Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Alleluia. Tropaire de la venue de l'époux (Holy Monday)
2. Innani'Uchachidu khidraka - Exapostilarion de l'Office de Mardi Sant
3. Innani'Uchachidu khidraka - Exapostilarion de l'Office de Mardi Sant
4. Innani'Uchachidu khidraka - Exapostilarion de l'Office de Mardi Sant
5. The Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom: Hymne à la Vierge
6. Office De La Nativite De La Mere De Dieu
7. Psaume: 'Tecum Principium in Die Virtutis Tue'
8. Congratulamini Mihi Omnes Qui Diligitis Dominum, responsory
9. Qui manducat, communion
10. Resurrexi, introït
11. Office De L'Adoration De La Croix Improperes: Agios O Theos, Sanctus Deus
12. Vox Clamantis (Sacrificium)

Disc 2:

1. Gloria laus, versus de L'eveque Theodulfe d'Orleans
2. Tenebrae factae sunt, responsory in 7th mode
3. Requiem Mass: Introït: Requiem aeternam
4. Requiem Mass: Kyrie eleison
5. Requiem Mass: Graduel "Requiem aeternam"
6. Requiem Mass: Trait: Absolve, Domine
7. Requiem Mass: Séquence: Dies irae
8. Requiem Mass: Offertoire: Domine Jesu Christe
9. Requiem Mass: Sanctus
10. Requiem Mass: Agnus Dei
11. Requiem Mass: Communion: Lux aeterna
12. Requiem Mass: Répons: Libera me
13. Requiem Mass: Antienne: In paradisum
14. Planctus Hugonis Abbatis
15. O Beata infantia, antiphon ad processionem
16. Quam queritis in praespe, introit trope
17. Dies sanctificatus, Halleluja (Weihn 9)
18. Desinat esse dolor. Viderunt Omnes, communion with trope
19. Alleluia cum tropis in octava: Natus est nobis
20. Cantio ad laudem cantoris: Annus novus in gaudio
21. Virtute Multa
22. In timore Dei
23. Testamentum eternum
24. Dedit Dominus confessionem sancto suo

Disc 3:

1. A l'entrada del temps clar
2. Vida
3. Quan (Can) vei la lauzeta mover, motet
4. Vida
5. Sitot me soi
6. Cantiga de Santa María 77, Da que Deus mamou o leite do seu peito: 77
7. Prologue to the 'Cantigas de Santa María' (Porque trobar é cousa en que jaz)
8. Cantiga de Santa María 37, Miragres fremosos
9. Cantiga de Santa María 7, Santa María amar
10. Cantiga de Santa María 100, Santa Maria, strela do dia
11. Bacche, bene venies, CB 200
12. In taberna quando sumus, CB 196
13. Axe Phebus aureo, CB 71
14. Deduc, Syon, uberrimas, CB 34
15. Flete flenda, CB 5
16. Sinc an, guldin huon!
17. Ich lobe ein wip
18. Owe dirre not
19. Wol auff wir wellen slauffen

Disc 4:

1. Work(s): Domine labia mea aperies. Deus in adjutorium meum (chœur)
2. O primus homo coruit, versus (from Matines de Noël)
3. Veni solis radius, versus (from Matines de Noël) (St. Martial de Limoges)
4. Messe du Jour de Noël: Introït tropé: Puer natus est
5. Messe du Jour de Noël: Kyrie
6. Messe du Jour de Noël: Graduel: Viderunt omnes
7. Messe du Jour de Noël: Sanctus (organum)
8. Messe du Jour de Noël: Agnus Dei
9. Messe du Jour de Noël: Ite missa est - Deo Gratias
10. Kyrie: Orbis factor, polyphony
11. Credo in unum Deum, polyphony
12. Res est admirabilis, sequence (polyphony)
13. Plus belle que flor/Quant revient/L'autrier joer/Flos Filius Eius, motet for 4 voices
14. Puisque bele dame / Flos fillius eius, motet (Montpellier Codex)
15. Celui en qui / La bele setoile / La bele, en qui / IOHANNE, motet (Montpellier Codex)
16. Ad Amorem Sequitur, motet (The Montpellier Codex)
17. S'On Me Regarde, motet
18. Qui d'amour se plaint / LUX MAGNA, motet (Montpellier Codex)
19. On doit fin[e] Amor / La biauté / IN SECULUM, motet (Mo 134)
20. Kyria Christifera, for 4 voices: Kyrie: Kyria christifera
21. English Ladymass (from Salisbury Cathedral): Gloria
22. English Ladymass (from Salisbury Cathedral): Sanctus - Benedictus
23. English Ladymass (from Salisbury Cathedral): Agnus Dei: Virtute numinis

Disc 5:

1. Le Roman de Fauvel: In mari miserie
2. Le Roman de Fauvel: Vers 149 à 168
3. Le Roman de Fauvel: Ad solitum vomitum
4. Le Roman de Fauvel: Porchier miex estre. Vers 20 à 280
5. Le Roman de Fauvel: J'ai fait nouveletement
6. Le Roman de Fauvel: Quoniam secta latronum
7. Le Roman de Fauvel: Vers 5905-5926 - Mario, virgo virginum
8. Le Roman de Fauvel: Vers 6023-6050
9. Le Roman de Fauvel: Quare fremeurunt
10. Messe de Tournai: Kyrie
11. Messe de Tournai: Gloria in excelsis Deo
12. Messe de Tournai: Sanctus
13. Messe de Tournai: Agnus Dei
14. De toutes flours, ballade for 3 voices
15. Honte, paour, doubtance, ballade for 3 voices
16. Honte, paour, doubtance, ballade for 3 voices
17. Che pena è questa al cor, ballata for 3 (or 2) voices, S. 162 (2 versions)
18. Imperial sedendo fra piú stelle, madrigal for 3 voices
19. Tout par compas suy composés, for 3 voices
20. Belle, Bonne, Sage, Plaisant, chanson for 3 voices
21. Fumeux fume par fumée, rondeau for 3 voices
22. Or voit tout en aventure, ballade for 3 voices
23. Campanis Cum Cymbalis / Honoremus Dominam
24. Mater ora filium
25. Edi be thu, gymel
26. Gabriel, Fram Evene King Sent (Angelus ad Virginem) (English, 13th c.)
27. Gaude virgo mater Cristi

Disc 6:

1. Ligiadra Donna Pour Vielles
2. Alleluya, A nywe werke, carol
3. Ecce, quod natura (Seldon manuscript, 15th c.)
4. Owt of your slepe aryse (15th c. English), carol
5. Anna Mater Matris Christi
6. Tota pulcra es, for 3 voices
7. Conduit O Maria Stella Maris
8. Salve virgo singularis (15th cent. Marial Polyphony)
9. Veni Mater Gracie / Dou way, Robin, motet (Marial polyphony)
10. Propinan de Melyor, for ensemble (Colombina Songbook)
11. Sans Titre
12. La Spagna
13. La Spagna
14. Requiem (Missa pro Defunctis), for 3-4 voices (introit, Kyrie, gradual, offertory only): Introït. Requiem eternam dona eis Domine
15. Requiem (Missa pro Defunctis), for 3-4 voices (introit, Kyrie, gradual, offertory only): Kyrie
16. Requiem (Missa pro Defunctis), for 3-4 voices (introit, Kyrie, gradual, offertory only): Tractus: Sicut dervus desiderat ad fontes aq
17. Sanctus
18. Ricervar Lautre Jour, No 101
19. Nous Bergiers
20. Ricercar, No 33
21. Il est Bel et Bon

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #97863 in Music
• Released on: 1995-11-21
• Number of discs: 6
• Formats: Box set, Import
• Dimensions: 1.54 pounds

Customer Reviews

7.5 hours of superb music at a most reasonable price.
There isn't a clunker in this set. All the performers are top drawer and the recordings are good. The notes are a little brief and a bit scholarly, but can be ignored easily.

You will get an idea of the different kinds of medieval music as well as the top groups and soloists working currently in the field.

When I got this set, my mother and I listened to all 7+ hours straight through. We then started buying CDs from the different performers we had to hear more from.

At twice the price, this would still be an excellent addition to any classical or medieval music collection, as well as the best introduction to medieval music around.

Excellent, but What Are the Words?
This is a wonderful collection of music spanning many centuries, some of which you are unlikely to encounter anywhere else. The performances are beautiful, too. The one drawback is that the liner notes contain very few song text translations, a big problem for a large CD set with music that is primarily vocal.

outstanding collection
I have quite a number of CDs with Medieval Age polyphony, byzantine chant and renaissance music, but this collection goes beyond what could usually be expected from such boxsets. I'd highly recommend it to all.