Medieval Period > Psaltery

Deo gracias Anglia! - Medieval English Carols; The Trinity Carol Roll / Andrew Lawrence-King; Michael Grebil; Pamela Thorby

1 CD / Obsidian Records / 2012-09-25

Works: Christmas Traditional: Hail Marye Ful of Grace, carol (English); Nowel, Nowel, Nowel, carol (English); Now May We Syngyn, carol (English); Be Mery, Be Mery, carol (English); Nowell Sing We, carol (En...
Performers: Grebil, Michael; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Thorby, Pamela
Conductors: Skinner, David
Ensemble: Alamire

The Trinity Carol Roll (Trinity College, Cambridge) is the earliest known source for the English polyphony carol. The thirteen works preserved therein include the patriotic...continue...
Recording information: The Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge (09/01/2011-09/03/2011)....continue...

Hamelin Anno 1284: Auf den Spuren des Rattenfängers

1 CD / Christophorus / 2012-05-26

Works: Wizlâv III von Rügen: De Unghelarde heft ghemaket ene senende wise, song; Nach der Senenden; De voghelin untphat des lechten meyien scin, song (a.k.a. Od zielonego gaju); Ich warne dich; Ic...
Performers: Cecere, Giuseppe Paolo; Reithofer, Wolfgang

The figure of the mysterious flautist who according to legend enticed the children away from the town of Hamelin with his music in the year...continue...
Recording information: W*A*R Studio, Vienna, Austria (12/20/2011-12/21/2011)....continue...

The Voice of Emotion / Montserrat Figueras, Jordi Savall

2 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2012-03-13

Works: Spoken Word: Nunc iam cessit Pontus et omnis partitur leges / Vienient annis sæcula (from Act 2 of Seneca's "Mede; Berber Traditional: Amazigh Lullaby ("I met my big brother"); Sephardic Traditi...
Performers: Alqhai, Fahmi; Arruabarrena, Maite; Badura-Skoda, Paul; Barona, Enrique [Jarana]; Brandao, Eunice [Viola da Gamba]; Carnovich, Daniele; Casademunt, Sergi; Climent, Lambert; Coin, Christophe; Dí...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi;
Ensemble: Hespèrion XX ; Hespèrion XXI ; La Capella Reial de Catalunya

In November 2011, the music world suffered a huge loss with the passing of the great soprano Montserrat Figueras. Acclaimed in recent years for her...continue...
Recording information: 1978/2009....continue...

Troubadours, Trouvères & Minnesänger / A History of Music Century Vol 4

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-01-10

Works: Anonymous, Trouvères: A l'entrada del temps clar; Volez vous que je vous chant; Bernart de Ventadorn: Vida; Folquet de Marseille: Sitot me soi; Gauthier de Coincy: Efforcier m'estuet ma voiz; Hu...
Performers: Clemencic, Rene; Douglass, David; Figueras, Pilar; Harrison, Ian; Harrold, Steven; Honeyman, Ian [Tenor Vocal]; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Mason, Kevin; Minter, Drew [Counter Tenor Vocals]; Podger, Julian
Conductors: Clemencic, René; Lawrence-King, Andrew; ; Springfels, Mary
Ensemble: Clemencic Consort; Dufay Collective; Harp Consort; Newberry Consort

O viridissima virga: Music from the Middle Ages

4 CD / Scandinavian Classic / 2011-10-25

Works: Meister Rumelant: Got in vier elementen; Got in vil hohen vreuden saz; Die tenschen morder, song; Got herre almechtich, song; Alle kvninge, vursten, herren, ritter!, song; Daz Gedeones wollenvlivs, s...
Performers: Davis, Helen; Hoxbro, Poul
Conductors:
Ensemble: ALBA Ensemble

Today the Middle Ages is found to be particularly fascinating in all of its facets - some 500 hundred years after the period came to...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...

Llibre Vermell de Montserrat / Savall

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-10-25

Works: Anonymous, Llibre Vermell de Montserrat: O Virgo splendens, canon for 3 voices (Llibre Vermell); Stella splendens in monte, virelai for 2 voices (Llibre Vermell); Laudemus virginem, canon for 3 voice...
Performers: Chenut, Regis; Hildebrand, Renate; Mathieu, Jean Pierre; Smith, Sally; Zosso, Rene
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: Hespèrion XX

Recording information: St Savinien, France (07/11/1978-07/14/1978)....continue...

Garden of Early Delights / Thorby, Lawrence-King

1 Super Audio CD / Linn Records / 2010-03-23

Works: Diego Ortiz: Trattado de glosas; Jacob van Eyck: Der Fluyten Lust-hof; Dario Castello: Sonate concertate in stil moderno Book 2; John Dowland: Second Booke of Songes; Third and Last Booke of Songes; ...
Performers: Lawrence-King, Andrew; Thorby, Pamela

Import Hybrid-SACD pressing....continue...

Invocation to the Night / Figueras, Savall, Hespèrion XXI, Le Concert des Nations, et al

2 CD / Alia Vox / 2008-09-09

Works: Sephardic Traditional: Durme, hermosa donzella, traditional lullaby (Rhodes); Quando el rey Nimrod; Anonymous, Villancico: Ay luna que reluzes; Cristóbal de Morales: Officium Defunctorum; Bartom...
Performers: Arruabarrena, Maite; Badura-Skoda, Paul; Banditelli, Gloria; Carnovich, Daniele; Casademunt, Sergi; Climent, Lambert; Costa, Paolo; Dalal, Yair; Diaz-Latorre, Xavier; El Maloumi, Driss; Estevan, Pedr...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: Hespèrion XX; Hespèrion XXI; Le Concert des Nations

"This production has great sound all through, and performances are stunning... Alia Vox is a model of production values; while others cut, they offer book...continue...

Ludus Danielis - The Play of Daniel / The Dufay Collective, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-08-12

Works: Anonymous, Egerton Manuscript 2615: Ludus Danielis (The Play of Daniel), medieval mystery play
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Brough, Harvey; Ellis, Vivien; Grant, Simon [Bass Vocal]; Lewin, Giles [Violin/Bagpipe]; Lyons, William; Pell, Susanna; Phillips, Tom [Tenor Vocal]; Pott, Charles; Potter, John [Te...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Dufay Collective

"The singing and instrumental playing are first rate, as we expect from these forces, and I have to say that the way instruments are used...continue...

Lux Feminae / Figueras, Aagaard, Savall, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2006-06-13

Works: Anonymous, Codex Las Huelgas: Flavit auster; Anonymous: Judicii Signum (Sibilla Latine); Anonymous, Spanish: Gar kom lebare, jarcha (Al-Andalus); Hal sabil likhalwa (Al-Andalus); Saeta antigua (Andal...
Performers: Aagaard, Tina; Clos, Marc; El Maloumi, Driss; Estevan, Pedro; Figueras, Montserrat; Hamon, Pierre; Lislevand, Rolf; Olavide, Begona; Rizzo, Carlo; Savall, Arianna; Savall, Jordi

Following on the incredible success of her album of lullabies entitled 'Ninna Nanna,' soprano Montserrat Figueras presents 'Lux Feminae' - a collection of music that...continue...

Homenaige al Misteri d'Elx - La Vespra / Savall, et al

1 CD / Alia Vox / 2004-06-01

Works: Anonymous, Catalonian: El Misteri d'Elx, mystery play in 2 parts for the Feast of the Assumption
Performers: Bertin, Pascal; Carnovich, Daniele; Climent, Lambert; Diaz-Latorre, Xavier; Figueras, Montserrat; Garrigosa, Francesc; Guglielmi, Luca; Hernandez, Mercedes; Hernandez-Pastor, Josep; Olavide, Begona; ...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: La Capella Reial de Catalunya

"AliaVox's detailed, widely dynamic sonics are gorgeous, though the engineering admittedly is often equally subordinate to the play, with balances that favor the artificial impact...continue...

Diáspora Sefardí / Savall, Figueras, Hespèrion XXI, et al

2 CD / Alia Vox / 2000-03-01

Works: Traditional: El Moro de Antequera; Levantose el Conde Niño; Por allí pasó un cavallero; El rey que tanto madruga; Yo m'enamori; El hermano infame; A la una; Anonymous: El sue&nti...
Performers: Díaz-Latorre, Xavier; Dalal, Yair; Estevan, Pedro; Figueras, Montserrat; Karamazov, Edin; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Memelsdorff, Pedro; Olavide, Begoña; Savall, Arianna; Savall, Jordi; Zuc...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI

Cantigas de Amigo / Ensemble Alcatraz, KITKA

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1996-07-13

Works: Alfonso X: Cantiga de Santa María 380, Sen calar; Cantiga de Santa María 11, Macar ome per folia; Cantiga de Santa María 10, Rosa das rosas e Fror das frores; Pascual Veiga: Albo...
Performers: Bonnett, Leslie; Cion, Shira; Crowther, Catherine Rose; Dietrich, Deborah; Fulton, Cheryl Ann; Graffagna, Juliana; Higginson, Kit; Kammen, Shira; Kutulas, Janet; Maund, Peter; Moorhead, Ann; Morris, ...
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Ensemble: Ensemble Alcatraz