" = 08' 06"

Recording site and date:
Paris, France [1936];
Rel.: 1936

Compilation:
L'Anthologie sonore 103 LD [LP, 17cm] Guillaume de Machaut: Messe dite du Sacre de Charles V (1364)
The Gramophone Shop « L'Anthologie sonore » (31-40) [78rpm x 10] A synthesis of the musical arts: 14th to 18th centuries, vol. IV
Haydn Society « L'Anthologie sonore » AS 3 [LP, mono] The 14th & 15th Centuries: Machault and Dufay.
Haydn Society « L'Anthologie sonore » Set HS.AS-A [LPx5, mono] L'Anthologie sonore vol. I.

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Comments:
Information from BnF Gallica, owned 78rpm french release and owned LP.
This is disc 1 of a set of two; disc 2 being:
L'Anthologie sonore 32 [78rpm]
Listening to this recording is purely an historical pleasure, the sound quality being very poor; it is also interesting when you listen to several versions of this mass in chronological order to see the evolution from the quite heavy instrumental version of that period to the a capella style of modern versions.

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