Notes and Editorial Reviews
This is the second disc recorded by the nine strong group Tonus Peregrinus. It follows their wonderful recording of the ‘Missa Tournai’ which came out last year. This disc has proved to be even better. In fact it is one of the most intriguing discs of 12th/13th music issued for some time and at Naxos’s price well worth it... a fascinating and generous seventy minutes of listening...The CD booklet is a model of its kind. All tracks are clearly explained. There is a superb introductory explanation by an expert - no less than Antony Pitts who has also edited the music. All texts are given and translated. Illustrations of two of the manuscripts are reproduced. There is a photo and biographies are given for each of the performers...A
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wonderful seventy minutes of the earliest polyphonic music known in Europe. Praise cannot be high enough for the entire project and team. One of my recordings of the year so far. You should go out and buy it instantly. - Gary Higginson, MusicWeb International Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Beata viscera by Pérotin
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Tonus Peregrinus
Period: Medieval
Written: circa 1200; France
2.
Viderunt omnes by Pérotin
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Tonus Peregrinus
Period: Medieval
Written: circa 1200; France
3.
Sederunt principes by Pérotin
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Tonus Peregrinus
Period: Medieval
Written: circa 1200; France
4.
Viderunt omnes by Léonin
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Tonus Peregrinus
Period: Medieval
Written: 12th Century; France
5.
Viderunt omnes fines terrae by Anonymous
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Tonus Peregrinus
Period: Medieval
6.
Non nobis Domine by Anonymous
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Tonus Peregrinus
Period: Medieval
7.
Vetus abit littera by Anonymous
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Tonus Peregrinus
Period: Medieval
Sound Samples
Beata viscera: (monophonic conductus)
Viderunt omnes (plainchant)
Viderunt omnes No. 1: Viderunt omnes... (2-part organum)
Viderunt omnes No. 1: ...fines terre salutare dei nostri jubilate deo omnis terra (plainchant)
Viderunt omnes No. 1: Notum fecit... (2-part organum)
Viderunt omnes No. 1: ...Dominus...
Viderunt omnes No. 1: ...salutare suum ante conspectum gentium revelavit...
Viderunt omnes No. 1: ...justitiam suam (plainchant)
Viderunt omnes No. 2: Viderunt omnes... (2-part organum)
Viderunt omnes No. 2: ...fines terre salutare dei nostri jubilate deo omnis terra (plainchant)
Viderunt omnes No. 2: Notum fecit... (2-part organum)
Viderunt omnes No. 2: ...Dominus...
Viderunt omnes No. 2: ...salutare suum ante conspectum gentium revelavit...
Viderunt omnes No. 2: ...justitiam suam (plainchant)
Viderunt omnes No. 3: Viderunt omnes... (2-part organum)
Viderunt omnes No. 3: ...fines terre salutare dei nostri jubilate deo omnis terra (plainchant)
2-part clausula (I): ... Dominus ...: 2-part clausula (I): ...Dominus...
2-part clausula (II): ... Dominus ...: 2-part clausula (II): ...Dominus...
2-part clausula (III): ... Dominus ...: 2-part clausula (III): ...Dominus...
2-part clausula (IV): ... Dominus ...: 2-part clausula (IV): ...Dominus...
2-part clausula (V): ... Dominus ...: 2-part clausula (V): ...Dominus...
Factum est salutare - ... Dominus ... (2-part motet): Factum est salutare / ...Dominus... (2-part motet)
Viderunt omnes: ... (4-part organum)
Viderunt omnes: ...fines terre salutare dei nostri jubilate deo omnis terra (plainchant)
Viderunt omnes: Notum fecit... (4-part organum)
Viderunt omnes: ...Dominus...
Viderunt omnes: ...salutare suum ante conspectum gentium revelavit...
Viderunt omnes: ...justitiam suam (plainchant)
Viderunt omnes fines terre salutare dei nostri jubilate deo omnis terra (plainchant)
Psalm 115/113b - Non nobis Domine (organum examples after 9th-century Scolica enchiriadis)
Sederunt principes: (4-part organum / plainchant)
Vetus abit littera (4-part conductus)
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