Hanelle: Cypriot Vespers

Hanelle: Cypriot Vespers

Graindelavoix - Björn Schmelzer
Glossa Platinum 32112

Contents:

1. Maronite chant: Arsala'llah
2. Plainchant: O Sapientia
3. Hanelle: O Sapientia incarnata / Nos demoramur
4. Plainchant: O Adonay
5. Hanelle: O Adonay domus Israel / Pictor eterne syderum
6. Byzantine chant: Bithleem estimazu
7. Plainchant: O Radix Yesse
8. Hanelle: O Radix Yesse splendida / Cuncti fundent precamina
9. Plainchant: O Clavis David
10. Hanelle: O Clavis David aurea / Quis igitur aperiet
11. Byzantine chant: I parthenos simeron
12. Plainchaint: O Oriens
13. Hanelle: Lucis eterne splendor / Venis splendor mirabilis
14. Plainchant: O Rex gentium
15. Hanelle: O Rex virtutum gloria / Quis possit digne exprimere
16. Arabo-Byzantine: Alyawma youlado mina lbatoul
17. Plainchant: O Emanuel
18. Hanelle: O Emanuel rex noster / Magne virtutum conditor
19. Plainchant: O Virgo virginum
20. Hanelle: O sacra Virgo virginum / Tu nati nata suscipe
21. Byzantine chant: Simeron ghennate ek Parthenou
22. Plainchant: Hodie Christus natus est
23. Hanelle: Hodie puer nascitur / Homo mortalis firmiter

Performers: Anne-Kathryn Olsen, Razek-François Bitar, Albert Riera, Andrés Miravete, Marius Peterson, Adrian Sîrbu, Jean-Christophe Brizard, Bart Meynckens, Tomàs Maxé

Playing time: 76'

Recording date: December 2015 (Belgium); released: 2016

The present recording attributes the "O" antiphon cycle of Cyprus, and indeed the entire Turin manuscript, to Jean Hanelle (c.1380-c.1436), possibly a teacher of Dufay. Here the cycle is presented with a variety of related material for context.

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