Canticum Canticorum

1. Sir hassirim'aser
Composed by Anonymous

2. Filie Iherusalem nuntiate Osculetur me osculo
Composed by Anonymous

3. In odorem
Composed by Gregorian Chant

4. Si ignoras te
Composed by Anonymous

5. Rex Salomon fecit templum
Composed by Gregorian Chant

6. Pulcre sunt gene tue Iam dulcis amica venito Dum esset rex in accubitu suo
Composed by Anonymous

7. Ecce pulcher
Composed by Anonymous

8. Ecce tu pulcher es, motet for 5 voices (from Motets Book IV from Canticis canticorum)
Composed by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

9. Ecce tu pulcra es amica mea Sicut lilium inter spinas Sicut malum inter ligna silvarum
Composed by Anonymous

10. Tamquam Sponsus & Psalm 18a, antiphon in mode 8
Composed by Gregorian Chant

11. Amor vincens omina/Mariae preconio/Aptatur
Composed by Anonymous

12. Introduxit me rex, motet for 5 voices (from Motets Book IV from Canticis canticorum)
Composed by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

13. Iam enim transiit Procedentem Sponsum Ostende mihi faciem
Composed by Anonymous

14. Ferculum fecit sibi Rex Salomon
Composed by Anonymous

15. Nuptial song (Evgonima village, Chios)
Composed by Anonymous

16. Alleluja: Tota pulchra es
Composed by Anonymous

17. Favus distillans, response for Saint Ursula & her companions
Composed by Hildegard of Bingen

18. Si vocatus ad nuptias
Composed by Anonymous

19. Virgines egregie Veni dilectus meus in hortum Veni in ortum meum
Composed by Anonymous

20. Dilectus meus descendit, motet for 5 voices (from Motets Book IV from Canticis canticorum)
Composed by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

21. Anima mea liquefacta est
Composed by Anonymous

22. Adiuro vos filiae, motet for 4 voices (from Motets Book IV from Canticus Canticorum)
Composed by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

23. Aromimha lihevode
Composed by Anonymous

24. Sexaginta concubine
Composed by Anonymous

25. Que est ista, antiphon
Composed by Plainchant

26. Descendi in hortum, motet for 5 voices (from Motets Book IV from Canticis canticorum)
Composed by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

27. Veni, veni dilecte mi, motet for 5 voices (from Motets Book IV from Canticis canticorum)
Composed by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

28. Laeva eius, motet for 5 voices (from Motets Book IV from Canticis canticorum)
Composed by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

29. Soror nostra parvula
Composed by Anonymous

30. Rex Salomon fecit templum
Composed by Gregorian Chant

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Average customer rating: Derivative but thoroughly enjoyable One led to the other Horror in Every Aspect of the Word Horror has never been so clearly expressed... Perfect expression of horror and despair

Penderecki: Anaklasis; Threnody; etc. Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Penderecki | Penderecki, Krzysztof | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Flute | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Penderecki: Sacred Choral Works The Ligeti Project II: Lontano / Atmosphères / Apparitions / San Francisco Polyphony / Concert Românesc - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Jonathan Nott Penderecki: St. Luke Passion Penderecki: Orchestral Works, Vol. 02 György Ligeti Edition 1: String Quartets and Duets - Arditti String Quartet ASIN: B000002S5H Release Date: 1994-03-15

Tracks:

1. Anaklasis
2. Threnody For The Victims Of Hiroshima
3. Fonogrammi
4. De Natura Sonoris No. 1
5. Capriccio
6. Canticum Canticorum Salomonis
7. De Natura Sonoris No. 2
8. The Dream Of Jacob

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This collection of Krysztof Penderecki's music encompasses one of New Music's most intense, even extreme pieces: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima. Played in the extreme registers by 52 string performers, this piece came off in every way as a careening lamentation. Decrying the bombing of Hiroshima at a time when it was still a historical blue ribbon on the war chest of the U.S., Threnody was unforgettable for its vast ranges of sound colors, from the quietest and most brittle to the most raging, swirling bruises imaginable. UNESCO officially selected the composition as one of the finest works of 1961, emblazoning Penderecki's name and the composition's flagrant intensity around the musical globe. The remaining pieces on the CD make this a stunning collection, much of it having functioned as the musical background for The Shining. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

Derivative but thoroughly enjoyable.......2007-05-29

Although Penderecki has done very little that could be considered wholly original (most of his work borrows liberally from contemporaries such as Xenakis and Boulez), his oeuvre is still notable for a number of extremely inventive compositions that are possessed of the focus and intensity of their subject matter.

The celebrated, popular "Threnody For The Victims Of Hiroshima" is one fine example of such a composition. "Threnody" employs emotive and imitative techniques in shattering registers to deliver a sonic equivalent of the horror experienced by the victims of America's most egregious and destructive war crimes. Penderecki's first mature political statement is as effective as it is unbearably loud.

To note that the remainder of this disc's music is lighter fare is to type in a strictly relative context. But so many people seem to disregard the humor and levity of Penderecki's music, focusing only on the "horrific" aspects of his sonic palette. To be sure, Kubrick implemented key extracts from "Anaklasis," "De Natura Sonoris No. 1" and "The Dream Of Jacob" (among other works by Bartok and Ligeti) in the soundtrack for his film adaptation of "The Shining," but the placement of these selections indicate as much an emphasis of a certain sly wit as they do of a blunt, morbid effect.

My personal favorite track from this album is an excellent premiere recording of "The Dream Of Jacob." Although this was composed of a distinctly Catholic sensibility, its' effect isn't dulled in the slightest even when divorced from the myth of a Hebrew patriarch's sacred vision. This must be the one of the most profound, terrifying compositions that I've heard. But its' effect is due in part to relative simplicity - despite the inherent atonality of all of his early popular compositions, Penderecki's popularity is directly related to the accessibility of his work.

After expressing a petulant ignorance of the intention in which "Threnody For The Victims Of Hiroshima" was composed, an earlier disgruntled reviewer still typed a harsh but fair truth: "Penderecki is the Strauss of the avant-garde, a popularizer of advanced techniques that were developed by real geniuses to express the inexpressible." This much can't be denied; Penderecki's music is built from the influence of far greater minds. But this should not suggest that his product is without merit. To the contrary, Krzysztof Penderecki has composed a handful of enduring - albeit derivative - classics that will likely stand the test of time. This much can't be said of most music that is so atonal in any way or to any degree.

The sound of this disc is excellent. I don't know what I find more impressive: the quality of the original mid-'70s recordings or the excellent remastering that they were subjected to. These recordings sound as clear and brilliant as they possibly could.

The popularity of this disc is obviously related to the fact that no soundtrack album for "The Shining" was ever released. However, it's worth buying simply because there are no available recordings of the compositions on this disc that can rival these. To be certain, Penderecki's interaction with both the PROC and the LSO exhibits a considerable talent as a conductor.

One led to the other.......2007-05-19

In the liner notes, the composer is quoted in regard to Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima "the problem of the great Apocalypse (Auschwitz), that great war crime, has undoubtedly been in my subconscious mind since the war when, as a child, I saw the destruction of the ghetto in my small native town of Debiça". Nazi Germany was responsible for that destruction, not to mention Auschwitz, and although Imperial Japan took no direct part in those atrocities, they were allied with Germany during the war. So the bombing of Hiroshima, in some way, was connected to the atrocity the young Penderecki witnessed. Thus, through this association, the Threnody becomes a lament for all victims of war. At least, I think that's what the composer intended. Perhaps this is a work where title and comments can only detract from its effectiveness. Standing on its own as a pure cry of horror, Threnody has few equals.

Horror in Every Aspect of the Word.......2007-05-11

Dear fellow music lovers, be careful with the 'items' of this disc. I am not sure what accurately to call them; I would not want to use the word 'music', as music to me is this lovely, divine force or language that through structure, harmony, melody and thematics enhances one's life. In Penderecki's items, none of these parameters are to be found. What he has composed is indeed something that generates sound; sound can be found everywhere around us; sound is, however, definitely not the same as music.

I have to credit Mr Penderecki for giving us the collection of alarm-emulating sounds constituting the Hiroshima Threnody. I would imagine these horror sounds quite appropriately to represent the situation prevalent in Hiroshima during the awful nuclear blasting. Experiencing these sounds indeed has some value; other than that I cannot really identify anything to pay for on this disc. Creating various sounds, or even noises as they often turn out to be, can be done by anyone; creating great music, on the other hand, certainly cannot be done by anyone--and unfortunately not by Penderecki.

The second star goes to EMI's sound production, which is amazing considering it was done more than 30 years ago--superior to the vast majority of productions from this source done afterwards. As such, it is more than well in the demonstration bracket. Having said that, be careful demonstrating your hi-fi equipment using this disc, as your friends may indeed expect it to convey music--not horror sounds.

Horror has never been so clearly expressed..........2005-06-22

I am not usually a fan of so-called "avant-garde" music. Though this may fit into that category, everything that Penderecki does seems to be used as a form of expression. What is he trying to express? Horror.

The very beginning of "Threnody" makes one flinch. I remember turning up the volume quite loud when listening to this, and upon doing so, I was in for quite a surprise. I had never heard music quite like this before. "Threnody" starts with a high, shrill note in the violins, and the rest join in. By the time this section is over, just about anything else that follows seems tame.

What amazed me was, although the work was brutally dissonant at times, there was a beauty in the dissonances. The jarring harmonies all seemed to fit in place. They made sense, though they might have been painful to listen to.

The capriccio was fascinating. The violinist was quite good, both technically and expressively. This piece is quite difficult to describe. The term "capriccio" makes one think that it is supposed to be humorous in some way... and in a sense it is, but in a way that is almost terrifying.

The Canticum Canticorum Salomonis was beautiful and haunting. The voices, like spirits, surround you, crying, gasping, whispering, and moaning. At times there seem to be tonal influences, though they are rare. Overall, this is probably my favorite track on the CD.

I would definitely recommend this CD, even to those without much experience with atonal music, if they are willing to give it a try. It really is beautiful, though the beauty can only be found when one realizes that this music is not supposed to be "pretty", it isn't supposed to be tonal, and it IS supposed to contain strong dissonances. That is how it gets its point across, and in that sense, Penderecki knew what he was doing.

Perfect expression of horror and despair.......2005-05-03

If there's ever been a more perfect expression of the emotions of horror, despair, chaos, violence...etc. put on disc than "Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima" then I certainly don't know about it.

Yet for all it's dissonance and atonality I found myself drawn to it, and even listened to it several times. This is not background music for a tea party with finger sandwiches, in fact it sounds like fodder for horror movie soundstracks.

Yet the music is so well done; conceptualized and actualized that it's compelling and I find, actually, very listenable.

This goes for the other pieces on the recording, which add to and complement each other very well.

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Tapestry: Song of Songs Come into My Garden Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Hildegard of Bingen | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Tapestry: Fourth River: Millennium Revealed Sapphire Night ASIN: B000007OMC Release Date: 1998-06-16

Tracks:

1. I. Surge, Propera Amica Mea
2. II. Descendi In Hortum Meum
3. III. Ego Dilecto Meo
4. Yo M'Asento En Mi Ventana
5. Rex Solomon
6. Hebrew Cantillation (Uri Tsafon)
7. Awake, North Wind
8. Hebrew Cantillation (Shir Hashirim)
9. Shir Hashirim
10. Hebrew Cantillation (Hinach Yafah)
11. O Ecclesia
12. Hebrew Cantillation (Yonati B'Chagvey)
13. Dodi Li
14. Osculetur Me
15. Hebrew Cantillation (Hishbati Etchem)
16. Dilectus Meus
17. Hebrew Cantillation (Kol Dodi)
18. Una Matica De Ruda
19. Set Me As A Seal Upon Thy Heart

Average customer rating: A welcome addition to the discography of Spanish Renaissance

Canticum Canticorum: De Moraies, Guerrero, Et Al Orch of the Renaissance Manufacturer: Glossa ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004TQXK Release Date: 2000-05-15

Customer Reviews:

A welcome addition to the discography of Spanish Renaissance.......2001-02-08

With this disc, the Orchestra of the Renaissance gives us yet another window into the Golden Age of Spanish Renaissance (check out also their Cordoba Vespers and Guerrero Requiem - I am not affiliated with them in any way but I am impressed with the quality of their work). The group is uniquely suited to performing Spanish Renaissance music. Organized by Richard Cheetham - a well-known sackbut player who played with groups such as Jordi Savall's Hesperion XX - the group aims at integrating voices and instruments into seamless and historically defensible performances. The historical evidence that instruments participated in sacred ceremonies is very strong when it comes to Spain. Yet, up until today, this repertory has been dominated by a capella groups. By introducing instruments into the fabric of Spanish Renaissance music, the Orchestra of the Renaissance gives us a sound that is refreshingly different from the more familiar a capella sound (to be sure, people such as Bruno Turner have used instruments back in the 1970's, but the more prominent groups such as the Tallis Scholars have sung everything a capella). The instruments here include mostly cornets and sackbuts, but also an organ and a harp (a nice touch). The program is devoted to music based on the texts from the Biblical Song of Songs. The bulk of the recording is Morales's mass Vulnerasti Cor Meum, which was published in 1544. This mass is based on an eponymous motet (translated as "Thou hast ravished my heart") composed by Antoine de Fevin (or perhaps Jean Mouton). The mass movements are interspersed with motets, including Victoria's ravishing Nigra sum sed formosa ("I am black but I am beautiful"). The singers (a small choir of eight) include William Missin, Robert Harre-Jones and James Gilchrist. If you venture into this repertory even casually, you will know these names. They do not disappoint. --gggimpy@yahoo.com.

Average customer rating: a voice teacher and early music fan What a collection

Palestrina: Canticum canticorum: Spiritual Madrigals Manufacturer: EMI Classics Imports ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Hilliard Ensemble | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Palestrina: Missa Hodie Christus natus est; Stabat Mater; Lasus: Missa Bell' Amfitrit' altera Tallis Scholars sing Palestrina Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs Music for the Spanish Kings ASIN: B00008Y17C Release Date: 2003-11-04

Tracks:

1. Osculetur Me Osculo Oris Sui
2. Trahe Me, Post Te Curremus
3. Nigra Sum, Sed Formosa
4. Vineam Meam Non Custodivi
5. Si Ignoras Te
6. Pulchrae Sunt Genae Tuae
7. Fasciculus Myrrhae
8. Ecce Tu Pulcher Es
9. Tota Pulchra Es Amica Mea
10. Vulnerasti Cor Meum
11. Sicut Lilium Inter Spinas
12. Introduxit Me Rex In Cellam
13. Laeva Eius Sub Capite Meo
14. Vox Dilecti Mei
15. Surge, Prepera, Amica Mea
16. Surge, Amica Mea
17. Dilectus Meus Mihi
18. Surgam, Et Circuibo Civitatem

Tracks:

1. Adiuro Vos, Filiae Ierusalem
2. Caput Eius Aurum Optimum
3. Dilectus Meus Descendit
4. Pulchra Es, Amica Mea
5. Quae Est Ista Quae Progreditur
6. Descendi In Hortum Meum
7. Quam Pulchri Sunt Gressus Tui
8. Duo Ubera Tua Sicut Duo Hinnuli
9. Quam Pulchra Es
10. Guttur Tuum Sicut Vinum Optimum
11. Veni Dilecte Mi
12. Vergine Belle, Che Di Sol Vestita
13. Vergine Saggia, E Del Bel Numer'una
14. Vergine Pura, D'Ogni Part'intiera
15. Vergine Santa, D'ogni Gratia Piena
16. Vergine Sol' Al Mondo Senza Esempio
17. Vergine, Chiara E Stablie In Eterno
18. Vergine, Quante Largim'ho Gia Sparte
19. Vergine, Tal E Terra E Post'ha In Doglia

Customer Reviews:

a voice teacher and early music fan.......2007-03-17

Giovanno Pierluigi da Palestrina(1525-1594) wrote in his 'First Book of Motets' (1563) the following dedication: 'The function of music in the church is the seasoning of devotion by the added delight of sweetness of song and variety of harmony,' So well did his music embody that pious belief that a commission appointed by the Council of Trent to purify the church service in 1564 left Palestrinas' compositions untouched. In all the long list of masses, madrigals and motets, there is not one that is cheap or unworthy. Purity and clarity, comparative brevity and simplicity, polyphony used with judicious reserve, the banishing of secular elements from his music,-these are the qualities which won him the title Princeps Musicae (Prince of Music)-which is engraved on his tombstone.
Palestrina set the poet Petrarch's poem 'Vergine bella', a poem consisting of ten verses and a short concluding verse in praise of the Virgin to music. These 'spiritual madrigals', as they were called, reflected the mood of the Catholic revival known as the Counter-Reformation.
Palestrina's motets are not only restrained, but their proportion to his total sacred output is also significantly smaller than that of other Italian composers. In only one respect was Palestrina 'modern'-namely, in his fondness for polychordal writing, which, as practised, was essentially chordal and thus allowed the words to be clearly heard.
The Hilliard Ensemble does a creditable job performing this music, but I must comment that the balance is very much disturbed by the quality of the countertenor voice of David James. His voice is harsh and rough and cutting much of the time and does not blend well with the rest of the group. When I saw that Michael Chance was also singing, it encouraged me to purchase the double disc, BUT Chance only sings very briefly in 2 selections on CD 2 and none on CDl, Chance is able to soften and enrich and blend, thus mellowing somewhat the overall ensemble sound. Perhaps it does not disturb others as it seems to 'bug' me. The recording is a good representation of Palestrina's music.

What a collection.......2006-04-15

Anyone who appreciates the genius of Palestrina will love this album. The performances are sheer perfection. The dynamics are really outstanding. It is an album that is sublime.

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Tracks:

1. Rondeau - Empire Brass Quintet
2. Death Of Tybalt - Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
3. Rainbow Body - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
4. Malaguena - Yolanda Kondonassis
5. Surge, Propera Amica Mea - Tapestry
6. Double Fugue - Moderato Maestoso - Gerard Schwarz
7. Presto - Allegro Assai - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra And Chorus
8. Parade Of The Charioteers - Erich Kunzel
9. String Of Pearls - John Pizzarelli
10. Prelude - Allegro Vivace - Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra
11. La Rejoussance - Boston Baroque
12. Finale: Allegro Moderato (Revised Version) - Philharmonia Orchestra
13. Infernal Dance Of King Katschei - Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
14. End Theme - University Of Cincinnati Musical Theater Department
15. Scollay's Reel/King Of The Fairies/Old Grey Cat/The Dance Goes On - Ensemble Galilei

Average customer rating: Read Steven Guy's Review As deep and as wide as an ocean

Canticum Canticorum Palestrina , Turner , and Pro Cantione Antiqua Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music $9.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Palestrina: Missa Hodie Christus natus est; Stabat Mater; Lasus: Missa Bell' Amfitrit' altera Gibbons: Choral and Organ Music Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli, Missa Aeterna Biber: The Mystery Sonatas Buxtehude: Seven Trio Sonatas, Op. 2 ASIN: B00006644C Release Date: 2002-06-11

Customer Reviews:

Read Steven Guy's Review.......2006-11-18

I love the review by Steven Guy, which follows below! The list he offers of glorious music could only be improved by adding Monteverdi's Selva Morale e Spirituale (and possibly a few post-Beethoven items...). Take his advice! Buy it!

As deep and as wide as an ocean.......2006-11-17

This is a great work. Perhaps it is one of the greatest musical masterpieces in human history? It is certainly "up there" with Machaut's 'Messe de Notre Dame', Ockeghem's 'Requiem', Brumel's 'Missa et ecce terræ motus', Lassus's 'Penitential Psalms', Monteverdi's 'Vespro della Beata Vergine' and 8th book of madrigals, Schütz' 'Psalmen Davids' & three 'Symphoniæ Sacræ', Biber's 'Mystery Sonatas', Corelli's 'Concerti Grossi', Bach's Passions & B Minor Mass, Mozart's da Ponte operas and Beethoven's symphonies.

This work is sung by a group of soloists - ten men - rather than a choir. The result is a very much more intimate "chamber" performance of this work. The singers are all very good, with countertenors James Bowman, Charles Brett and Robin Tyson, singing the highest cantus lines.

You need to spend time with this music. Not an hour here or there. You NEED to spend years with this music. It isn't music for immediate gratification or titillation. It is music of the most passionate, deep, thoughtful, beautiful and involved kind. Palestrina didn't write this music to "please the masses", he wrote it for the intellectual stimulation of the intellectuals and intellectual faithful of his time, or so it seems to me. The Canticum Canticorum is NOT for philistines, New Agers and people who want "classy Renaissance dinner party music" to impress their friends.

This is music which stands outside of time and space. You want a description of the music on this recording? I can't give one, nor will I try. This is, in many ways, what used to be known as "Absolute Music".

Wanna know what that is? Look it up!

A few final words: this recording is sublime, beautiful, passionate, deep and definitive.

There, I hope that is enough for you!

Now go out and goddam well buy this disc! Okay? >;-/

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CANTICUM CANTICORUM : Capilla Flamenca - Dirk Snellings Manufacturer: Eufoda ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000EMT16S Release Date: 2006-02-17

Tracks:

1. Gregorian, Quam pulchra es
2. John Dunstable (1390-1453), Quam pulchra es
3. John Pyamour (fl. 1418-1431), Quam pulchra es
4. Johannes Prioris (ca. 1460-1512/1514), Quam pulchra es
5. Luis De Narvaez (fl. 1530-1550), O gloriosa domina
6. Jacquet De Mantua (1483-1559), Audi, dulcis amica mea
7. Gregorian, Tota pulchra es
8. Gaspar Van Weerbeke (1445-ca. 1517), Tota pulchra es
9. Alexander Agricola (ca. 1446-1506), Belle sur toutes - Tota pulchra es
10. Heinrich Isaac (1450-1517), Tota pulchra es
11. Hans Judenk1450-1526), Tota pulchra es
12. Gaspar Van Weerbeke, Anima mea liquefacta est
13. Louis Comp (ca. 1445-1518), Plaine d'ennuy - Anima mea liquefacta est
14. Vincenzo Capirola (1474-ca. 1548), Ricercar
15. Adriaen Willaert (1490-1562), Ave, regina caelorum
16. Francesco Da Milano (1497-1543), Ricercar

Product Description

Canticum Canticorum

Capilla Flamenca

Marnix De Cat - counter-tenor
Jan Caals - tenor
Lieven Termont - barytone
Dirk Snellings - bass
Jan Van Outryve - lute
Liam Fennelly - viol

Average customer rating: Excellent collection of both old and new choral music. Beautiful, but... here in hiding

A Hilliard Songbook: New Music for Voices Manufacturer: Ecm Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Feldman | Feldman, Morton | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by MacMillan | MacMillan, James | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Part | Part, Arvo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tormis | Tormis, Veljo | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | 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 Hilliard Ensemble | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal Works by Part | Part, Arvo | M to P | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Anonymous | A to B | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chants | 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 ECM Classical | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ECM Jazz & World | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ASIN: B000024R1Q Release Date: 2000-08-08

Tracks:

1. Un coup de des
2. Only
3. Endechas y canciones: No pueden dormir mis ojos
4. Endechas y canciones: Endechas a la muerte de Guillen Peraza
5. Endechas y canciones: III Pues mi pena veis
6. Endechas y canciones: IV Ojos de la mi senora
7. True Beautie
8. On Black And White
9. True Beautie
10. Emerodde
11. True Beautie
12. Lasent
13. True Beautie
14. By Falshood
15. Incantation
16. Kullervo's Message

Tracks:

1. Adoro te devote
2. ...Here In Hiding...
3. And One Of The Pharisees
4. Summa
5. Whale Rant
6. Music For The Star Of The Sea
7. Stabant autem Iuxta crucem
8. Sharp Thorne
9. Canticum Canticorum I: I Surge, properea amica mea
10. Canticum Canticorum I: II Descendi in hortum meum
11. Canticum Canticorum I: III Ego dilecto meo

Customer Reviews:

Excellent collection of both old and new choral music........2006-02-14

'A Hilliard Songbook' or 'New Music for Voices' fills out a niche which Gordon Jones, the author of the notes for the album, states can be pretty barren of new works. I was especially happy to discover this album since Stanley Kubrick created in me a taste for modern choral music by his using several modern choral works in his epochal film, '2001'.

Especially for anyone fond of men's choirs and have had their fill of medieval polyphony, Bach cantatas, and recordings of the Red Army choir, these pieces are especially welcome. Like several of the pieces in '2001', they are most distinctive in using the human voice more like a most versatile of musical instruments than older works.

As some of the pieces were commissioned by The Hilliard Ensemble, they may be found nowhere else. So, in a world with very few good Arvo Part and other modern choral music, this recording is a real find!

Beautiful, but..........2000-12-29

... excepting "Un coup de des" by Barry Guy, the contempoprary pieces commissioned by this group sound less "modern" than the medieval music usually presented in other CDs by the same singers.

here in hiding.......2000-10-15

This is a fantastic collection of songs performed by one of the world's most revered vocal ensembles. All of the pieces demand exceptional skill, and many of them are based on a style of music which may be described as traditionally religious. To my ear, some of the pieces resemble medieval music of 12th century Paris. As an introduction, Gordon Jones, baritone, briefly explains how the ensemble received the compositions. All but four of the pieces were written for the Hilliard Ensemble. Those which were not (Feldman, Finnissy, Pärt) "are here simply because of their own particular qualities, musical, textural or rhetorical, and because they have all featured in our recent concert programmes." Each of the pieces has a short paragraph or two describing the work. Many of these are written by the composers themselves and they are immensely valuable in their explanations. I enjoy the Morton Feldman piece. It is a small setting for solo voice of Sonnet XXII from the Sonette an Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) written when Feldman was 21 representing his earliest published work. If you are intersted in exceptional vocal music, a cross-section of twentieth century vocal compositions or in music which is peaceful and reflective, this CD will be interesting to you.

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Soror mea, Sponsa mea: Canticum Canticorum nei Conventi Manufacturer: Tactus Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Monteverdi | Monteverdi, Claudio | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Canti Nel Chiostro Rosa Mistica ASIN: B0007ZEQ8A Release Date: 2005-07-12

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Alexander Knaifel: Chapter Eight - Make Me Drunk With Your Kisses Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Rostropovich, Mstislav | ( R ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Alexander Knaifel: Amicta Sole A Silly Horse Alexander Knaifel: Svete Tikhiy Valentin Silvestrov: Symphony No. 6 Misterioso ASIN: B000000S8B Release Date: 1997-06-24

Tracks:

1. Canticum Canticorum ( Song Of Songs): 'Who Is Coming Up From THe Wilderness' -- Stanza I - VI
2. Canticum Canticorum ( Song Of Songs): ' O That You Were Like A Brother To Me' - Stanza VII -- XI
3. Canticum Canticorum ( Song Of Songs): ' Make Haste, My Beloved ' -- Stanza XII -- XV
4. Canticum Canticorum ( Song Of Songs): ' You Who Dwell In The Gardens ' -- Stanza XVI--XXII
5. Canticum Canticorum ( Song Of Songs): 'Set Me As A Seal Upon Your Heart' XXIII-XXXII
6. Canticum Canticorum ( Song Of Songs): ' His Left Hand Is Under My Head ' -- Stanza XXIX--XXXII

Track Listings:

1. Complete Collection of Opera Recordings, Vol. 2
2. Complete Works for Organ 1
3. Concerti for Two Harpsichords / Krebs - Schaffrath - Bach
4. Daniel and the Lions
5. David Oistrakh Plays Violin Sonatas By Beethoven & Mozart
6. Deon Nielsen Price: To The Children of War; Diversions; Crossroads' Alley Trio; L'Alma Jubilo; Big Sur Triptych; Hexa
7. Dream Time: Chamber Music 3
8. Dvorak & Saint-Saens: Cello Concertos, etc
9. Edward Elgar: Cell Concerto, Op 85/The Dream Of Gerontius, Op 38
10. Elinor Remick Warren: The Legend Of King Arthur

Track Listings

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Track Listings

A-Ha Shake Heartbreak [Import]

Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 In C Minor, Op. 65

Crossroad Blues: Robert Johnson & Friends [Import]

World Galaxy [Import] [Original recording remastered]

Double Dealer [Import]

Finally

Crayola Storybook Songs

Full Spectrum Voice

Delta Dreamland

Corazon Libre

Ecstasy

Come On! [Import]

Drum & Bass 2000 (3cd Boxset) [Import]

Mozart: Violin Sonatas K. 301, 304, 376 & 526

Siren Song of the Counter Culture