An English Ladymass

An English Ladymass

13th & 14th century Chant & Polyphony in honor of the Virgin Mary
Anonymous 4
Harmonia Mundi HMU 907080 [CD]
Harmonia Mundi HMU 407080 [Cass.]

Contents:

1. Prosa: Gaude virgo salutata (chant)
2. Song: Edi beo thu hevene quene
3. Introit: Salve mater redemptoris / Salve lux langentium / Salve sine spina / Salve sancta parens
4. Motet: Lux polis refulgens / Lux et gloria
5. Kyrie: Kyria christifera
6. Gloria
7. Motet: Spiritus et alme / Gaude virgo salutata
8. Song: Miro genere
9. Gradual: Benedicta et venerabilis
10. Alleluia: Alme iam ad gaudia / Alme matris dei / Alleluya per te dei
11. Sequence: Missus Gabriel de celis
12. Prosa: Gaude virgo gratiosa (chant)
13. Song: Salve virgo virginum
14. Offertory: Felix namque (chant)
15. Sanctus & Benedictus
16. Sequence Song: Jesu Cristes milde moder
17. Agnus Dei: Virtute numinis
18. Communion: Beata viscera (chant & song)
19. Rondellus: Flos regalis
20. Chant: Ite missa est
21. Hymn: Ave maris stella

Performers:
Anonymous 4
Ruth Cunningham, Marsha Genensky, Susan Hellauer, Johanna Rose

Playing time: 59'

Recording date: October 1991;
Rel.: 1992

Excerpts:
[1], [14], [21] Harmonia mundi HMX 2907546 [CD] Four Centuries of Chant
[5]-[6], [15], [17] Harmonia Mundi "Century" HMX 290 8167 [CD] A History of Music, vol. 5: La naissance de la Polyphonie / The Birth of Polyphony

This program is constructed from a variety of English sources.

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A Worcester Ladymass

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The Lily & The Lamb

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A Star in the East

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Miracles of Sant'Iago

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Hildegard von Bingen: 11,000 Virgins

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1000: A Mass for the End of Time

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American Angels

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The Origin of Fire

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Gloryland

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The Cherry Tree

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Secret Voices

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1865 - Songs of Hope and Home from the American Civil War

Anonymous 4 / Bruce Molsky
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And three collections of their recordings:

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Noël

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Three Decades Of - 1986-2016

Anonymous 4
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Finally, a more fanciful recording of "medieval" music by a popular group of women:

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