In Memoriam – Machaut: Messe Notre Dame

In Memoriam – Guillaume de Machaut: Messe Notre Dame

Ensemble Musica Nova – Lucien Kandel, dir.
Aeon AECD 1093 [CD-Postcard]

Contents:

Philippe de Vitry

1. Gratissima Virginis / Vos Qui Admiramini

Anon., Codex Robertsbridge

2. Adesto (diminution organ)

Philippe de Vitry

3. Impudenter / Virtutibus Laudabilis

? Pierre de Bruges, Codex Ivrea

4. Musicalis Sciencia / Sciencie Laudabili

? Gilles d'Orléans, Codex Chantilly

5. Alma Polis Religio / Axe Poli Cum Artica

Bernard de Cluny

6. Apollinis Eclipsatur / Pantheon Abluitur / Zodiacum Signis Lustrantibus / In Omnem Terram

Anon., Codex Robertsbridge

7. Tribum (diminution organ)

Guillaume de Machaut: Messe Notre Dame

8. Kyrie 1
9. Christe
10. Kyrie 2 – Kyrie 3
11. Gloria
12. Credo
13. Sanctus
14. Agnus Dei
15. Ite Missa Est

Anon., Codex Faenza

16. Benedicamus Domino (diminution organ)

Andrieu

17. Armes, Amours / O Flour Des Flours

Performers:
Ensemble Musica Nova
Christel Boiron (cantus), Caroline Magalhaes (cantus), Marie-Claude Vallin (cantus), Lucien Kandel (countertenor), Xavier Olagne (countertenor), Thierry Peteau (tenor), Jérémie Couleau (tenor), Marc Busnel (bass), Guillaume Olry (bass), Joseph Rassam (gothic organ)
Lucien Kandel, dir.

Playing time: 76' 58"

Recording site and date:
Abbaye de Royaumont, France [04/2010];
Rel.: 2010

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 585-98 (November 2010)
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.): 35/1-340 (September/October 2011)
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 88/1067-84 (February 2011)

Comments:
Information from Todd McComb. The Kyrie tracks are performed in alternation with diminutions from the Faenza Codex. Timing is actual time; 75'34 on container. The label number is listed as AECD 0993 on the spine.

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