Apex > Medieval Period

Unicorn: Medieval French Songs / Ann Azema, soprano

1 CD / Apex / 2011-07-26

Works: Philippe De Thaon: Serena en mer hante; Monosceros est beste; Anonymous, Trouvères: En mai au douz tens nouvel; Ensement com la panthere; Au renouvel; Belle doette; Marie de France: Issi avint...
Performers: Azema, Anne; Fleagle, John; Fulton, Cheryl Ann; Kammen, Shira; Lepkoff, Jesse; Reginato, Fabrizio; Stanley, Barbara; Thurau, Rainer
Conductors:
Ensemble: Cithara Angelica

Anne Azéma takes the listener on a journey to the Middle Ages in another stand-out vocal performance. Backed by the Camerata Mediterranea, few performances are...continue...
Recording information: Campion Center, Weston, MA (05/1993)....continue...

Gilles: Requiem / Joel Cohen

1 CD / Apex / 2011-07-26

Works: Gregorian Chant: Requiem aeternam, introit in mode 6 (Liber Usualis 1807a); Absolve, Domine, animas omnium, tractus in mode 8 (Liber Usualis No 1809); Dies irae, dies illa, sequence in mode 1; Vere d...
Performers: Azema, Anne; Hite, William; Mason, Jean; Nirouet, Jean
Conductors: Laplénie, Michel; Cohen, Joel [Early Music]
Ensemble: Boston Camerata; Ensemble de Tambours Provencaux

Jean Gilles' Messe des Morts (Requiem Mass) was one of the most famous and frequently-heard works of eighteenth-century France. Thanks to the Esemble Sagittarius and...continue...
Recording information: Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, Aix en Provence (07/16/1989-07/17/1989); Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, Aix en Provence (08/08/1992)....continue...

Game of Love in Medieval France / Anne Azema, soprano

1 CD / Apex / 2011-07-26

Works: Moniot d'Arras: Ce fu en mai; Thibaud de Champagne: Amors me fait conmencier, song; Anonymous, French: L'on dit q'amors est dolce choser; Lai del Kievrefuel; Margot, Margot, grief sunt li mau d'amer,...
Performers: Azema, Anne; Bisson, Noel; Fleagle, John; Jousselin, Catherine; Kammen, Shira; Lepkoff, Jesse; Mealy, Robert; Santaniello, Ellen; Tindemans, Margriet
Conductors: Cohen, Joel
Ensemble: Boston Camerata

Works by Thibault de Champagne, Moniot d'Arras, Jehannot de l'Escurel, Adam de la Halle, Guillaume d'Amiens, Jean de Flagy, Guillaume le Vinier, Anonymous....continue...
Recording information: Campion Center, Weston, MA (01/20/1996-01/25/1996)....continue...

Lamentations: Holy Week in Provence / Joel Cohen - Boston Camerata

1 CD / Apex / 2011-07-26

Works: Guillaume Bouzignac: Heu! Unus ex vobis me tradet hodie, motet; Ha! Plange, motet; Jean de La Ceppede: Mais qui vous meut, Seigneur; Carpentras: Vexilla regis; Jean Gilles: Première Lamentation ...
Performers: Azema, Anne; Guttry, Paul; Hite, William; Jodry, Frederick [Choral Conductor]; Kale, Christopher; McCabe, Daniel
Conductors: Cohen, Joel
Ensemble: Boston Camerata

This 1994 re-release is a beautiful presentation, conducted by Joel Cohen, and featuring vocalists such as Ann Azéma, Frederick Jodry, William Hite, Christopher Kale, Daniel...continue...
Recording information: Campion Centre, Boston, USA (04/1994)....continue...

Nueva Espana: Close Encounters in the New World, 1590-1690 / Boston Camerata

1 CD / Apex / 2011-07-26

Works: Alonso Lobo: Cum audisset Joannes; Juan Pérez Bocanegra: Hanacpachap cussicuinin (For the joy of the highest realms), for chorus; Pedro Bermudez: Deus in adjutorium / Domine ad adjuvandum; Tom&#...
Performers: Azema, Anne; Dietrich, Sherri; Duguay, Richard; Fitch, Frances Conover; Fulton, Cheryl Ann; Hanchard, Dana; McCabe, Daniel; Ragin, Derek Lee; Thompson, Alison [Vocals]
Conductors: ; Jodry, Frederick; Cohen, Joel
Ensemble: Boston Camerata; Boston Shawm and Sackbut Ensemble

This excellent recording by the Boston Camerata showcases music from the new world as played on period instruments. Inspired and influence by various cultures of...continue...
Recording information: Lasalette Shrine, Ipswich, MA (07/1992).

Europe meets the New World in this first major recording of a bit of rediscovered music from the 16th and 17th centuries. Nueva E...continue...

Provence Mystique: Sacred Songs Of The Middle Ages / Anne Azema, soprano

1 CD / Apex / 2011-07-26

Works: Bohemian Plainchant: Audi tellus; Anonymous, Aquitanian Repertory: Clara sonent organa; Gaucelm Faidit: Ar levatz sus, francha corteza gens!; Anonymous, French: Tantost com fon al loc vengutz (from t...
Performers: Azema, Anne; Brisset, Laurence; Coene, Annelies; Higginson, Kit; Jousselin, Catherine; Mourey, Pasquale; Tindemans, Margriet
Conductors:
Ensemble: Boston Camerata

12th and 13th Century meldoies and texts from Southern France and Spain, by Peire Cardenal, Guilhem Figueira, Peire Espanhol, Alfonso el Sabio and others....continue...
Recording information: Abbaye de Gellone, Saint-Guilhem-le-Déser, France (07/11/1998-07/18/1998)....continue...

Alfonso X el Sabio: Cantigas de Santa Maria

1 CD / Apex / 2011-07-26

Works: Traditional Arabic-Andalusian: Nawba Ramal al-Maya / Bughya (overture); Nawba Gharibat al-Husayn / Tushiyas (prelude); Nawba Irak al-Ajam / Mizan Darj - Sana "Kouli Lmalihti"; Nawba Gharibat al-Husay...
Performers: Atlan, Francoise; Ayad, Hayet; Azema, Anne; Bares, Equidad; Chraibi, Said
Conductors: Briouel, Mohammed; Cohen, Joel [Early Music]
Ensemble: Camerata Mediterranea; Mediterranea Camerata

In this latest Apex release comes Alfonso X el Sabio's Cantigas de Santa Maria (Songs of Saint Mary) These Marian devotions, recorded by Camerata Mediterranea...continue...
Recording information: Mnehbi Palace, Medina, Fes, Morocco (10/11/1988-10/18/1988)....continue...

Monteverdi: Vespro Della Beata Vergine, 1610

2 CD / Apex / 2006-04-14

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine; Gregorian Chant: Virgo prudentissima, antiphon in mode 1 (for the Magnificat for Assumption of Mary)