Liber Evangeliorum

Otfrid von Weissenburg: Liber Evangeliorum (ca 870)

Poetry and Music from the Age of Charlemagne
Ensemble Officium - Wilfried Rombach, dir.
Christophorus CHR 77279

Contents:

1. Invocatio: Wola drúhtin min
2. Invitatory: Præoccupemus faciem Domini
3. Hymn: Vox clara ecce intonat
4. Lesson I: Thiz sint búah frono
5. Responsory: Aspiciens a longe
6. Lesson II: Ward áfter thiu irscritan sár
7. Responsory: Sancta et immaculata virginitas
8. Responsory: Suscipe verbum Virgo Maria
9. Lesson III: Fûar tho sancta Mária
   Lesson III: Thó sprah sancta Mária
10. Responsory: Beatam me dicent omnes generationes
11. Responsory: Ecce apparebit Dominus
12. Hymn: Veni redemptor gentium
13. Lesson IV: Wúntar ward tho máraz
14. Responsory: O magnum mysterium
15. Responsory: Beata Dei Genitrix
16. Lesson V: Tho wúrun thar in lánte
17. Responsory: Hodie nobis cœlorum Rex
18. Responsory: Verbum caro factum est
19. Lesson VI: Thar was ein mán alter
20. Responsory: Adoma thalamum tuum Sion
21. Oratio: Giwérdo uns geban drútin
22. Antiphon: Alma Redemptoris mater

Playing time: 73' 34"

Performers:
Ensemble Officium
Marion Bücher-Herbst (voice, solo), Laila Finvik-Pettersen (voice, solo), Miriam Barth (voice), Sibylle Henn (voice), Alena Leja (voice), Christine Rombach (voice), Jörg Rieger (recitative), Steffen Doberauer (recitative), Wilfried Rombach (voice, soli), Florian Schmidt (voice), Daniel Herrscher (voice), Jens-Martin Ludwig (voice), Marc Lewon (fiddle), Uri Smilansky (fiddle), Elizabeth Rumsey (fiddle)
Wilfried Rombach, dir.

Recording site and date:
Ev. Kirche, Gönningen [06/2005];
Rel.: 2006

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Early Music America (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):
Goldberg (y., #-p.): 07, 45-82
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):

Comments:
Information from CD.
This program is taken from the Liber evangeliorum (c.870), a translation of the gospel into the Franconian dialect, accompanied by neumes. (Todd McComb)

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