Sources:
[1] Provins - Bibl. Mun. 12 (24), fol. 1617
[2] Paris - B.N. Lat., Fol. 257r
[3] Organum: Wolfenbüttel Helmst. 628, Fol. 21r, 21v;
Monody: Paris - B.N. Lat. 111, Fol. 20
[4] Monody: Paris - B.N. Lat. 111
Organum: Wolfenbüttel Fol. 21v, Fol. 22v;
[6] Offertoire neumés – Solesmes , 1978 (R. Fischer)
[7]-[8] Wolf. Helmst. 628
[9] Paris - B.N. Lat. 1112, Fol. 259
[10] Graduel Triplex Solesmes, 1979 (R. Fischer / M.C. Billecocq)
[11] Florence, Bibl. Laurenziana, Pluteo 29-1/Fol. 89v
Performers:
Ensemble Organum
Gérard Lesne (counter-tenor), Josep Benet (tenor), Josep
Cabré (baritone), Philippe Balloy (baritone)
Marcel Pérès, dir.
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
Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): (Sep. 1986)
Rétoire: (Sep. 1989)
Opéra International: (Oct. 1985)
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.
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And a similar program from this era, in a different performance style:
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Todd M. McComb