The Oxford Anthology of Music - Ars Antiqua Polyphony

Medieval Music
The Oxford Anthology of Music - Ars Antiqua Polyphony
Pro Cantione Antiqua - Edgar Fleet, dir.
Oxford University Press OUP 164 [LP]
Peters International PLE 115 [LP]

Contents:

    Anon.:
  1. 37a. Strict simple organum at the fifth: Tu Patris sempiternus
    37b. Strict composite organum at the fourth: Tu Patris sempiternus
    37c. Strict composite organum at the fifth: Sit gloria Domini
    37d. Free organum: Rex caeli, Domine
    Anon., late 9th c., Musica Enchiriadis:
    37e. Free organum: Te humiles famuli

    2. Anon., late 10th c., School of Winchester:
  2. 38. Organum: Alleluia Te martyrum

    3. Anon., ca 1100, Ad Organum faciendum:
  3. 39. Organum: Alleluia Justus ut palma

    4. Anon., earlier 12th c., School of St Martial:
  4. 40. Organum: Rex omnia tenens
  5. 41. Organum: De monte lapis

    6. Anon., ca 1150, Codex Calixtinus:
  6. 42. Organum: Kyrie Rex immense, Pater

    7. Anon., ca 1170, School of Notre Dame:
  7. 43. Organum: Alleluia Non vos relinquam
    Anon., ca 1200, School of Notre Dame:
    Organum: Homo quo vigeas - Homo quo vigeas - Et gaudebit

    8. Anon., France, ca 1210:
  8. 44. Motet Hypocritae, pseudopontifices - Velut stellae firmamenti - Et gaudebit

    9. Anon., France, ca 1225:
  9. 45. Motet: Quant florist - El mois de Mai - Et gaudebit

    10. Anon., France, ca 1250:
  10. 46. Motet: Cil s'entremet - Nux hom porruit - Victimae paschali

    11. Franco de Cologna (?):
  11. 47. Motet: Psallat chorus - Eximie pater - Aptatur

    12. Anon., England, late 13th c.:
  12. 48. Motet: Excelsus in nomine - Benedictus Dominus
    Anon., England, early 14th c.:
    Motet: Virgo Maria
  13. 49. Motet: Caligo terra - Virgo Maria
  14. 50. Motet: O homo considera - O homo de pulvere - Filiae Jerusalem

    15. Anon., France, ca 1200:
  15. 51. Conductus: Pange melos lacrimosum

    16. Anon., France, early 12th c.:
  16. 52. Conductus: Deus in adjutorium

    17. Anon., France, ca 1210:
  17. 53. Conductus: Praemii dilatio
  18. 54. Conductus: Mundus vergens

    19. Anon., England, later 13th c.:
  19. 55. Conductus: Beata viscera

    20. Adam de la Halle:
  20. 56. Song: Hé, Diex! quant verrai

    21. Anon., England, later 13th c.:
  21. 57. Song: Edi beo thu

Playing time: ??' ??"

Performers:
Pro Cantione Antiqua
Charles Brett (alto), Paul Esswood (alto), Timothy Penrose (alto), Kevin Smith (alto), Paul Elliot (tenor), John Elwes (tenor), James Griffett (tenor), James Lewington (tenor), Ian Partridge (tenor), Ian Caddy (bass), Brian Etheridge (bass), Michael George (bass), Christopher Keyte (bass), Stephen Roberts (bass)
Edgar Fleet, dir.

Recording site and date:
Charterhouse School Chapel [1978 or prior];
Rel.: 1978

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 56/669-1459 (february 1979)
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.): 4/1-250 (sept./oct. 1980)

Comments:
Information from LP.
The music on this record is taken from the volume "The Oxford Anthology of Music: Medieval Music", published by the Oxford University Press (examples 37-57). The anthology includes detailed commentaries on the piece here recorded.

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Pierre-F. Roberge