The History of Music in Sound, Vol. II

The History of Music in Sound, Vol. II: Early Medieval Music up to 1300
Various performers
HMV HLP 3/4 [LPx2, mono, 25cm, Europe]
RCA Victor LM 6015 [LPx2, mono, NA]
RCA Victor LSC 6015 [LPx2, stereo, NA]

Contents:

    LP-1

    Byzantine Music

    Byzantine
  1. Ode: Anastaseos imera
  2. Doxology

    3. Byzantine, Latin version
  3. O quando in cruce (latin version)

    4. Byzantine and Ambrosian Hymns

    Byzantine
  4. Hymn: O to stavro (Greek version of "Veni, redemptor gentium")

    5. Ambrosian
  5. Hymn: Veni, redemptor gentium (Latin version)

    6. Pre-gregorian Music

    Mozarabic
  6. Pater noster

    7. Ambrosian
  7. Pater noster

    8. Mozarabic
  8. In pace, in idipsum

    9. Gregorian
  9. In pace, in idipsum

    10. Gregorian Music

    Gregorian
  10. Antiphonal psalmody: Lumen ad revelationem - Nunc dimittis
  11. Liturgical recitative: Sursum corda, preface, sanctus
  12. Gradual: Protector noster
  13. Alleluia: Domine, in virtute tuat

    14. ----
  14. Tract: Domine non secundum
  15. Sequence: Sancti Spiritus assit
  16. Hymn: Exsultet orbis gaudii
  17. Kyrie "Altissime"

    18. Liturgical drama

    Anon., 10th c.
  18. Quem queritis in sepulchro

    19. Anon., 12th c., Ludus Danielis
  19. Daniel: Lament

    20. Mediaeval Songs

    Anon.
  20. O admirabile Veneris ydolum
    Bernart de Ventadorn
    Quant vei l'aloete mover
    Gace Brulé
    Je ne puis pas si loing fuir
    Anon.
    Au tans d'aoust
    Quant je voi yver retorner

    21. Adam de la Halle
  21. Bergeronnete
    Anon.
    Tuit cil qui sunt enamourat
    Thibaut de Navarre
    Tuit mi desir
    Guiot de Dijon
    Chanterai por mon coraige

    22. LP-2

    Mediaeval Songs

    Anon.
  22. Worldes blis ne last no throwe

    23. Heinrich von Meissen (Frauenlob)
  23. Ey ich sach in dem trone

    24. Alfonso el Sabio: Cantigas de Santa Maria
  24. Cantiga 59: Quen a virgen ben servir
    Cantiga 166: Como poden per sas culpas os omes seer contreitos

    25. Anon.
  25. O divina virgo flore
    Plangiamo quel crudel basciare

    26. Early Polyphony: 10th annd 11th Century

    Anon.
  26. Sit gloria Domini
    Alleluia: Surrexit Christus & Alleluia: Angelus Domini
    Regi regum glorioso

    27. Spanish Polyphony: 12th Century

    Anon.
  27. Rex immense
  28. Congaudeant catholici

    29. English and Norman Polyphony: 13th Century

    Anon.
  29. Verbum patris humanatur
  30. Orientis partibus
  31. Sumer is icumen in

    32. ----
    Anon., Wolfenbüttel MS 677
  32. Caudae I
    Caudae II
    Caudae III
    Caudae IV

    33. Anon., England
  33. Dance-tunes: Stantipes
    Dance-tunes: Ductia
    Dance-tunes: Stantipes

    34. Anon.
  34. Conductus: Veri floris sub figura

    35. French and English Polyphony: 13th Century

    Anon.
  35. Foweles in the frith
  36. Ex semine Abrahae
  37. Mariam sanctificans
  38. Beata viscera

    39. French and English Polyphony: about 1300

    Anon.
  39. O Maria, virgo Davidica
  40. Puellare gremium
  41. Triumphat hodie

    42. English Polyphony: 14th Century

    Anon.
  42. Marionette douce
  43. Rosa fragrans
  44. Alleluia psallat

Playing time: ??' ??"

Performers:
[1]-[11], [16]-[19], [26], [34], [42]-[44] Brompton Oratory Choir (with Desmond Dupré (bass viol) in [42]) - Henry Washington, dir.
[12]-[15] Nashdom Abbey Choir - Dom Anselm Hughes, O.S.B., dir.
[20], [22]-[25] F. Fuller (baritone)
[21] Ensemble Pro Musica Antiqua de Bruxelles - Safford Cape, dir.
[27]-[31], [35]-[41] Bodley Singers (with Margaret Donington (bass viol) in [35], [39]-[40]) - Bernard Rose, dir.
[32]-[33] Carl Dolmetsch (recorder, viol), Nathalie Dolmetsch (viols), Donald Bridger (cor anglais), Alan Taylor (tabor)

Recording site and date:
Unknown [1952 or prior]

Excerpts:
[1]-[5] HMV-Gramophone HMS 10 [78 r.p.m.] Byzantine Music
[6]-[11] HMV-Gramophone HMS 11 [78 r.p.m.] Pre-gregorian & Gregorian Music
[12]-[15] HMV-Gramophone HMS 12 [78 r.p.m.] Gregorian Music
[16]-[19] HMV-Gramophone HMS 13 [78 r.p.m.] Gregorian & Liturgical Drama
[20]-[21] HMV-Gramophone HMS 14 [78 r.p.m.] Mediaeval Songs I
[22]-[25] HMV-Gramophone HMS 15 [78 r.p.m.] Mediaeval Songs II
[26]-[28] HMV-Gramophone HMS 16 [78 r.p.m.] Early Polyphony I
[29]-[32] HMV-Gramophone HMS 17 [78 r.p.m.] Early Polyphony II
[33]-[38] HMV-Gramophone HMS 18 [78 r.p.m.] English Polyphony
[39]-[44] HMV-Gramophone HMS 19 [78 r.p.m.] French & English Polyphony

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 35-415 (december 1957, as HLP-3)

Comments:
Information from the booklet provided with the owned LP compilation (RCA).
The RCA LSC number is presumably the stereo version (from backcover of the booklet) although I am not certain if it was released as such.
Volume 1 of this serie was released as RCA Victor 6057.

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Pierre-F. Roberge