Performers: Gérard Lesne, Josep Benet, Josep Cabré, Philippe Balloy
Playing time: 50' 11"
Recording date: July 1984;
Released: 1985 (HMC), 1989 (HMA)
Compilation:
Harmonia Mundi HMX 290 8042/44 [CDx3]
Musique sacrée française
Excerpts:
[1]-[3], [8]-[9], [11] Harmonia mundi HMX 290
649 [CD] Les Très Riches Heures du Moyen Âge - A
Medieval Journey CD-4 - Les Premières polyphonies
[1], [4] Harmonia Mundi "Century"
HMX 290 8167 [CD] A History of Music, vol. 5: La naissance de
la Polyphonie / The Birth of Polyphony
This is a recording of a Mass for Christmas, interspersing chant with polyphony in all-male vocal performance. The polyphonic selections are thought to have been composed by Leonin (fl.1160-1170), the predecessor of Perotin in Paris. This is a classic recording reissued at mid-price, and shows Ensemble Organum at their best.
An entire recital devoted to Leonin:
Ensemble Organum's later recording of this repertory:
And a similar program from this era, in a different performance style:
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Todd M. McComb