Anonymous 4 - Miracles of Compostela (2008) [FLAC], Medieval Chant & Polyphony for St. James from the Codex Calixtinus
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Anonymous 4 - Anonymous 4 - Miracles of Compostela
Артист: Anonymous 4
Альбом: Anonymous 4 - Miracles of Compostela, 2008
Издатель: Harmonia Mundi / HMG 507156
Жанр: Classical
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Miracles of Compostela

Medieval Chant & Polyphony for St. James from the Codex Calixtinus



Label: Harmonia Mundi, HMG507156
Year: 2008



Performer:

Anonymous 4


The Codex Calixtinus, a document housed at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, includes an odd assortment of writings relating to St. James the Greater -- sermons, lessons, miracle stories, guides to medieval pilgrimage routes, grammatical exercises for schools boys, and a wealth of chant, as well as some of the earliest examples of two- and three-part vocal polyphony. On this 1995 recording the a cappella women's quartet Anonymous 4 sings 21 intriguingly diverse selections from the collection, ranging from simple monophonic chant to astonishingly dissonant polyphony. The textural variety is one of the album's greatest charms; even within the same piece, the texture can beguilingly shift from one to three voices (since many of the chants and two-voice pieces use drones). The two-part responsory, "Portum in ultimo," sung over a drone, is particularly haunting. Other pieces are so melodically eccentric and memorable that they should dispel any stereotypes about medieval music being boring and predictable, particularly the two Benedicamus tropes "Ad superni regis decus" and "Gratulantes celebremus festum." Anonymous 4 sings with its customary blend of purity and expressiveness, with warmth and immaculate intonation, and it's a performance of great serenity. Harmonia Mundi's sound is ideally warm, clean, and resonant.

Since the late twelfth century, the Cathedral of Santiago in Compostela has possessed a manuscript entitled Jacobus (or Codex Calixtinus). How it found its way to Compostela is not known for certain, but it is undoubtedly a French product, probably compiled or written in Cluny around 1150. Although they represent a mere ten percent of the music in Jacobus, the polyphonic works have received attention from scholars because they are among the earliest such pieces to have been written down. But the notation in Jacobus is ambiguous as to rhythm and meter, as well as to alignment of pitches between the voice parts in the polyphony...


Tracklist:

01. Venite omnes cristicole
02. Salve festa dies
03. Vox nostra resonet
04. Regem regum Dominum - Venite exsultemus
05. Nostra phalanx plaudat leta
06. Ad sepulcrum beati Iacobi
07. Ad superni regis decus
08. Iacobe servorum
09. Benedicamus Domino
10. In hac die laudes
11. Conctipotens genitor
12. Psallat chorus celestium
13. Alleluia Gratulemur et letemur
14. Ascendens Ihesus in montem
15. Qui pius ac mitis
16. Gratulantes celebremus festum
17. Iacobe sancte tuum
18. O adiutor omnium seculorum
19. Partum in ultimo
20. Congaudeant catholici
21. Clemens servulorum gemitus tuorum


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