Anonymous, Llibre Vermell de Montserrat

The Early Music Recordings of Ensemble Unicorn, Vol. 1

5 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-06-26

Works: Syrian Traditional: Dinaresade; Christmas Traditional: Edi Beo Thu, Hevene Queene, carol (English); Macedonian Traditional: Nevestinko oro; Leonel Power: Beata progenies, for 3 voices; Bulgarian Trad...
Performers: Landauer, Bernhard; Sykes, Belinda
Conductors: ; Posch, Michael
Ensemble: Ensemble Unicorn; Oni Wytars

Some of the Naxos label's best early music recordings available together at a great price!...continue...

Ave Maria: Bach/Gounod, Schubert, Mozart, Pergolesi, Rossini, Verdi

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Franz Liszt: Ave Maria 1; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Claudi...
Performers: Connell, John; Frimmer, Monika; Greindl, Josef; Grummer, Elisabeth; Hochreither, Karl; Lorengar, Pilar; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Seiffert, Peter; Szmytka, Elzbieta; Traxel, Josef
Conductors: Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Parrott, Andrew; Rovatkay, Lajos; Max, Hermann; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Savall, Jordi; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Neumann, Peter; Forster, Karl; Kraus, Richard; Kout, Jirí
Ensemble: ; Capella Agostino Steffani; Collegium Cartusianum; Das kleine Konzert; Hespèrion XX; Taverner Players

Sing Noel: A European Christmas Revels

1 CD / Revels Records / 2011-10-11

Works: Pierre Passereau: Il est bel et bon; Georges Bizet: L' Arlésienne, incidental music for voices & orchestra; Traditional: Bourrée en Étoile; Muwashah Jalla Men Qad Sawarak; Darj Bayyati...
Performers: Catt, Cristi; Coffin, David; Cole, Julian; Davidson, Hannah; Desbois, Jack; Epstein, Jerome; Fleagle, John; Fuchs, Lee; Gulley, Laura; Jaffe, Jamie; Mackay-Smith, Kyla; McNutt, Salome Sandoval; Meyer...
Conductors: ; Gay, David; Langstaff, John; Epstein, Jerome; Humez, Roberta; Emlen, George
Ensemble: ; Sharq Ensemble

Celebrate the holidays with this new collection of medieval and Renaissance processionals, hymns, carols, songs and dances from France and Spain, and a taste of...continue...
Recording information: Futura Productions, Roslindale, MA....continue...

A Mediterranean Christmas / Cohen, Boston Camerata, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Turkish Traditional: Taksîm Farahfaza, for oud & ensemble; Alfonso X: Cantiga de Santa María 51, A Madre de Deus; Cantiga de Santa María 100, Santa Maria, strela do dia; Cantiga de San...
Performers: Ayad, Hayet; Azema, Anne; Bares, Equidad; Cohen, Joel [Early Music]; Harley, Anne; Razgui, Boujemaa; Roustom, Kareem
Conductors: Cohen, Joel
Ensemble: Boston Camerata; Sharq Ensemble

This CD is a natural follow-up to the Boston Cameratas popular Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, American, and French Christmas CDs that are holiday best sellers. On...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...

Santiago a capella

1 CD / Soli Deo Gloria / 2010-09-28

Works: Anonymous, Llibre Vermell de Montserrat: Mariam Matrem Virginem, virelai for 3 voices (Llibre Vermell); Francisco Guerrero: Ave Virgo Sanctissima, motet for 5 voices; Duo Seraphim, motet for 12 voice...
Performers: Davidson, Grace; Evans, Samuel; Thomas, Elin Manahan

"Here's one that almost slipped unnoticed among legitimate candidates for 2010 "best of the year" releases. Although recorded in 2004 and previously issued by Universal...continue...
Recording information: St Alban the Martyr, Holborn, London (04/30/2004-05/02/2004)....continue...

Rejoice All the Earth: Music of the Season

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2010-08-17

Works: Christmas Traditional: Ther Is No Rose of Swych Vertu, carol (English); Johann Sebastian Bach: Weinachts-Oratorium (Christmas Oratorio); Cantata no 132, "Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn" BWV 132...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Tres (Rap)

Rejoice! Baroque Music from all over Europe to celebrate the Season-Christmas, Hanukkah, Advent and New Year. Ensemble Tre`s- Deborah Rentz- Moore- mezzo soprano, Lisa Brooke-...continue...
Recording information: Emmanuel Church, Boston Massachusetts (10/2007)....continue...

Estel De Mar: Llibre Vermall de Monserrat

1 CD / Christophorus / 2009-11-01

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: Bothwell, Malcolm; Hoefener, Kristin
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Kantika (Vocal Ensemble)

Montserrat monastery had been a well-known place for the veneration of the Virgin in the 13th and 14th centuries, also being home of the Llibre...continue...
Recording information: Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud, France (07/2009)....continue...

El Noi de la Mare / Zefiro Torna

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-09-01

Works: Anonymous, English: Miri it is while sumer ilast, estampie; Alma redemptoris mater; Gauthier de Coincy: Je pour yver, pour noif ne pour gelee; Christmas Traditional: Natali regis glorie, carol (12th ...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Zefiro Torna

The ensemble Zefiro Torna adds a little extra music with an exquisite selection of West-European Christmas songs from the medieval to early baroque era....continue...

Franciscan Road

1 CD / Divine Art / 2009-09-01

Works: Gregorian Chant: Tota pulchra es, o Maria, canticle in mode 5; Ave Maria, Antiphon in Mode I; Magnificat; Kyrie eleison; Attende Domine; Pange Lingua gloriosi, hymn; Sanctus; Adoro te devote, hymn; V...
Conductors: Pierucci, Armando

Llibre Vermell / Millenarium

1 CD / Ricercar / 2008-02-12

Works: Anonymous, Llibre Vermell de Montserrat: Procession des pèlerins; Cuncti simus concanentes; Work(s); Mariam Matrem Virginem, virelai for 3 voices (Llibre Vermell); Los Set gotxs recomptarem; O...
Conductors: Deslignes, Christophe
Ensemble: Millenarium

This CD illustrates the music contained within the famous medieval manuscript from the Abbey of Monterrat: the 'Llibre Vermell'....continue...

Ave donna santissima / Radicchia, Armoniosoincanto

1 CD / Tactus / 2007-03-13

Works: Gregorian Chant: Verbum Bonum et Suave, sequenza; Ave donna santissima; Summe rex; Ave virgo gratiosa, sequence; Salve Regina, antiphon in mode 1; Altissima luce; Stabat Mater; Gaude Dei genitrix, se...

Between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, the development of the Faculty of the Arts, the Franciscan orders, the confraternities, and the "temporality" of the Church...continue...

Pilgrimage to Santiago / Gardiner, et al

1 CD / Soli Deo Gloria / 2006-06-20

Works: Anonymous, Codex Calixtinus: Dum pater familias, chant de pèlerins; Congaudeant catholici, trope de Benedicamus; Alma perpetui; Psallatt chorus celestium, hymne à saint Jacques; O Lux et de...
Performers: Thomas, Elin Manahan
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir

"This recording, made on their return to England, allows listeners to enjoy to the full the fruits of their labours: the sharing of the whole...continue...

From Byzantium To Andalusia / Oni Wytars Ensemble

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-03-21

Works: Lebanese Traditional: Kyrie eleison, chant (Christian-Arabic tradition, Lebanon); Italian Traditional: Fa mi cantar l'amor di la Beata, hymn (Laudario di Cortone, Ms. 91, Biblioteca Comunale di Corto...
Performers: Avis, Jeremy; Rabanser, Peter; Sykes, Belinda
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Oni Wytars

This recording brings together the music and poetry of the three great Mediterranean cultures of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, Judaism, Christendom and Islam. These...continue...

Stella Splendens / Maria Jonas, Bois de Cologne

1 CD / Marc Aurel Edition / 2001-05-01

Works: Anonymous, Llibre Vermell de Montserrat: Stella splendens in monte, virelai for 2 voices (Llibre Vermell); Cuncti simus concanentes; Laudemus virginem, canon for 3 voices; Los Set gotxs recomptarem; ...
Performers: Jonas, Maria

Danzas Medievales Espagnolas / Eduardo Paniagua Group

1 CD / MA Recordings / 1999-04-13

Works: Raimbaut de Vaqeiras: Calenda maya; Guiraut d'Espanha de Toloza: Ben volgra, s'esser poges, dansa; Alfonso X: Cantiga de Santa María 167, Quen quer que na Virgen fia e a roga de femença; Ca...
Performers: Carazo, Cesar
Conductors:
Ensemble: Eduardo Paniagua Group

Recording information: Monasterio de la Santa Espina, Valladolid, España, Spai (05/1995)....continue...

Early Music - The Black Madonna / Posch, Ensemble Unicorn

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1998-03-27

Works: Anonymous, Llibre Vermell de Montserrat: Cuncti simus concanentes; Mariam Matrem Virginem, virelai for 3 voices (Llibre Vermell); O Virgo splendens, canon for 3 voices (Llibre Vermell); Los Set gotxs...
Performers: Landauer, Bernhard; Sykes, Belinda
Conductors: Posch, Michael
Ensemble: Ensemble Unicorn

One of the most significant centers of pilgrimage during the Middle Ages was the Monastery of Montserrat, near Barcelona, Spain, with its miraculous Black Madonna....continue...
Recording information: W.A.R. Studio, Germany (05/17/1996-05/21/1996)....continue...

Llibre Vermell de Montserrat / Theatrum Instrumentorum

1 CD / Arts / 1997-11-01

Works: Anonymous, Llibre Vermell de Montserrat: O Virgo splendens, canon for 3 voices (Llibre Vermell); Los Set gotxs recomptarem; Stella splendens in monte, virelai for 2 voices (Llibre Vermell); Laudemus ...
Performers: Bozzoli, Simona; Coltri, Gabriele; Liguori, Maria Grazia
Conductors:
Ensemble: Theatrum Instrumentorum

Thys Yool - A Medieval Christmas / Martin Best Ensemble

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-10-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: Personent hodie (On this day Earth shall ring) (Piae Cantiones); Judas and Wenceslas; Hyer matin; Thys Yool; Tapster, Drynker; Ja pour hyver; Gabriel fram evene king sewnt (Ang...
Performers: Martin Best Medieval Ensemble
Conductors: Best, Martin [Lute]
Ensemble: Martin Best Medieval Ensemble

'Thys Yool' is a four-part program of medieval music in which four images central to the Christmas story are brought together, moving through nativity songs...continue...
Personnel: Martin Best Medieval Ensemble (vocals, lute, psaltery); Lucie Skeaping (vocals, rebec, fiddle); David Corkhill (dulcimer, drums, bells); Jeremy Barlow (flute, pipe, recorder); Donna Deam (...continue...