Jerusalem: Gregorian Chant and Early Polyphony

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
With the year 2000 upon us, one theme on which performers of medieval music have focused is Jerusalem, a city that has been for centuries the focus of the millennial (as it were) aspirations of both Jews and Christians. Late in 1998, Gothic Voices released an excellent recording of medieval works centered on Jerusalem as the goal of the Crusaders. On this disc, Brigitte Lesne and Discantus perform a program of sacred music about Jerusalem as spiritual objective--both the earthly city (as Zion, the focus of longing for the ancient Israelites in their exiles in Babylon and Persia) and the "New Jerusalem," the heavenly abode of peace described by St. John in the Book of Revelation. The works Lesne has gathered include a variety of medieval forms: majestic organum in the style Perotin cultivated at Notre-Dame in Paris, a gently dancing triple-time motet from the 13th century, a 1,000-year-old hymn with two-part harmony improvised according to medieval principles, and (of course) plainchant.

With any recording of medieval music by an all-female vocal ensemble, comparisons with the phenomenally successful Anonymous 4 are almost unavoidable. While nobody can quite match Anonymous 4's silky, extraordinarily unanimous sound, Discantus is just as skillful, with a full, earthy sound and pointed rhythmic delivery (in contrast to the ethereal smoothness of their American colleagues). This recording may not sell as well as "An English Ladymass," but it's every bit as good. --Matthew Westphal

Jerusalem: Gregorian Chant and Early Polyphony, Music, Gregorian Chant, Krystof Harant, Hildegard of Bingen, Choral, Choral Music, Classical, Classical Artists, Classical Music, Early Music / Chant, Vocal, Vocal Music, Western European Chant

Average customer rating:

Alleluia Nativitas: Medieval Christmas Manufacturer: Metronome ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Orlando Consort | ( O ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Partsongs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Pop Instrumental & Easy Listening | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Pop Instrumental & Easy Listening | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B00005RDC4 Release Date: 2001-10-16

Tracks:

1. France: Novus Annus Hodie
2. France: Ut Iam Cessit
3. France: Fulget Dies Celebris
4. France: Vetus Abit Littera
5. France: Procedenti Puero
6. France: Mater Dei Salus Rei
7. France: In Sompnis Mira
8. France: Huic Et Placuit
9. France: Viderunt Omnes
10. England: Angelus Ad Virginem
11. England: Flos Regalis
12. England: Beata Viscera
13. England: Orientis Partibus
14. England: Salve Sancta Parens
15. England: Virgo Maria
16. England: Edi Beo Thu
17. England: Super Te Jerusalem
18. England: O Nobilis Nativitas
19. England: There Is No Rose
20. England: St Thomas Honour We
21. England: Nowell, Nowell: The Boare's Head

Average customer rating: Good Start in Medieval

The Years 1000-1400: Hildegard von Bingen, Perotin, et al Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Hildegard of Bingen | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music | Baroque | Classical | General | Modern & 20th Century | Romantic | Sinfonia | Sinfonia Concertante General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Years 1400-1500: Dunstable, Dufay et al ASIN: B0000061LX Release Date: 1998-03-10

Tracks:

1. Alma Redemptoris Mater
2. O lerusalem
3. Congaudeant catholoci
4. Sederunt principes
5. Pero que seja gente (Cantigas de Santa Maria)
6. Alleluja, V. Inclite du Benedicte Benedicte merita
7. Petre Clemens, tam re quam nimine Lugentium siccentur occuli plaudent senes
8. Tant m'abellis l'amoros pessamens
9. Vil lieber grusse

Customer Reviews:

Good Start in Medieval.......2001-06-03

Average customer rating:

Jerusalem: Gregorian Chant and Early Polyphony Manufacturer: Opus 111 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Hildegard of Bingen | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004SDI0 Release Date: 2000-05-09

Amazon.com

With any recording of medieval music by an all-female vocal ensemble, comparisons with the phenomenally successful Anonymous 4 are almost unavoidable. While nobody can quite match Anonymous 4's silky, extraordinarily unanimous sound, Discantus is just as skillful, with a full, earthy sound and pointed rhythmic delivery (in contrast to the ethereal smoothness of their American colleagues). This recording may not sell as well as "An English Ladymass," but it's every bit as good. --Matthew Westphal

Track Listings:

1. John Tavener: The Hidden Face
2. Laurel Zucker, Virtuoso Flutist
3. Mass in E Flat
4. Mendelssohn: Italian & Reformation Symphonies
5. Messiaen: Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum No1-5; Sept haïkaï
6. Monteverdi: Madrigale Erotici e Spirituale (Consort of Musicke)
7. Mozart: Concertos Nos. 21 & 27
8. Mozart Piano Concertos: Concerto No. 12 in A major, KV 414; Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major, KV 482
9. Mozart Piano Concertos: Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat major, KV 450; Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, KV 415; Rondo in D major, KV 382
10. Mozart Piano Concertos: Piano Concerto No. 16 in D major, KV 451; Piano Concerto No. 18 in B flat major, KV 456

Track Listings

track listings

Track Listings

Definitive Collection [Import]

Four Austrian Sopranos of the Past

God's Promise to Me

Celebration

Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake [Import]

Ghetto Love [Import]

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas [EP] [Import]

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Ezio Pinza

How I Feel

Handcrafted

Howlin' Wind [Import] [Original recording remastered]

Gene Simmons [Import]

Hardcore Beats [Import]

"John Starnes - Greatest Hits, Vol. 1"

Blue Glass