An English Ladymass [sound recording] : medieval chant and polyphony in honor of the Virgin Mary.

Author/Creator:

Anonymous 4 (Musical group) , Performer

Publication:

Los Angeles, CA : Harmonia Mundi, p1992.

Format/Description:

Sound recording
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Subjects:

Masses, Unaccompanied.
Motets.
Part-songs, Sacred.
Part-songs, English.
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Songs and music.

Contents:

Prosa: Gaude virgo salutata (chant) (1:39)
Polyphonic song: Edi beo thu hevene quene (3:34)
Introit: Salve mater redemptoris; Salve lux langentium; Salve sine spina; Salve sancta parens (2:50)
Motet: Lux polis refulgens; Lux et gloria (3:19)
Kyrie: Kyria christifera (3:57)
Gloria
Motet: Spiritus et alme; Gaude virgo salutata (1:49)
Song: Miro genere (1:33)
Gradual: Benedicta et venerabilis (3:13)
Alleluia: Alme iam ad gaudia; Alme matris dei; Alleluya per te dei (3:06)
Sequence: Missus Gabriel de celis (2:10)
Prosa: Gaude virgo gratiosa (chant) (1:57)
Polyphonic song: Salve virgo virginum (2:35)
Offertory: Felix namque (chant) (1:44)
Sanctus & Benedictus (1:40)
Sequence/song: Jesu Cristes milde moder (7:02)
Agnus dei: Virtute numinis (2:39)
Communion: Beata viscera (chant & song) (1:53)
Rondellus: Flos regalis (3:08)
Chant setting: Ite missa est (1:16)
Hymn: Ave maris stella (3:35).

Participant:

Performed by Anonymous 4, women's vocal quartet.

Notes:

"...liturgical polyphony and chant, along with other devotional works from the 13th and early 14th centuries, to create a composite Ladymass."-- booklet (p. 4).
Recorded October 9-11, 1991, at Skywalker Sound, Nicasio, CA.
Compact disc.
Program notes by Susan Hellauer in English, French, and German, and Latin texts with English, French, and German translations (58 p.) included with container.

OCLC:

181939482

Publisher Number:

9304670802
HMU 907080 Harmonia Mundi

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