Nova - A Medieval Christmas

Nova - A Medieval Christmas

New York's Ensemble for Early Music - Frederick Renz, dir.
Ex Cathedra EC-9001 (70070-29001-2) [CD]
Fountainbleu Records 9001 [CD]

Contents:

Anon., English, late 13th-14th c.

1. Rex virginum amator
2. Edi be thu hevenqueene
3. « Nota »
4. Angelus ad virginem

Perotin

5. Beata viscera

Anon., St. Martial School, late 11th c.

6. Annus novus in gaudio

Hildegard von Bingen

7. « De innocentibus »

Neidhart von Reuenthal

8. « Minnesang » (instr.)

Anon., Notre Dame School, ca 1200

9. Nicholai presulis
10. Exultemus et letemur / Gaudens in Domino

Alfonso le Sabio

11. Cantigas de Santa Maria
    1. CSM 166: Como poden (instr.)
    2. CSM 36: Muit' amar (instr.)
    3. CSM 415: Tan beeyta (instr.)
    4. CSM: Maravillosos (instr.)
Anon., Catalonia, Llibre Vermell

12. Polorum regina

Anon., Notre Dame School, ca 1200

13. In natali summi regis
14. Orientis partibus
15. Verbum patris humanatur

Anon., Italian, late 13th-14th c.

16. Laude novella
17. Verbum caro factum est
18. Verbum patris hodie
19. « Alleluya » (instr.)
20. Stella nuova
21. « Saltarello » (instr.)

Playing time: 60' 15"

Performers:
New York's Ensemble for Early Music
John Alston (bass), Marshall Coid (counter-tenor, vielle), Todd Frizzell (tenor, symphonia), Wayne Hankin (winds, tenor), Wolodymyr Smishkewych (tenor, percussion), Jon Szabo (baritone, vielle)
Frederick Renz, dir.

Recording site and date:
St. Ambrose Chapel of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City, NY, USA [10/1997];
Rel.: 1998

An earlier Christmas program from this ensemble:

Christmas in Anglia

Early English Music for Christmastide
Ensemble for Early Music - Frederick Renz, dir.
Nonesuch H-71 369 [LP]

And the next recordings in the Christmas series:

A Renaissance Christmas

New York's Ensemble for Early Music - Frederick Renz
Ex Cathedra 9003

A Baroque Christmas

New York's Ensemble for Early Music - Frederick Renz
Ex Cathedra 9004

A Colonial Christmas

New York's Ensemble for Early Music - Frederick Renz
Ex Cathedra 9006

A Bohemian Christmas

New York's Ensemble for Early Music - Frederick Renz
Ex Cathedra 9007

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):
Goldberg (#-p.):

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