classical music: codex

classical music: codex

classical music:

Codex

Codex Faenza: Instrumental Music of the Early 15th Century

Anonymous, Codex Faenza Anonymous, ...

Naxos, 1998

Essential to any early music collection
When I purchased this album, I was expecting it to be more akin to the other music performed by the Ensemble Unicorn. I was expecting quick and lively, music akin to the Spanish Troubadour tunes and Las Cantigas de Santa Maria. I was wrong, and I was disappointed at ...

11,000 Virgins: Chants for the Feast of St. Ursula

Anonymous 4, Hildegard of Bingen

Harmonia Mundi Fr., 1997

Great Medieval Plainsong. Not all from Hildegard
'11,000 Virgins - Chants for the Feast of St. Ursula' performed by the vocal quartet, Anonymous 4' is 72 minutes of music at least as good as any of their other albums. But, over half of the pieces on this record are by medieval composers OTHER than Fraulein Hildegard. ...

Noël: Carols & Chants for Christmas - Anonymous 4 (4 CD Set)

Codex Las Huelgas Anonymous, English Anonymous, ...

Harmonia Mundi, 2005

Compilation of 4 existing CDs
This is a great compilation of Anonymous 4 Christmas music - but it is NOT new. It simply boxes 4 existing CDs together. The CDs are Legends of St. Nicholas, Wolcum Yule, On Yoolis Night, and A Star in the East. If you already have those CDs, there is nothing new ...

Love's Illusion-Music From The Montpellier Codex 13th Century

Ruth Cunningham, Susan Hellauer, ...

Harmonia Mundi Fr., 1994

Excellent Rendition of Early Music. Buy It.
`Love's Illusion' is the third album done by the medieval vocal quartet, `Anonymous 4' and the first recording for them of secular motets, although it is important to note that to my relatively uneducated ear, I find it hard to discern the difference between these ...

Music for a Medieval Banquet

Anonymous, Codex Faenza Anonymous, ...

Hmf Classical Exp., 2001

A good, simple bargain, with a sweet reward
This simple little album reminds me of what it is that I love most about the Italian Renaissance - its barefaced passion and gut level power. So playful and raucous at times that I felt as if I were in a scene from Pasolini's irreverent "Decameron" and at other ...

Legends of St. Nicholas: Medieval Chant & Polyphony

Anonymous 4, Gregorian Chant, ...

Harmonia Mundi Fr., 1999

Excellent Alternative to 'Good Saint Nick'.
'Legends of St. Nicholas' and 'A Star in the East' are both collections of medieval Christmas music. Both are based heavily on Latin chants. The first has some old English lyrics and the second is based on both original Hungarian material and material imported into ...

Isabel I: Reina de Castilla

Hesperion XXI, Daniele Carnovich, ...

Alia Vox Spain, 2004

Not always historically accurate, but fabulous performances
This recording presents a selection of music from the time of Isabella of Castile (1451-1504), organised to present a hypothetical illustration in sound of the main events of her reign. Connoisseurs will be familiar with a number of these pieces, many from previous ...

A Mediterranean Christmas

Alfonso X (el Sabio), Anonymous, ...

Warner Classics, 2005

Transforming!
As fans of the Boston Camerata for decades, we giddily add a CD every couple of years to our collection. And while everything from the BC masterfully declares the glories of Western religious, literary, music, and linguistic heritage, this CD has the power to stop you ...

A Portrait Of Anonymous 4

Anonymous 4

Harmonia Mundi Fr., 1997

If Angels Ever Recorded A CD
Four female voices have never blended together so perfectly and beautifully as do those of the 'Anonymous 4.' Their CD titled, 'Portrait' contains a selection of tracks from seven other previous CD's, kind of a "Best Of" you might say. If angels ever came down from ...

Miracles of Sant'iago: Music from the Codex Calistinus

Ambrosian Chant, Gregorian Chant, ...

Harmonia Mundi Fr., 1996

The sirens of heaven
This album was my entrance to the early music world and because of it i continud exploring the wonderful sounds of ancient times . the magicle voices of this 4 angles will in seconds take you into a time travel to the medieval world with so mutch beauty that u'll say ...

Llibre Vermell De Montserrat

Ian Harrison, Alfonso X (el Sabio), ...

Rhino / Wea, 1994

Completely Haunting
I am at heart, a very agnostic person with an ambiguous spirituality, but spiritual nonetheless. This album cuts through any religous preconceptions one may have when thinking about buying what is generally termed "religous music". This album contains a breadth of ...

Santiago De Murcia Codex
Santiago de Murcia, Ensemble Kaspberger, ...

Astree, 2005

Faces of a Woman
Darrick Yee, Sarah Freiberg, ...

MD&G Records, 2008

Hilliard Live: The Collection [Box Set]
Gordon Jones, Anonymous, ...

Coro, 2008

"Unforgettable live recordings." -- Goldberg All four of The Hilliard Ensemble's live discs on CORO in one box set! Includes the award winning Pérotin and the Ars Antiqua , winner of a Diapason d'Or. Rare repertoire from the 12th and 15th centuries from one of the world's most celebrated exponents of early choral music.

Faventina: The liturgical music of Codex Faenza 117 (1380-1420)

Codex Faenza Anonymous, Pedro Memelsdorff, ...

Naive, 2007

entering a different world
This latest recording by Mala Punica presents the complete liturgical musical glosses found in the Codex Faenza 117, an Italian manuscript of the Ars Nova. The extensive and scholarly liner notes explain that musical glosses substitute or complete simple melodies with ...