Music of the Early Middle Ages, vol. 1

History of European Music - Part I: Music of the Early Middle Ages, vol. 1
(aka Moines & Troubadours: du chant liturgique à l'amour courtois)
Schola Cantorum Londiniensis - Denis Stevens, dir.
Orpheus (Musical Heritage Society) OR 349 [LP-USA]
Harmonia mundi HMU 441 [LP-France]

Contents:

    Anon., ambrosian, 12-13th c.:
  1. -1. Hymn Matins: Aeterne rerum conditor

    2. Anon., ambrosian, 12th c.:
  2. -2. Hymn Matins: Aeterne rerum conditor

    3. Anon., ambrosian, Worcester antiphonary, 13th c.:
  3. -3. Hymn Matins: Aeterne rerum conditor

    4. Anon., ambrosian, 10-11th c.:
  4. -4. Hymn Matins: Aeterna Christi munera

    5. Anon., ambrosian:
  5. -5. Hymn Matins: Aeterna Christi munera

    6. Anon., ambrosian:
  6. -6. Verse from the psalm "Speciosus forma": Eructavit cor meum

    7. Anon., gregorian:
  7. -7. Verse from the gradual "Speciosus forma": Eructavit cor meum

    8. Anon.:
  8. -8. Antiphon: Laudabo Deum meum
    Psalm 145: Lauda anima mea Dominum
  9. -9. Easter Gradual: Haec Dies
  10. -10. Alleluia, Easter Monday: Alleluia: Angelus Domini
  11. -11. Service for the dead: Libera me, Domine
  12. -12. Kyrie IV: Cunctipotens genitor

    13. Tutillon:
  13. -13. Kyrie: Omnipotens genitor

    14. Notker:
  14. -14. (Sequence for the octave of the Ascension) Alleluia: Dominus in Sina - Christus hunc diem

    15. Wipo
  15. -15. Sequence for the Easter Day: Victimes paschali laudes

    16. ----
    Adam de St-Victor:
  16. -16. Sequence for the Feast of St. Sylvester: Jubilemus Salvatori

    17. Anon.: The song of the ass
  17. -17a. Orientis partibus
    Anon.:
    -17b. Rondellus: Christo psallat ecclesia
    Pérotin:
    -17c. Conductus: Beata viscera
    Anon.:
    -17d. Conductus: Sol oritur in sydere

    18. Marcabru:
  18. -18a. Verse: Pax in nomine Domini
    Bernart de Ventadorn:
    -18b. Canzo: Be m'an perdut
    Guiraut de Bornelh:
    -18c. Canzo: Reis glorios
    Raimbaut de Vaqueiras:
    -18d. Estampie: Kalenda maya

    19. Richard the Lionheart:
  19. -19a. Ballade: Ja nun hons pris
    Perrin d'Agincourt:
    -19b. Ballade: Quant voi en la fin d'estey
    Anon.:
    -19c. Ballade: Douce dame debonnaire
    -19d. Rondeau: En ma dame ai mis mon cuer
    Guillaume d'Amiens:
    -19e. Rondeau: Vos n'aler mie
    Anon.:
    -19f. Virelai: C'est la fin
    -19g. Virelai: E, dame jolie
    -19h. Retrouange: Pour mon cuer

Playing time: 22' 11" + 20' 22" = 42' 33"

Performers:
Schola Cantorum Londiniensis & Gerald English (tenor), Ian Partridge (tenor), Christopher Keyte (baritone), Edgar Fleet (tenor), Wilfred Brown (tenor), Leslie Fyson (tenor), John Noble (baritone) - Edgar Fleet, dir. & Denis Stevens, musical dir.

Recording site and date:
Trinity Church, London, England [1969 or prior]

Compilation:
Orpheus (Musical Heritage Society) OR 349 / 351 History of European Music - Part I: Music of the Early Middle Ages.

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

Comments: Information from owned Harmonia mundi recording. This recording is keyed to the Historical Anthology of Music (HAM), ed. Davidson & Appel, 1949; numbered examples refer to that publication.

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