| Description |
1 audio disc (56 min., 2 sec.) : digital, SACD ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
005602 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital stereo |
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audio file CD audio |
| Note |
Motets and trouvère chansons from the Montpellier Codex. |
| Performer |
Anonymous 4 (Ruth Cunningham, Marsha Genensky, Susan Hellauer, Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek). |
| Credits |
Recording engineer & editor, Brad Michel ; producer, Robina G. Young. |
| Event |
Recorded May 2013, Skywalker Sound, Marin County, Calif., and Aug. 2013, Rogers Center for the Arts, Merrimack College, North Andover, Mass. |
| Note |
Super audio compact disc, stereo., multi-channel. |
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Program and biographical notes in English, French, and German, and song texts with English, French, and German translations (75 p. : ill., ports.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Mater Dei plena/Mater virgo pia/EIUS (Mo 66) (2:20) -- He mere diu/La virge Marie/APTATUR (Mo 146) (1:31) -- A la clarte qui tout/ET ILLUMINARE (Mo 189) (2:21) -- Marie assumptio afficiat/Hujus chori suscipe/[TENOR] (Mo 322) (2:35) -- Chanson : De la gloriouse fenix (Ruth Cunningham) (5:38) -- Ave lux luminum/Salve virgo rubens/NEUMA (Mo 56) (2:00) -- Plus joliement c'onques/Quant li douz tans/PORTARE (Mo 257) (1:31) -- Reverdie : Volez vous que je vous chant (Susan Hellauer) (3:52) -- J'ai les biens/Que ferai biau sire/IN SECULUM (Mo 138) (1:07) -- Que ferai biaus sire/Ne puet faillir/DESCENDENTIBUS (Mo 77) (1:24) -- Pensis chief enclin/[FLOS FILIUS EIUS] (Mo 239) (2:13) -- L'autre jour par un matinet/Hier matinet trouvai/ITE MISSA EST (Mo 261) (1:33) -- Quant florist la violete/El mois de mai/ET GAUDEBIT (Mo 135) (1:46) -- Sans orgueil et sans envie/[MAIOR] IOHAN[NE] (Mo 225) (1:56) -- Trois serors/Trois serors/Trois serors/[PERLUSTRAVIT] (Mo 27) (1:25) -- Chanson : Amors me fait commencier (Marsha Genensky) (4:19) -- En mai quant rosier/L'autre jour par un matin/HE RESVELLE TOI ROBIN (Mo 269) (1:22) -- Pucelete bele et avenant/Je languis des maus/DOMINO (Mo 143) (:59) -- Diex qui porroit/En grant dolour/APTATUR (Mo 278) (2:02) -- Pour chou que j'aim/Li joli tans/KYRIELEISON (Mo 299) (2:21) -- Chanson : J'ai un cuer trop lait (Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek) (4:39) -- Par une matinee/Mellis stilla/DOMINO (Mo 40) (1:40) -- Or voi je bien/Eximium decus/VIRGO (Mo 273) (2:50) -- Plus bele que flor/Quant revient et fuelle/L'autrier joer/FLOS [FILIUS EIUS] (Mo 21) (2:41). |
| Summary |
"Renowned for their unearthly vocal blend and virtuosic ensemble singing, the four women of Anonymous 4 combine historical scholarship with contemporary performance intuition to create their magical sound. On their 1994 album Love's Illusion, the extraordinary quartet brought 13th century motets of courtly love from the Montpellier Codex to the top of the classical charts - spending 29 weeks on the Billboard Top 200. Twenty years later, they return to the source - this time exploring songs with texts that juxtapose desire for the earthly lady Marion and adoration of the heavenly Virgin Mary"--From ArkivMusic website (viewed May 1, 2014). |
| Language |
Sung in Old French and Latin. |
| Subject |
Motets -- France -- 500-1400.
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Motets. |
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France. |
| Chronological Term |
500-1400 |
| Genre/Form |
Trouvère songs.
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| Subject |
Vocal quartets, Unaccompanied.
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Vocal quartets, Unaccompanied. |
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Trouvère songs. |
| Chronological Term |
500 - 1400 |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Title |
Montpellier codex.
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| Standard No. |
093046752460 |
| Music No. |
HMU 807524 Harmonia Mundi |
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807524 Harmonia Mundi |
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