_____________________________________________________________ 1)Organum_Emmaus Le jeu des pèlerins d'emmaüs Le jeu des pèlerins d'emmaüs Drame liturgique du XII siècle Ensemble Organum - Marcel Pérès Harmonia Mundi HM 90 1347 [CD] Harmonia Mundi HM 40 1347 [Cass.] Harmonia Mundi "Curiosita, Pour les esprits curieux" HMX 290 1347 [CD] Contents: Kyrie: Regnum summe Psaume: Laudate pueri Répons: Haec dies Hymne: Jesu nostra redemptio Dialogue des deux pèlerins Antienne: Ego sum Alpha et Omega Antienne: Sedi angelus Dialogue de l'ange avec Marie-Madeleine Prose: Victimae paschali laudes Alleluia: Surrexit Dominus Apparition du Christ à Thomas Antienne: Ego sum Alpha et Omega Psaume: In exitu Israel Oraison; Antienne: Lux perpetua Benedictus Domino Antienne de procession: Christus resurgens Ensemble Organum Jean-Loup Charvet, Patrick Aubailly, Josep Benet, Michel Gauvain, Antoine Guerber, Frédéric Richard, Christian Barrier, Josep Cagré, Marcel Pérès, Jean-Paul Rigaud, Gilles Schneider, Malcolm Bothwell, Eric Guillermin, Antoine Sicot, Paul Willenbrock Marcel Pérès, dir. Playing time: 60' Recording date: June 1990 rel.: 1991 (HM), 2004 (HMX) Liturgical drama, normally performed at the end of Vespers for Easter Day; in this recording the play is bracketed with the liturgical pieces immediately preceding and following the drama. ______________________________________________________ 2)Greg_Organum_GraduelAlienorBretagne Plain-chant and polyphony from the 13th & 14th centuries Graduel d'Aliénor de Bretagne - Plain-chant et polyphonie des XIIIe & XIVe si&eagrave;cles Ensemble Organum - Marcel Pérès http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/cds/hmu1403.htm http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/performers/ens_orga.htm Harmonia Mundi HMC 40 1403 [Cassette] Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1403 [CD] Contents: Anon., Graduel antiphonaire de Fontevraud, B.M. Limoges, Ms. 2: Séquence: Natus est hodie Dominus Kyrie: Orbis factor Gloria in excelsis Deo Alleluia: Per te Dei genitrix Alleluia: Nigra sum sed formosa Alleluia: Post partum Sequence: Verbum bonum Épitre tropée en français: Saint Paul à Titus Credo in unum deum Cantus: Hodie donum datur gracie Communion: Viderunt omnes fines terre Cantus: Virga lesse floruit Benedicamus Domino Séquence: Res est admirabilis Playing time: 61' 27" Performers: Ensemble Organum [Laurence Brisset, Gilberte Caabianca, Nicole Casalonga, Anne Duperray, Valérie Gabriel, Marie-France Leclerc, Pascale Poulard, Malcolm Bothwell, Marcel Pérès] - Marcel Pérès, dir. Recording site and date: Grand Réfectoire de l'Abbaye de Fontevraud [11/1991] Other releases (identical, first and re-releases): This is the original release Other releases (compilation): none other releases (excerpts): [2], [9], [14] Harmonia mundi HMX 290 649 [CD] Les Très Riches Heures du Moyen Âge - A Medieval Journey CD-4 - Les Premières polyphonies Reviewed in: Diapason (#-p.): 392-170 (apr. 1993) Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):16/6-289 (jul./aug. 1993) Monde de la Musique: 165/14 Comments: Information from owned CD. To purchasing information for this disc To page of FAQ citation for this disc Pierre-F. Roberge ___________________________________________________________ 3)VI Vox Iberica Vox Iberica 1 : Fils du Tonnerre - Codex Calixtinus / Sequentia, dir. Benjamin Bagby / 1989 - Deutsch Harmonia Mundi RD 77199 / sept 92 / MD http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/cds/dhm77199.htm Vox Iberica I Vox Iberica I: Donnersöhne - Sons of Thunder Music for St. James the Apostle: Codex Calixtinus Sequentia - Benjamin Bagby / Barbara Thornton Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77199 Contents: Vox nostra resonet (3x2 voices) Congaudeant catholici (tutti=8 voices) Iacobe virginei (voice, tutti) Gratulantes celebremus festum (2 voices) Huic Iacobo (voice, tutti) Ad superni regis decus (2 voices, tutti) Cum vidissent autem (tutti) Nostra phalans plaudat leta (2x2 voices) Misit Herodes (voice, tutti) Alleluia. Vocavit Ihesus (voice, tutti) Exultet celi curia (4 voices, tutti, organistrum) In hac die laudes cum gaudio (2x2 voices) Iacobe sancte, tuum repetito (2x2 voices) Cunctipotens genitor deus (voice, tutti) Rex immense, pater pie (2 voices, tutti) Dum esset (voice, tutti) Annua gaudia, Iacobe debita (2x2 voices, tutti) O adiutor (voice, voice, tutti) Regi perhennis glorie (2 voices) Jocundetur et letetur (tutti) Benedicamus domino I, II, III (voice, tutti) Dum pater familias (tutti) Performers: Benjamin Bagby (voice, organistrum), Stephen Grant (voice), William Hite (voice), Friedhelm Hohmann (voice), Colin Mason (voice), Eric Mentzel (voice, organistrum), Raimund Nolte (voice), Berhard Schneider (voice) Playing time: 74' Recording date: November 1989 The Codex Calixtinus is from the shrine of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia (Northwest Spain), and deals primarily with the subject of St. James. The manuscript is originally from Central or Northern France, apparently carried to the site by pilgrims. Stylistically, the music is typical of French conducti of the 11th & 12th century. The performance is by an all-male choir (with organistrum on one track), some parts are doubled, while others are sung by one voice. There is a variety of texture employed, although the music is exclusively for one or two parts. Other recordings devoted to the Codex Calixtinus: Le grand livre de saint Jacques de Compostelle Intégrale des polyphonies du Codex Calixtinus Ensemble Venance Fortunat - Anne-Marie Deschamps L'Empreinte digitale 13023 Miracles of Sant'Iago Music from the Codex Calixtinus Anonymous 4 Harmonia Mundi USA 907156 Codex Calixtinus Missa de Sancti Jacobi Grúpo de Musica Alfonso X el Sabio - Luis Lozano Virumbrales Sony "Hispánica" 60075 Compostelle Le Chant de l'Étoile Discantus - Brigitte Lesne Jade 301 654 Compostela ad Vesperas Sancti Iacobi Codex Calixtinus XII Ensemble Organum - Marcel Pérès Ambroisie 9966 Hic est Chorus Música Litúrgica de las Catedrales del Reyno de Galicia Coro Ultreia - Fernando Olbés Durán Harmonia Mundi Ibérica 987043 Missa Sancti Iacobi Solemn mass for the feast of the passion of Saint James of Compostella according to the Codex Calixtinus c. 1140 Choeur Le Feu de Jésu McGill 750 0037 The Road to Compostela The Rose Ensemble Rose 00004 Codex Calixtinus Frederic Tavernier Dux 0321 Finally, the other two volumes of Sequentia's Vox Iberica series: Vox Iberica II: Las Huelgas Codex Sequentia Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77238 Vox Iberica III: El Sabio - Songs for King Alfonso X Sequentia Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77173 To purchasing information for this disc To page of FAQ citation for this disc; alternate location Todd M. 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