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Masters Of The Rolls / Christopher Page, Gothic Voices

	Release Date: 10/12/1999 Label: Hyperion Catalog #: 67098 Spars Code: DDD Composer: Anonymous Performer: Julian Podger, Leigh Nixon, Catherine King, Steven Harrold, Stephen Charlesworth, Charles Daniels Conductor: Christopher Page Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothic Voices Number of Discs: 1 Recorded in: Stereo Length: 0 Hours 59 Mins.	Import CD $18.99 2-3 Days

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The disc's title comes from the name "magister" that often was applied to literate musicians of 14th-century England, whose music was copied on long rolls for performance. Although we don't know any of their names, we know a lot about the compositional style and technique of the composers represented on this recording, all of which is clearly and succinctly explained in the liner notes by Gothic Voices director Christopher Page. As we've come to expect from this vocal ensemble's 18 or so previous recordings (for this outing, there are five singers), here is an inventive, intelligent program, sung to the highest standard, that both enlightens and entertains. We hear examples of "same text" pieces, where all voices sing together the same words at the same time, as well as motets in which different texts are sung simultaneously. The program is filled out with several songs "connected with the political events of the reign of Edward II." Bold, deliberate rhythms share time with frisky syncopations; vibrant, open-spaced harmonies contrast with surprising parallel chords and spicy dissonances. The Gothic Voices' consistently clear, focused vocal sound maximizes the effect of the harmonic writing and gives the program a cohesive sonic context. Throughout these performances you get the impression that singing this music must be even more fun than listening. It's true, and once again the Gothic Voices show us that, musically speaking, the Middle Ages was anything but dark, dull, or driveling. --David Vernier, ClassicsToday.com


Works on This Recording			Back to Top

1.	Ab ora summa nuncius by Anonymous
	Performer: Julian Podger (Tenor), Leigh Nixon (Tenor), Catherine King (Alto) Conductor: Christopher Page Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothic Voices Period: Medieval Written: 14th Century; England	Language: Latin


2.	Inter usitata/Inter tot et tales by Anonymous
	Performer: Julian Podger (Tenor), Steven Harrold (Tenor), Stephen Charlesworth (Baritone) Conductor: Christopher Page Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothic Voices Period: Medieval Written: 14th Century; England	Language: Latin


3.	Vexilla regni prodeunt by Anonymous
	Performer: Leigh Nixon (Tenor) Conductor: Christopher Page Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothic Voices Period: Medieval Written: 14th Century; England	Language: Latin


4.	Singularis laudis digna by Anonymous
	Performer: Catherine King (Alto), Steven Harrold (Tenor), Leigh Nixon (Tenor) Conductor: Christopher Page Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothic Voices Period: Medieval Written: 14th Century; England	Language: Latin


5.	Dulcia dona redemptoris by Anonymous
	Performer: Steven Harrold (Tenor), Catherine King (Alto), Leigh Nixon (Tenor) Conductor: Christopher Page Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothic Voices Period: Medieval Written: 14th Century; England	Language: Latin


6.	Summum regem honoremus by Anonymous
	Performer: Steven Harrold (Tenor) Conductor: Christopher Page Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothic Voices Period: Medieval Written: 14th Century; England	Language: Latin


7.	Omnis terra/Habenti dabitur by Anonymous
	Performer: Julian Podger (Tenor), Steven Harrold (Tenor), Catherine King (Alto) Conductor: Christopher Page Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothic Voices Period: Medieval Written: 14th Century; England	Language: Latin


8.	Copiose caritatis by Anonymous
	Performer: Stephen Charlesworth (Baritone) Conductor: Christopher Page Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothic Voices Period: Medieval Written: 14th Century; England	Language: Latin


9.	Missus Gabriel de celis by Anonymous
	Performer: Leigh Nixon (Tenor), Steven Harrold (Tenor), Catherine King (Alto) Conductor: Christopher Page Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothic Voices Period: Medieval Written: 14th Century; England	Language: Latin


10.	Pura, placens/Parfudement plure by Anonymous
	Performer: Stephen Charlesworth (Baritone), Steven Harrold (Tenor), Julian Podger (Tenor) Conductor: Christopher Page Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothic Voices Period: Medieval Written: 14th Century; England	Language: Latin


11.	Letentur celi curia by Anonymous
	Performer: Leigh Nixon (Tenor), Julian Podger (Tenor), Catherine King (Alto) Conductor: Christopher Page Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothic Voices Period: Medieval Written: 14th Century; England	Language: Latin


12.	Salve Regina [Medieval] by Anonymous
	Performer: Charles Daniels (Tenor), Julian Podger (Tenor), Steven Harrold (Tenor) Conductor: Christopher Page Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothic Voices Period: Medieval	Language: Latin


13.	Jesu fili virginis by Anonymous
	Performer: Steven Harrold (Tenor) Conductor: Christopher Page Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothic Voices Period: Medieval	Language: Latin


14.	Jesu fili/Jesu lumen by Anonymous
	Performer: Julian Podger (Tenor), Steven Harrold (Tenor), Catherine King (Alto) Conductor: Christopher Page Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothic Voices Period: Medieval Written: 14th Century; England	Language: Latin


15.	Sospitati dat egrotos by Anonymous
	Performer: Stephen Charlesworth (Baritone) Conductor: Christopher Page Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothic Voices Period: Medieval Written: 14th Century; England	Language: Latin


16.	Exultemus et letemur by Anonymous
	Performer: Julian Podger (Tenor), Steven Harrold (Tenor) Conductor: Christopher Page Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothic Voices Period: Medieval Written: 13th Century; England	Language: Latin


17.	Stella maris illustrans omnia by Anonymous
	Performer: Leigh Nixon (Tenor), Steven Harrold (Tenor), Catherine King (Alto) Conductor: Christopher Page Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothic Voices Period: Medieval Written: 14th Century; England	Language: Latin


18.	Venit dilectus by Anonymous
	Performer: Catherine King (Alto), Stephen Charlesworth (Baritone), Leigh Nixon (Tenor), Julian Podger (Tenor), Steven Harrold (Tenor) Conductor: Christopher Page Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothic Voices Period: Medieval	Language: Latin


19.	Pange lingua gloriosi by Anonymous
	Performer: Julian Podger (Tenor) Conductor: Christopher Page Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothic Voices Period: Medieval	Language: Latin


20.	O sponsa dei electa by Anonymous
	Performer: Catherine King (Alto), Julian Podger (Tenor), Leigh Nixon (Tenor) Conductor: Christopher Page Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothic Voices Period: Medieval Written: by 1350; England	Language: Latin


21.	Generosa Jesse plantula by Anonymous
	Performer: Steven Harrold (Tenor), Catherine King (Alto), Leigh Nixon (Tenor) Conductor: Christopher Page Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothic Voices Period: Medieval Written: 14th Century; England	Language: Latin


22.	Musicorum collegium/In templo dei by Anonymous
	Performer: Steven Harrold (Tenor), Julian Podger (Tenor), Stephen Charlesworth (Baritone) Conductor: Christopher Page Orchestra/Ensemble: Gothic Voices Period: Medieval Written: 14th Century; England	Language: Latin

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