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11,000 Virgins: Chants for the Feast of St. Ursula
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Great Medieval Plainsong. Not all from Hildegard

Approaching perfection...

beautiful, meditative music

Glorious Music

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11,000 Virgins: Chants for the Feast of St. Ursula
Anonymous , Hildegard of Bingen , Gregorian Chant , Italian Anonymous , and Anonymous 4
Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
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ASIN: B0000007FU
Release Date: 1997-09-09

Tracks:

11,000 Virgins - Chants For The Feast Of St. Ursula: Antiphon - Auctori vite psalmis - Invitatory - Venite exsultemus domino
11,000 Virgins - Chants For The Feast Of St. Ursula: Symphonia virginum - O dulcissime amator
11,000 Virgins - Chants For The Feast Of St. Ursula: Hymn - Jesu corona virginum
11,000 Virgins - Chants For The Feast Of St. Ursula: Responsory - Spiritui sancto
11,000 Virgins - Chants For The Feast Of St. Ursula: Versicle - Specie tua
11,000 Virgins - Chants For The Feast Of St. Ursula: Responsory -Favus distillans
11,000 Virgins - Chants For The Feast Of St. Ursula: Benedicamus domino
11,000 Virgins - Chants For The Feast Of St. Ursula: Antiphon - Studium divinitatis
11,000 Virgins - Chants For The Feast Of St. Ursula: Psalm 92 - Dominus regnavit - Studium divinitatis
11,000 Virgins - Chants For The Feast Of St. Ursula: Sequence - O Ecclesia
11,000 Virgins - Chants For The Feast Of St. Ursula: Benedicamus domino
11,000 Virgins - Chants For The Feast Of St. Ursula: Chapter - Domine deus meus
11,000 Virgins - Chants For The Feast Of St. Ursula: Brief responsory - Mirabilis deus
11,000 Virgins - Chants For The Feast Of St. Ursula: Hymn - Cum vox sanguinis
11,000 Virgins - Chants For The Feast Of St. Ursula: Antiphon - O rubor sanguinis
11,000 Virgins - Chants For The Feast Of St. Ursula: Canticle - Magnificat anima mea - O rubor sanguinis
11,000 Virgins - Chants For The Feast Of St. Ursula: Hymn - Te lucis ante terminum
11,000 Virgins - Chants For The Feast Of St. Ursula: Benidicamus domino

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All the world loves Hildegard--and the four women of Anonymous 4 may be the best interpreters of her music since the 12th century. St. Ursula was the legendary daughter of a British king who, with her army of virgin companions, was martyred in Cologne, perhaps in the fifth century; Hildegard wrote these Chants for the Feast of St. Ursula for use in a highly solemn celebration along with other liturgical chants. It is in this context that Anonymous 4 presents this program, interspersing chants and psalmody with Hildegard's compositions, sometimes employing drones and polyphonic embellishment. The musical effect is a mixture of awesome reverence and earthly sensuousness. The combination of four different women's voices in perfect unison creates a richly colored sound that can lull or console or uplift. --David Vernier

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Great Medieval Plainsong. Not all from Hildegard.......2005-11-04

'11,000 Virgins - Chants for the Feast of St. Ursula' performed by the vocal quartet, Anonymous 4' is 72 minutes of music at least as good as any of their other albums. But, over half of the pieces on this record are by medieval composers OTHER than Fraulein Hildegard. So, the emphasis of the album is much more on 'Chants for the Feast of St. Ursula' than on Hildegard.

This does not disappoint, as the performances are superb, regardless of the composer. My only regret is that the notes did not tell more of the story of the 11,000 virgins. When I was visiting the Rhineland, this was a big local story, even though it happened over a 1,000 years ago, even before Hildegard's time.

But that's minor grousing. This is great music. Buy it if you like Medieval liturgical music!

Approaching perfection..........2005-10-13

The music on this CD comes from the great Hildegard of Bingen, one of the towering female figures from the Middle Ages. Hildegard is not only one of the few women whose name has come down to us from the Middle Ages, but one of the few composers of any sort whose name survives together with his or her compositions. Hildegard was a sort of Renaissance woman before the Renaissance, whose fame spread in her lifetime such that she was advisor of monarchs and popes, as well as a significant creative and mystical figure.

Between 1150 and 1160, she composed and collected poetry and musical works under the title 'Symphony of the Harmony of Celestial Revelations'. Much of her music was monophonic in nature, and tied to the liturgy. The Anonymous 4 in their performance sometimes add polyphonic embellishments and vocal drones to chants and psalmody.

Hildegard's abbey possessed relics of St. Ursula, and Hildegard wrote many pieces in honour of the saint to be performed by the women of her abbey. This particular recording of women's voices doing these pieces is therefore quite natural and back to the original intent of Hildegard's compositions.

Hildegard's style is unique, as are the vocal talents of the Anonymous 4 - the combination here is something that approaches perfection.

-- Liner Notes --
This text accompaniment to this disc is very full, so much so that the booklet is not contained within the jewel case, but rather within a slipcover in which both the CD/jewel case and the booklet reside. The liner notes include a description of the work, a brief piece about the quartet, and the lyrics of the songs both in original language and in translation - all repeated in English, German, and French sections.

-- Anonymous 4 --
Contrary to the implication of their name, the Anonymous 4 are not anonymous. This is a vocal quartet made up of Ruth Cunningham, Marsha Genensky, Susan Hellauer, and Johanna Rose at the time of this recording (Ruth Cunningham will later go on to a solo career early, and another member will join - Jacqueline Horner). They came together as a formal group in 1986, and have been ensemble-in-residence at St. Michael's Church in New York City, giving concert series in New York as well as throughout North America. They have been featured a number of times on national media in North America as well as Germany. They then went on to yet more success, eventually performing more that 1000 concerts worldwide.

Their specialty is working with chant, monophonic and polyphonic music, and working with medieval texts. According to one source, 'The group takes its name from an anonymous music theorist of the late 13th century, Anonymous IV, who is the principal source on the two famous composers of the Notre Dame school, Léonin and Pérotin.'

The group ended a touring career of nearly two decades in 2004.

beautiful, meditative music.......2001-10-28

This is beautiful music. The four women's voices are so soothing. This is an ideal CD to listen to if for relaxation, meditation, or prayer. I listen to it while I practice yoga. The music is also very important historically, as Hildegard von Bingen is one of the few women composers in the history of Western music. Many of these insipiring tracks were written by her.

Glorious Music.......2000-11-30

Another superb CD by "Annonymous 4", these women are some of the best at creating music for the soul. Quite meditative in nature it is truly amazing that this music was written so long ago and continues to inspire. The accompanying booklet gives you plenty of background information on Hildegard von Bingen and why these songs were written. The included artwork is an additional bonus if you're inclined to like the works of Hildegard von Bingen. The music is just sheer beauty, angelic voices in a world of chaos. The music is relaxing and perfect for creative and contemplative moods. The perfect reading music or for that matter anytime the pace needs to be slowed down . It is best listened to to free one's mind of all earthly concerns and to focus on more spiritual matters. An excellent choice for those moments of connecting to the meaning and purpose of our existences.

There's something about this one........2000-03-31

Meditative, haunting, stirring- an archetypical mastery of the female voice in Christian chant. 73 minutes.

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Piffaro offers a wild romp through Flemish popular music!
Shawms, Crumhorns, Sackbuts, Bagpipes, Lutes, & More!
Piffaro Delivers Again

Flemish Feast: Renaissance Wind Music
Piffaro , and The Renaissance Band
Manufacturer: Archiv Produktion
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000046S42
Release Date: 2000-03-14

Tracks:

T'andernaken - Laet Ons Mit Hartzen - Hoboekentanz - Laet Ons Mit Hartzen - Ihesus Is Een Kyndekyn Cleyn - Laet Ons Mit HYartzen
Ave Regina Caelorum
Porquoy Non: Pourquoy Non
Passe Et Medio & Reprise
Gaillarde - Gaillarde - Gaillarde
La Morisque
J'ay Pris Amours
J'ay pris amours
Crions Noel
T'andernaken
Laet U Ghenoughen, Liever Johan
Entre Du Fol
Mon Desir
Je Loe Amours
T'andernaken
Untitled Duo
De Tous Biens Playne
Pavane & Gaillarde
Wij Sheyt Edel Vrouwe
Allemaigne
4 Bransles
Bergerette
O Crux Benedicta
Ave Mundi Spes Maria
T'andernaken Al Op Den Rijn
Les Larmes
Fortis Cum Quevis Actio
Die Winter Is Verganghen

Customer Reviews:

Piffaro offers a wild romp through Flemish popular music!.......2002-11-25

"Instrumental music sounded in every corner of Flanders during the Renaissance," writes American scholar Keith Polk in the program notes. "... in any Flemish celebration or ritual, instruments and instrumental music were an indispensable element." If the period musicians were anything like the enthusiastic members of Piffaro, one can see why. The selections on this CD are a bit livelier than those on the group's earlier releases, evoking images of warm and boisterous feasts amongst revelers both high and low. Accompanied by hurdy gurdy, lutes, guitar and percussion, Piffaro's families of matched reed and brass instruments produce a distinctive and strident sound, mellowed by the continuity of breath pressure that is needed to play them, and tempered by the considerable skill of the performers. All in all, a feast for the ears! Other good, rousing feasting music can be found on the CD "A La Via: Street Music from the 13th to the 16th Centuries" by Ensemble Anonymous and Strada, and the Toronto Consort's "The Little Barley-Corne: Winter Revels from the Renaissance".

Shawms, Crumhorns, Sackbuts, Bagpipes, Lutes, & More!.......2002-07-15

You do NOT, repeat, do NOT need to be an expert on renaissance music to thoroughly enjoy this disk. The musicians show off the beauty of this music and have selected a very nice program.

I remember when I first heard wind music from this period performed and the reedy sound of the shawms and crumhorns and bagpipes and wonderful sound of the sackbuts. It became clear to me why old pipe organs sound like they do - this was the sound in the ears of the culture. Of course, this band performs this band shows off this music exceptionally well with their wonderful playing.

Also, there is an exceptionally nice booklet that accompanies this disk with photographs of the instrument families used in this disk as well as great notes about the group and the music recorded here.

The group has several other disks that you can obtain to extend your enjoyment of this music.

Piffaro Delivers Again.......2000-03-25

Like their other CDs, Piffaro's "Flemish Feast" is well-programmed, whimsical, and exquisitely performed. I personally find the first part of this CD a little heavy on the bagpipe, although others enjoy this a great deal. The lute and harp selections with and without recorder stand out as being particularly well-done. Having performed a concert of Flemish music in the not-so-distant past, I can address one possible comment: "Why are there FOUR tracks called 'T'andernaken'?" These are actually only three of a possible hundred or two. T'andernaken was a very popular ground or cantus firmus to use in Flanders at this time, and everyone had a go at it, including King Henry VIII. The recorder selections are organ-like, as usual, and the shawm/sackbut/dulcian (or "loud band") numbers are festive. Another wonderful selection from a great group.

Women in Chant: Recordare: Remembering the Mysteries in the Life of Jesus, Son of Mary

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HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR STUDY OF LIVING GREGORIAN CHANT
Excellent recording of Gregorian Chants

Women in Chant: Recordare: Remembering the Mysteries in the Life of Jesus, Son of Mary
The Choir of Benedictine Nuns at the Abbey of Regina Laudis
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Release Date: 2001-03-13

Tracks:

Recordare
Alma Redemptoris Mater
Meditation: Recordare I. - Mother Dolores Hart
Ave Maria
Beatam Me Dicent/Magnificat
Hodie Christus Natus Est
Accipiens Simeon/Nunc Dimittis
Non Invenientes Jesum/Benedictus
Ave Regina Caelorum
Meditation: Recordare II. - Mother Dolores Hart
In Monte Oliveti
Lamentation
O Vos Omnes
Crux Fidelis
Tenebrae Factae Sunt
Christus Factus Est
Regina Caeli
Meditation: Recordare III. - Mother Dolores Hart
Haec Dies
Pascha Nostrum
Victimae Paschali Laudes
Viri Galilaei
Veni Sancte Spiritus
Assumpta Est Maria
Signum Magnum
Salve Regina
Collect And Final Blessing

Customer Reviews:

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR STUDY OF LIVING GREGORIAN CHANT.......2007-02-27

Although Gregorian Chant is very carefully tied to particular times and seasons, and therefore recordings of the living chant always feels odd out of season and captured and pinned on display, like fascinating irridescent butterfly wings on cotton under glass, please play this disk and live and breathe a little easier, in peace and in rhythm and in unity.

Gracefully directed by Dr. Marier, this recording wonderfully captures the greatest living Gregorian choir fully active in the United States of America, at the Abbey of Regina Laudis, which daily and nightly maintains the true cycle of Gregorian chant, completely, in the living of the Rule of Saint Benedict with all of the liturgical hours fully chanted as ever through the centuries, per saeculum saeculi. The best way, then, to experience in union this true and living and breathing chant is to spend as much time as possible on retreat at the Abbey in still rural Bethlehem, Connecticut. Lacking that ability, live with this disk, and let it play day and night until it becomes a part of your bones and you sing with it without yet quite knowing it.

I strongly recommend this disk for anyone who fully and deeply wants to know Gregorian Chant, as chanted by a contemplative community of devoted and committed women in America. Hear also their recording, also with Mr. Marier, of the Festal Celebrations of the Virgin Martyrs and Our Lady of Sorrows, which includes the founding Abbess Mother Benedict's blessing.

Please note in particular the most important Marian hymns are included on this disk, for anyone seriously interested in learning the most important Gregorian Marian tones. FOr instance you find here a solemn version of the Magnificat, the greatest hymn of Mary directly from the Gospel of Saint Luke, which is chanted every day at Vespers without exception by any monastic choir worthy of the name. We also may find here Regina coeli and the wonderful seasonal hymn, Salve Regina. Please look closely at the play list and you find nearly every traditional Marian hymn you can recall. Within this collection are scriptural meditations beautifully read by Mother Dolores Hart, an actress who was on her way to becoming the next Grace Kelly (who had then abdicated her throne to take on the throne of Monaco) but entered Regina Laudis monastery instead, filling its readings with the depths of her trained and restrained and profoundly emotional voicings. We are very fortunate she is so well recorded here, and regret she never made at the height of her powers an audiobook of the entire Holy Bible, or at least the Psalms, or Gospels . . .

In other words, what more can you possibly ask for?

Please note the photograph on this product, the Mysteries in the Life of Jesus, Son of Mary, is of the new Abbess, Mother David, who is currently directing the choir in a fresh recording of the hymns of Christmas, a new recording which may be available come Christmas of this year. In the mystery of Bethlehem, that will be well worth adding to your music library, for anyone serious about studying the true Gregorian chant as it is lived and breathed daily by this now too rare and precious choir.

Please also see the soon-to-be-released biography of Mother Benedict from Ignatious Press. Let us learn to cherish our American saints and study from them how to live in peace and loving Catholic community in this quadrant of the hemisphere.

Please see all of the Abbey's rare recordings at their website.

Excellent recording of Gregorian Chants.......2002-04-09

I bought this recording a few weeks ago and it has quickly become a favourite. While Gregorian Chant has become popular, especially with the recordings of Santo Domingo de Silos, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that Gregorian Chant is sung prayer. In hearing the nuns of the Abbey of Regina Laudis sing, you understand that this is something that they experience each day. It is a beautiful recording and is accompanied by beautiful meditations on the life of Jesus read by Mother Dolores Hart, O.S.B.

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A Choral Feast
Gerald Finzi , Ralph Vaughan Williams , Herbert Howells , Samuel Sebastian Wesley , William Byrd , Thomas Tallis , Orlando Gibbons , Lee Hoiby , Craig Phillips , Douglas Major , and The Washington National Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys
Manufacturer: Gothic Records
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Release Date: 2001-01-01

Lo the Full Final Sacrifice & Other Choral Works

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Ravishing Music, Ravishingly Sung

Lo the Full Final Sacrifice & Other Choral Works
Finzi , Robinson , Whitton , and Choir St John's Collg
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Tracks:

God Is Gon Up, Op.27, No.2
Magnificat, Op.36
My Lovely One, Op.27, No.1
Welcome Sweet And Sacred Feast, Op.27, No.3
Thou Didst Delight My Eyes, Op.32
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, Op.35
I Praise The Tender Flower
I Have Loved The Flowers That Fade
My Spirit Sang All Day
Clear And Gentle Stream
Nightingales
Haste On, My Joys!
Wherefore Tonight So Full Of Care
Lo, The Full, Final Sacrifice, Op.26

Customer Reviews:

Ravishing Music, Ravishingly Sung.......2003-04-09

As a choral singer myself, I was particularly drawn to this new Naxos release of sacred and secular choral music, some of it familiar but much of it quite unfamiliar (at least on this side of the Atlantic).

The disc leads off with what is probably Finzi's most popular sacred choral work, 'God is gone up with a triumphal shout,' set to a text by Edward Taylor. The opening organ fanfare is followed by sung fanfares with men's voices echoing those of the trebles. [The choir in this recording is that of St. John's College, Cambridge, and as such follows the Anglican tradition choirs consisting of boy sopranos, male altos, tenors and basses. There are some who dislike this sound but I find it very attractive, and of course it is the sound that Finzi surely heard in his mind's ear as he was writing these pieces.] The piece has colorful choral and organ writing that mirrors such words as 'Methinks I see Heaven's sparkling couriers fly.'

This is followed by 'Magnificat,' Op. 36 (Finzi's only American commission, written for the choirs of Smith and Amherst Colleges), a moving setting without the usual concluding 'Gloria', that begins with an exulting 'My soul doth magnify the Lord' and ends on the words 'for ever and ever' gradually dying away to the final 'Amen.'

'God is gone up' is the second of three sacred pieces in Opus 27. The other two are included (although not in consecutive order). They are 'My lovely one,' and 'Welcome sweet and sacred feast.' The latter is a setting of Henry Vaughan's poem celebrating the poet's redemption through religious conversion ('Dead was I, and deep in trouble'). It contains a meltingly beautiful passage on the words 'O rose of Sharon! O the Lily of the Valley!'

There are two part-songs for male voices, the a cappella 'Thou didst delight my eyes,' Op. 32, and one set to the famous passage from Ecclesiastes, 'Let us now praise famous men,' Op. 35. The latter, in two-part harmony, is notable for its Elgarian treading bass in the organ.

'Seven Unaccompanied Partsongs,' Op. 17, are set to texts by Robert Bridges. They are lyrical and tender and the part-writing is especially grateful to sing. The joyous 'My Spirit Sang All Day' is a particular favorite of small choirs. (For American readers/singers I will add that these songs remind me harmonically and in tone of those in Randall Thompson's 'Frostiana.')

The final and longest piece here is 'Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice,' Op. 26, a 14-minute festival anthem set to Crashaw's elegant translation of Aquinas's 'Adoro te' and 'Lauda Sion.' It starts with a longish organ introduction and features a cappella and accompanied passages and short solos following the poetry's verse structure. There are some ecstatically lovely melodies, particularly at the words 'Jesu, Master, just and true' and at the final 'Amen.'

The singing here is impeccable and stylish. The recorded sound is all one could ask. Another triumph for St. John's, Cambridge, its conductor, Christopher Robinson, and for Naxos.

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Alleluja, I Heard A Voice - Christ Church Choir
Give Ear O Lord - Christ Church Choir
Evening Services For Five Voices: Magnificat - Christ Church Choir
Evening Services For Five Voices: Nunc Dimittis - Christ Church Choir
Evening Services For Five Voices: Hosanna To The Son Of David - Christ Church Choir
Evening Services For Five Voices: When David Heard - Christ Church Choir
Evening Services For Five Voices: O Lord, Grant The King A Long Life - Christ Church Choir
Evening Services For Five Voices: Give The King Thy Judgements - Christ Church Choir
Evening Services For Five Voices: Gloria In Excelsis Deo - Christ Church Choir
Ninth Service: Magnificat - Christ Church Choir
Ninth Service: Nunc Dimittis - Christ Church Choir

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Missa Mater Christi: Introitus: Rorate coeli desuper - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
Missa Mater Christi: Kyrie: Rex splendens - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
Missa Mater Christi: Gloria - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
Missa Mater Christi: Oratio: Deus, qui de beatae Mariae - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
Missa Mater Christi: Epistola: Lectio Esaie prophete - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
Missa Mater Christi: Alleluya, Ave Maria - Alleluya, Christus resurgens - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
Missa Mater Christi: Sequentia: Ave mundi spes Maria - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
Missa Mater Christi: Evangelium: Sequentia sancti evangelii secundum Lucam - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
Missa Mater Christi: Credo - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
Missa Mater Christi: Offertorium: Ave Maria - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
Missa Mater Christi: Oratio Secreta - Praefatio - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
Missa Mater Christi: Sanctus - Benedictus - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
Missa Mater Christi: Canon - Pater noster - Pax Domini - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
Missa Mater Christi: Agnus Dei - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
Missa Mater Christi: Communio: Ecce virgo concipies - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
Missa Mater Christi: Post Communio: Gratiam tuum quaesumus Domine - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
Missa Mater Christi: Ite missa est - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
Antiphon: O Wilhelme, pastor bone - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
Antiphon: Mater Christi sanctissima - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC

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Mass Propers For All Saints: Introitus: Gaudeamus omnes - Christ Church Choir
Mass For Five Voices: Kyrie - Christ Church Choir
Mass For Five Voices: Gloria - Christ Church Choir
Mass Propers For All Saints: Gradualis: Timete Dominium - Christ Church Choir
Mass For Five Voices: Credo - Christ Church Choir
Mass Propers For All Saints: Offertorium: Justorum animae - Christ Church Choir
Mass For Five Voices: Sanctus; Benedictus - Christ Church Choir
Mass Propers For All Saints: Communio: Beati mundo corde - Christ Church Choir
Mass For Five Voices: Agnus Dei - Christ Church Choir
Motet: Laudibus in Sanctis - Christ Church Choir
Motet: Laudate pueri Dominum - Christ Church Choir
Motet: Laudate Dominum - Christ Church Choir

Tracks:

Mass Propers For The Feast Of Corpus Christi: Introitus: Cibavit eos - Byrd
Mass for four voices: Kyrie - Byrd
Mass for four voices: Gloria - Byrd
Mass Propers For The Feast Of Corpus Christi: Gradualis: Oculi omnium - Byrd
Mass Propers For the Feast Of Chorpus Christi: Sequentia: Lauda Sion salvatorem (Plainsong) - Byrd
Mass for four voices: Credo - Byrd
Mass Propers For The Feast Of Corpus Christi: Offertorium: Sacerdotes Domini - Byrd
Mass for four voices: Sanctus - Benedictus - Byrd
Mass Propers For The Feast Of Corpus Christi: Communio: Quotiescunque manducabitis - Byrd
Mass for four voices: Agnus Dei - Byrd
Processional Hymn: Pange lingua gloriosi - Byrd
Hymn To The Blessed Sacrament: Ave verum corpus - Byrd
Hymn To The Blessed Sacrament: O salutaris hostia - Byrd

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Propers For The Nativity: Introitus: Puer natus est nobis - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
Mass For Three Voices: Kyrie - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
Mass For Three Voices: Gloria - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
Propers For The Nativity: Gradualis: Viderunt omnes fines terrae - Dies sanctificatus - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
Mass For Three Voices: Credo - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
Propers For The Nativity: Offertorium: Tui sunt coeli - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
Mass For Three Voices: Sanctus - Benedictus - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
Propers For The Nativity: Communio: Viderunt omnes fines terrae - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
Mass For Three Voices: Agnus Dei - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
Antiphon: Hodie Christus Natus est - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
Hymn: Christe redemptor omnium - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
Antiphon: O admirabile Commertium - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
Hymn: A solis ortus cardine - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR
Response: O magnum misterium - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR

Tracks:

Music For Our Lady And Divine Office: Ex eius tumba: Sospitati dedit aegros - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
Music For Our Lady And Divine Office: Dum transisset sabbatum (I) - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
Music For Our Lady And Divine Office: Audivi vocem de caelo - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
Music For Our Lady And Divine Office: Dum transisset sabbatum (II) - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
Music For Our Lady And Divine Office: Kyrie le Roy - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
Music For Our Lady And Divine Office: Alleluya V. Veni electa mea - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
Music For Our Lady And Divine Office: Magnificat a5 - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC
Music For Our Lady And Divine Office: Ave Dei Patris filia - ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC

Tracks:

The Lord Even The Most Mighty - John Taverner
O Lord, Thou Hast Searched Me - John Taverner
I Will Love Thee - John Taverner
O Lord Our Governor - John Taverner
How Doth The City - John Taverner
Blessed Is He Whose Righteousness - John Taverner
Hear, O Heav'ns - John Taverner
Who Hath Believed - John Taverner
Out Of The Deep - John Taverner
Hear Me O Lord - John Taverner

Tracks:

The Lord's Prayer - Christ Church Choir
The Second Service: Magnificat - Christ Church Choir
The Second Service: Nunc Dimittis - Christ Church Choir
Gaude, gaude, gaude Maria - Christ Church Choir
Filie Ierusalem - Christ Church Choir
Reges Tharsis et insule - Christ Church Choir
Spiritus sanctus procedens - Christ Church Choir
Laudem dicite Deo nostro - Christ Church Choir
Hec dies - Christ Church Choir
Impetum fecerunt unanimes - Christ Church Choir
Libera nos, salva nos - Christ Church Choir

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It doesn't get much more authentic than this! These eight CDs present music by William Byrd, Thomas Weelkes, Henry Purcell, John Blow, Matthew Locke, the little-known Pelham Humfrey, John Sheppard, and John Taverner--all recorded in Dorchester Abbey, Oxford, England, and sung by the Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford's great all-male choir. Their heritage goes back to Taverner himself. Their sound is both pure and lush, their singing immaculate. This is music in the finest English tradition, beautiful, devotional music for all seasons. --Robert Levine

Average customer rating:

Best singing, Best music, Best recording: 3 times 5 Stars

Sacred Feast

Manufacturer: Digital Music Prod
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Binding: Audio CD

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Eric Whitacre: The Complete A Cappella Works, 1991-2001
Eric Whitacre: Cloudburst and other choral works

ASIN: B00005A15L
Release Date: 2000-01-05

Tracks:

Beati Quorum Via
O Vos Omnes
Ubi Caritas
Justorum Animae
Coelos Ascendit Hodie
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
O Sacrum Convivium
Ave Verum Corpus
Hail Gladdening Light
Ave Maria
Pater Noster
Crucifixus
O Sacrum Convivium

Album Description

Original DSD Recording Multichannel and Stereo Hybrid SACD

Customer Reviews:

Best singing, Best music, Best recording: 3 times 5 Stars.......2003-11-06

Here is an excellent example of what a real chorus sounds like in a suitable acoustic space. No gimmicks or tricks, just the real deal, sonically. The choral group, Gaudeamus, is singing very well with true intonation, precision, accuracy. Most of all, these folks seem to actually like the music. The selections are a sort from across major streams of choral writing in western classical; but the delicacy of tone is as awesome here as the larger, massed choral effects. It is of course not easy to record music successfully. If the microphones are too close, you lose the sense of atmosphere and the particular acoustic that is inseparable from live music in the real world. If the microphones are too distant, all you get is the hall sound at the expense of the music. This recording earns high marks for managing everything just right. This disc actually is one of my top, all-time choral favorites. The other two are: Eric Whitacre's a capella choral music (sung by the Brigham Young University Singers); and A Rose in Winter by the Dale Warland Singers. In any case, get this for wonderful singing, and excellent sound. It will show off your system, too. Highly recommended.

Arleen Auger - Handel · Bach Arias / The Mostly Mozart Orchestra · Gerard Schwarz

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Transcendent
Glorious Voice Performing Baroque Arias of Handel and Bach

Arleen Auger - Handel · Bach Arias / The Mostly Mozart Orchestra · Gerard Schwarz
George Frideric Handel , Johann Sebastian Bach , Gerard Schwarz , Arleen Auger , and The Mostly Mozart Orchestra
Manufacturer: Delos Records
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000006VM
Release Date: 1992-12-11

Tracks:

Messiah: Rejoice Greatly
Giulio Cesare: Piangero
Atalanta: Care Selve
Alexander's Feast: The Prince, Unable To Conceal His Pain
Alexander's Feast: Softly Sweet In Lydian Measures
Rinaldo: Lascia ch'io pianga
Samson: Let The Bright Seraphim
Messiah: He Shall Feed His Flock
Non sa che sia dolore: Ricetti Gramezza
Klavierbuchlein fur Anna Magdalena Bach: Bist du bei mir
Weichet nur, betrubte Schatten
Weichet nur, betrubte Schatten: Sich uben im lieben
St. Matthew Passion: Blute nur
St. Matthew Passion: Ich will dir mein Herze schenken

Customer Reviews:

Transcendent.......2002-05-15

This is some of the most beautiful singing I have heard anywhere. Auger fuses technique, emotion, and baroque sensibility into a phenomental whole.

In particular, listen to "Come Unto Him" from Messiah. I have more than 30 complete Messiahs and this section is the best of the best of the best. Her original ornamentation is so transcendant, it's hard to imagine why anyone does it any other way.

My only regret is that she didn't record "Redeemer" on this disc.

Glorious Voice Performing Baroque Arias of Handel and Bach.......2000-01-21

This is one of the first recordings of Auger and Gerard Schwarz together...and it remains one of my all-time favorites. Auger is in fine voice...bright and luminous, but never shrill and piercing as some other noted sopranos have been in this same reperitoire.

Auger is an American artist who is first class, especially in perforamnce of the pieces contained in this recording. Gerard Schwatz is dynamic and bold in his approach, so the result is electric.

Auger displays beautiful technique throughout, especially in the Handel arias. Her stylish ornamentation is well within Baroque practice. This being said, the listener / purchaser of this recording is in for a real treat....

Augers singing of PIANGERO from Julius Caesar is perfaps the finest I have ever heard, and the simplicity and beauty of CARE SELVE is breathtaking. The selections from Messiah are handeled beautifully as well, along with selections from Alexanders Feast, Rinaldo and Samson.

I think her reading of the Handel is stronger than her interpretation of the Bach selections, however, even keen listeners will readily agrre that these too are performances of an extremely high character.

Tracks:

Ecce iam noctis: Laudes Hymn On Sundays In The Summer
Gloria in excelsis Deo: Movement Of An Ambrosian Mass
Pacem relinquo vobis; Laudate Dominum omnes gentes: Antiphon And Psalm
Coelestis aulae nuntius: Hymn On The Feast Of St. John
Ut queant laxis: Hymn Of St. John (Solmization)
Kyrie eleison (Two-Part Kyrie): Magnae Deus potentiae
Da pacem, Domine, in diebus nostris: Antiphon And Verse From Psalm 122
Illuminare, illuminare Jerusalem: from Responsory (Mode 5)
Te Deum ladamus; Te Dominum confitemur: from Te Deum (Mode 4)
Dominus vobiscum: Text From The Gospel
Te decet laus, Te decet hymnus: Doxological Hymn (Mode 1)
Oremus: Prayer Text From Pope St. Gregory
Deus in adjutorium meum intende: Introductory Versicle And Response, Little Doxology
Psalm 66: Deus miseraetur nostri
Psalm 150 - Ante luciferum genitus: Psalms And Antiphon (Mode 2) For The Early Morning Office Of Lauds
Chapter (Verse): Surge illuminare Jerusalem; Reges Tharsis et insulae: Text And Short Responsory
Illuminans altissimus; Omnes de Saba venient: Hymn. Versicle And Response
Hodie: Benedictus And Antiphon
Kyrie eleison; Pater noster
Dominus vobiscum: Prayer; Concluding Versicles And Responses for the Early Morning Office of Lauds
Veterem hominem: Antiphons (Mode 7) - Cistercian Melodies For Epiphany
Jesu Redemptor omnium: Hymn For Christmas Eve
Confitemini: Alleluia For Easter Saturday
Surrexit Dominus
Pascha nostrum
Victimae paschali: Invitatorium, Alleluia, And Sequentia For Easter Sunday
Viri Galilaei
Ascendit Deus: Introit, Offertory For Ascension Day
Veni Sancte Spiritus
Factus est: Alleluia, Communion For Pentecost
Ave maris stella: Hymn (IV Tone)
Sancta Maria, succurre miseris: Antiphon To Magnificat (I tone)
Salve Regina, Mater misericordiae: Antiphon To Mary (I Tone)