An English Ladymass: Medieval Chant and Polyuphony
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An English Ladymass: Medieval Chant and Polyuphony
Anonymous 4
[ Harmonia Mundi / CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 27 April 2008
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"The performances by the quartet have such lyricism, vividness and a sense of wide-eyed wonder that the listener is immediately transported to a more ethereal world. An English Ladymass is a sort of musical and spiritual journey."
FOUR STARS
USA Today
"An exquisite vocal sweetness...almost hypnotic charm."
Le Monde de la Musique
"This female quartet captures the other worldly passion of medieval chant and polyphony."
Rolling Stone
"...a mesmerizing vocal tour-de-force."
New Age Journal
"Surely this is the sound of heaven."
American Record Guide
"Anonymous 4 sings everything with a floating purity. Celebrate the mystery and wonder of this hourlong Ladymass and you will insist there is no more beautiful music on earth."
Chicago Tribune
Tracks:
1 Prosa:
Gaude virgo salutata (chant) Anonymous 1:39
2 Polyphonic song:
Edi beo thu hevene quene Anonymous 3:34
3 Introit:
Salve mater redemptoris
Salve lux langentium
Salve sine spina
Salve sancta parens Anonymous 2:50
4 Motet:
Lux polis refulgens
Lux et gloria Anonymous 3:19
5 Kyrie:
Kyria christifera Anonymous 3:57
6 Gloria Anonymous 2:59
7 Motet:
Spiritus et alme
Gaude virgo salutata Anonymous 1:49
8 Song:
Miro genere Anonymous 1:33
9 Gradual:
Benedicta et venerabilis Anonymous 3:13
10 Alleluia:
Alme iam ad gaudia
Alme matris dei
Alleluya per te dei Anonymous 3:06
11 Sequence:
Missus Gabriel de celis Anonymous 2:10
12 Prosa:
Gaude virgo gratiosa (chant) Anonymous 1:57
13 Polyphonic song:
Salve virgo virginum Anonymous 2:35
14 Offertory:
Felix namque (chant) Anonymous 1:44
15 Sanctus & Benedictus Anonymous 1:40
16 Sequence / Song:
Jesu Cristes milde moder Anonymous 7:02
17 Agnus dei:
Virtute numinis Anonymous 2:39
18 Communion:
Beata viscera (chant & song) Anonymous 1:53
19 Rondellus:
Flos regalis Anonymous 3:08
20 Chant setting:
Ite missa est Anonymous 1:16
21 Hymn:
Ave maris stella Anonymous 3:35
