Ludus Danielis

Ludus Danielis: Anonymous from Beauvais
Liturgical Drama of the XII Century
Various performers & Clemencic Consort – René Clemencic, dir.
Ermitage 188 [CD ?]
Aura Classics 184-2 [CD]

Contents:

    Anon., Beauvais Ms.
  1. Ad honrem tui, Christe, ...
  2. Rex in eternum vive! Vos qui paretis meis vocibus, ...
  3. Vocate mathematicos Chaldeaos, ...
  4. Cum doctorum et magorum omnis adsit contio
  5. Rex in eternum vive!
  6. Rex, tuo nolo munera; ...
  7. Tolle vasa, princeps militiae, ...
  8. Ecce Rex Darius venit cum principus, ...
  9. Rex in eternum vive! Decreverunt in tua curia ...
  10. Numquid, Dari, observari statuisti omnibus, ...
  11. Heu, heu, heu! Quo casu sortis venit haec damnatio mortis?
  12. Tene, putas, Daniel, salvabit, ut eripiaris ...
  13. Danielem educite, et emulos immittite
  14. Ecce venit sanctus ille, Sanctorum saanctissimus, ...

Playing time: 59' 40"

Performers:
Alessandro Quassimodo (narrator), Zeger Vandersteene (counter-tenor – Daniel), Pedro Lieudo (bass/baritone – King Baldassare / Abacuc), Drew Minter (counter-tenor – Queen / Angel), Kurt Spanier (tenor – King Dario), Frederick Urray (tenor – Baldassare's First Prince / Dario's First Satrap), Andrew Schultze (baritone – Baldassare's First Satrap / First emulous), Mieczyslaw Antoniak (tenor – Baldassare's Second Satrap / Second emulous), Ladislaw Illawsky (Baritone – First Magician / Dario's Second Prince), Hannes Jockel (bass – Second Magician), Nikos Kapetas (bass – Baldassare's Second Prince / Dario's Second Satrap)
Clemencic Consort
Frantisek Pok (cornett, bagpipes, marine trumpet), Renate Hildebrand (bombarde), Michael Dittrich (rebec, rabab, fidula, mandora), Andras Kecskés (lute, jew's harp, rebec, psaltery), Bernard Blanc (hurdy-gurdy), Wolfgang Reithofer (recorderrs, horns)
René Clemencic, cond.

Recording site and date:
Chiesa di San Francesco, Locarno [10/1976];
Rel.: 1996 (Ermitage ?), 1999 (Aura)

Reviewed in:
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.): 32/4- (Mar/Apr 2009)

Comments:
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Pierre-F. Roberge