Mary Star of the Sea

Mary Star of the Sea
Gothic Voices
Linn Records 541

Contents:

  1. Metcalf: Il nome del bel fior, Part I: Maria I
  2. Anon: Stillat in stellam radium
  3. Metcalf: Music for the star of the sea
  4. Anon: Stella maris illustrans omnia
  5. Metcalf: Il nome del bel fior, Part V: Maria III
  6. Anon: Laetetur caeli curia
  7. Anon: Tronus regis
  8. Dunstaple: Beata mater
  9. Smert: Ave, decus saeculi
  10. Dunstaple: Ave maris stella
  11. Metcalf: Il nome del bel fior, Part IV: Il nome del bel for
  12. Anon: Dou way Robyn / Sancta mater gratiae
  13. Godric of Finchale (c.1065-1170): Crist and Sainte Marie
  14. Anon: Sancta Maria virgo
  15. Anon: Stond wel, Moder, under rode
  16. Power: Beata progenies
  17. Smith: Stond wel, Moder under Rode: Part I
  18. Anon: Iesu, fli virginis
  19. Anon: Pia mater salvatoris
  20. Smith: Stond wel, Moder under Rode: Part II
  21. Plainchant: Gaude, Maria virgo
  22. Anon: Alleluia psallat / Alleluia concinat / Virga Jesse

Performers: Catherine King (mezzosoprano), Steven Harrold (tenor), Julian Podger (tenor), Stephen Charlesworth (baritone)

Playing time: 74'

Recording date: June 2015 (West Sussex); released: 2016

Along with an early English setting of Biblical verse, as well as more common 13th & 14th century repertory, this program includes music by contemporary composers Joanne Metcalf (b.1958) & Andrew Smith (b.1970).

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Todd M. McComb