Four Centuries of Chant

Four Centuries of Chant
Anonymous 4
Harmonia mundi HMX 2907546 [CD]

Contents:

    An English Ladymass

  1. Prosa: Gaude virgo gratiosa (chant)
  2. Offertory: Felix namque
  3. Hymn: Ave maris stella
  4. The Lily & The Lamb

  5. Processional Hymn: O gloriosa domina
  6. Sequence: Stabat iuxta Christi crucem
  7. Antiphon: Ave regina celorum
  8. Miracles of Sant'Iago

  9. Antiphon: Ad sepulcrum beati Iacobi
  10. Brief responsory: Iacobe servorum
  11. Offertory: Ascendens Ihesus in montem
  12. Christmas Music from Medieval Hungary

  13. Te Deum: Isten, téged
  14. 11,000 Virgins

  15. Responsory: Spiritui sancto (Hildegard of Bingen)
  16. A Lammas Ladymass

  17. Antiphon (Anonymous) Que est ista
  18. Hymn: O quam glorifica
  19. Offertory: Recordare Virgo Mater
  20. Legends of St. Nicholas

  21. Responsory: Ex eius tumba/ Prosa: Sospitati dedit egros
  22. 1000: A Mass for the End of Time

  23. Processional Hymn (Anonymous): Judicii signum
  24. Darkness into Light

  25. Vespers hymn: O lux beata trinitas
  26. Alleluia: Quinque prudentes virgines
  27. The Origin of Fire

  28. Sequence: O ignis spiritus paracliti
  29. Hymn: Beata nobis gaudea

Performers:
Anonymous 4

Playing time: 76' 22"

Recording site and date:
See links below
Rel.: 2009

Reviewed in:
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.): 33/4-373 (March / April 2010)

Excerpts:
[1]-[3] Harmonia mundi HMU 907080 [CD] An English Ladymass: 13th & 14th century Chant & Polyphony in honor of the Virgin Mary
[4]-[6] Harmonia mundi HMU 907125 [CD] The Lily & The Lamb: Chant & polyphony from medieval England
[7]-[9] Harmonia mundi HMU 907156 [CD] Miracles of Sant'Iago: Music from the Codex Calixtinus
[10] Harmonia mundi HMU 907139 [CD] A Star in the East: Medieval Hungarian Christmas Music
[11] Harmonia mundi HMU 907200 [CD] Hildegard von Bingen: 11,000 Virgins
[12]-[14] Harmonia mundi HMU 907222 [CD] A Lammas Ladymass: 13th-14th century English Chant & Polyphony
[15] Harmonia mundi HMU 907232 [CD] Legends of Nicholas:Medieval Chant and Polyphony
[16] Harmonia mundi HMU 907224 [CD] 1000, a Mass for the End of Time
[17]-[18] Harmonia mundi HMU 907274 [CD] Darkness into Light: Tavener - The Bridegroom and other works Medieval & modern - a mystical journey
[19]-[20] Harmonia mundi HMU 907327 [CD] The Origin of Fire: Music and Visions of Hildegard von Bingen

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Pierre-F. Roberge