Die Wimpfener Motetten

Die Wimpfener Motetten - The Wimpfener fragments: 13th century motets - Les motets de Wimpfen Fragments (13ième s.)
I Ciarlatani
Christophorus CHR 77 215

Contents:

    Anon., Wimpfener fragments (XIX-XX):
  1. Fragment (instrumental)
    Anon., Wimpfener fragmetns (I):
    Conductus: Deus in adiutorium (instr.)

    2. Anon.:
  2. Alleluia: Dominica resurrectionis
    Anon., Wimpfener fragments (IX):
    Motet: Tu decus est decoris / O Maria beata genitrix / Nostrum

    3. Anon., Wimpfener fragments (VII):
  3. Motet: Celi Domina / Ave virgo virginum / Et super

    4. Anon.:
  4. Graduale: Constitutes eos
    Anon., Wimpfener fragments (V):
    Motet: Fons misericordie / In celesti curia / Pro patribus

    5. Anon., Wimpfener fragments (II):
  5. Motet: O Maria virgo Davidica / O Maria maris stella / Veritatem

    6. Anon.:
  6. Alma redemptoris mater
    Anon., Wimpfener fragments (III):
    Motet: Virginale decus / Descendi in hortum nucum / Alma

    7. Anon., Wimpfener fragments (XXII):
  7. Conductus: Mater salustifera
    Anon., Wimpfener fragments (XI):
    Fragment (instr.)

    8. Anon., Wimpfener fragments (XVI):
  8. Motet: Benedicite Dominum / Benedicite Dominum / Aptatur
    Anon., Wimpfener fragments (IV):
    Motet: Psalat Chorus / Eximie pater / Aptatur

    9. Anon., Wimpfener fragments (XIV):
  9. Motet: Homo miserabilis / Homo luge / Brumas e mors

    10. Anon., Wimpfener fragments (XII):
  10. Conductus: Si membrana esset celum

    11. Anon., Wimpfener fragments (XV):
  11. Motet: O nacio nephandi / Conditio nature defuit / Mane prima

    12. Anon.:
  12. Responsorium: Terribilis est
    Anon., Wimpfener fragments (X):
    Motet: Douche dame / Salve virgo virginum / Cumque

    13. Anon., Wimpfener fragments (VIII):
  13. Motet: Ave lux luminum / Salve virgo / Neuma

    14. Anon., Wimpfener fragments (XXIII):
  14. Organum / Responsorium: Stirps Jesse - Virgo dei genetrix
    Anon., Wimpfener fragments (VI):
    Motet: Salve Virgo / O Maria mater Dei / Flos

    15. Anon., Wimpfener fragments (X):
  15. Motet: Dominator Domine / Ecce mysterium / Domino
    Anon., Wimpfener fragments (XVIII):
    Conductus: Ave gloriosa

    16. Anon., Wimpfener fragments (XIX):
  16. Fragment (instrumental)
    Anon., Wimpfener fragments (I):
    Conductus: In te Christe credencium

Playing time: 50' 27"

Performers: I Ciarlatani [Michael Elges (tenor), Wilfried Rombach (tenor), Armin Gottstein (baritone), Russ Hodge (fiddle), Johannes Vogt (psaltery, lute), Klaus Winkler (douçaine, recorder)] & Schola an der Jesuitenkirche Heidelberg - Wilfried Rombach, dir.; overall direction by Klaus Winkler

Recording site and date: Evangelische Kirche, Hoffenheim [06/1998]

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Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 478-93 (february 2001)
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 77/916-97 (july 1999)
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):

Comments: Information from owned CD. A superb recording !

Pierre-F. Roberge

The source for the present manuscript is a collection found in the Dominican Monastery at Bad Wimpfen. The source was used to rebind another manuscript, and so is badly damaged. However, substantial portions survive, and many pieces are at least partly reconstructed by cross-referencing from other sources. Although it contains some Notre Dame style polyphony, the primary portion of the manuscript is Ars Antiqua motets for three voices. The origin of the pieces is strongly argued to be the Paris region, as they are entirely in the mold of the usual Parisian motet of the period.

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