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Gregorian Chant: Sequences - Gregorianischer Gesang: Sequenzen - Chant grégorien: Sequences

Capella antiqua, München (Choralschola) - Konrad Ruhland, dir.
RCA Victor "Seon" RL 30 831 [LP]
RCA Victor (BMG) "Gold Seal" GD 71 953 QH [CD]
Sony "Seon" SBK 60 869 [CD]
Sony "Essential Classics" SBK 61 868 [CD]

Contents:

Gregorian

1. Sequence: Christmas, Midnight Mass: « Grates nunc omnes reddamus Domino Deo »
2. Sequence: Christmas, Third Mass« Laetabundus exsultet fidelis chorus »
3. Antiphon: Sequence of the Publican - 10th Sunday after Pentecost « Stans a longe publicanus »
4. Sequence: Corpus Christi « Lauda, Sion, Salvatorem »
5. Sequence: Easter « Victimae Paschali laudes »
6. Sequence: Easter « Zima vetus expurgetur »
7. Sequence: Ascension « Summi triumphum regis »
8. Sequence: Ascension « Omnes gentes, plaudite »
9. Sequence: Pentecost « Veni, sancte spiritus »
10. Sequence: Mass for the Dead, Requiem « Dies irae, dies illa »
11. Sequence: Musicha Enchiriadis « Rex caeli, Domine maris »
12. Sequence: Feasts of Saints « Mundi aetate octava »

Playing time: 47' 50"

Performers:
Choralschola der Capella antiqua, München
(unknown)
Konrad Ruhland, dir.

Recording site and date:
Church in Niederaltaich (Bavaria), Germany [12/1980];
Rel.: 1982 (LP), 1990 (GD 71 953), 1999 (SBK 60 869), 2001 (SBK 61 868)

Excerpts:
[1], [4]-[5], [8]-[9], [12] Sony "National Public Radio Milestones Of The Millennium" SK 60 988 [CD] Gloria In Excelsis Deo: Chant, Hymns And Sequences
[6]-[10] Mediaphon MED 59047 (title unknown)

Compilation:
The RCA LP release has been released in a 3 LPs box with:
RCA Victor "Red Seal" RL 30 383 Gregorian Chant: Hymnen.
RCA Victor "Red Seal" RL 30 442 Gregorian Chant: Paschale Mysterium.

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

Comments:
Information from owned CD (Seon). Note these identical CDs (Seon & Essential) were released in a similar period of time; the Essential costs half the price.

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