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Track Listings
| 1. Beata Viscera | |||
| 2. Viderunt Omnes | |||
| 3. Viderunt Omnes | |||
| 4. (Plainchant) ... Fines Terre Salutare Dei ... | |||
| 5. (2-Part Organum) ... Notum Fecit ... | |||
| 6. ... Dominus ... | |||
| 7. ... Salutare Suum Ante Conspectum ... | |||
| 8. (Plainchant) ... Justitiam Suam | |||
| 9. (2-Part Organum) ...Viderunt Omnes ... | |||
| 10. (Plainchant) ... Fines Terre Salutare Dei ... | |||
| 11. (2-Part Organum) ... Notum Fecit ... | |||
| 12. ... Dominus ... | |||
| 13. (Plainchant) ... Justitiam Suam | |||
| 14. (2-Part Organum) ...Viderunt Omnes ... | |||
| 15. (Plainchant) ... Fines Terre Salutare Dei ... | |||
| 16. (2-Part Clausula): ... Dominus ... | |||
| 17. (2-Part Clausula): ... Dominus ... | |||
| 18. (2-Part Clausula): ... Dominus ... | |||
| 19. (2-Part Clausula): ... Dominus ... | |||
| 20. (2-Part Clausula): ... Dominus ... | |||
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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Notre-Dame was at the heart of the Western 12th century cultural explosion - and this CD attempts to capture something of that dynamic, Gothic-cathedral-building splendour.
Starting with a simple, solo-voiced (monophonic), quite beautiful hymn to the Blessed Flesh of the Virgin Mary the programme moves through increasingly complicated, two then four part arrangements of music that would have been performed in Paris as the first, `truly monumental' cathedral was raised above its foundations.
And just as the building has its foundations - so too with the music: Weaving in and out of the performances is the dignified simplicity of plainchant - the basis from which first Leonin then Perotin departed.
The parallel between the increasing power and complication of the building and the developing richness of the music is deliberate - as Antony Pitts (founder of TONUS PEREGRINUS) makes clear in his excellent booklet notes.
More than anything else, however, this CD deserves to be listened to because of the wonderfully clear performance.
Not everyone will appreciate the use of women's voices for the high parts - but for me they give a strength which more than compensates for any niggles over authenticity.
This is not the only way to approach this wonderful music - but the alternatives will have to be very, very good to supplant this recording as my first choice as an introduction to the world of Gothic Polyphony.
Starting with a simple, solo-voiced (monophonic), quite beautiful hymn to the Blessed Flesh of the Virgin Mary the programme moves through increasingly complicated, two then four part arrangements of music that would have been performed in Paris as the first, `truly monumental' cathedral was raised above its foundations.
And just as the building has its foundations - so too with the music: Weaving in and out of the performances is the dignified simplicity of plainchant - the basis from which first Leonin then Perotin departed.
The parallel between the increasing power and complication of the building and the developing richness of the music is deliberate - as Antony Pitts (founder of TONUS PEREGRINUS) makes clear in his excellent booklet notes.
More than anything else, however, this CD deserves to be listened to because of the wonderfully clear performance.
Not everyone will appreciate the use of women's voices for the high parts - but for me they give a strength which more than compensates for any niggles over authenticity.
This is not the only way to approach this wonderful music - but the alternatives will have to be very, very good to supplant this recording as my first choice as an introduction to the world of Gothic Polyphony.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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This album of ancient music that would have been heard at the time of building Notre-Dame cathedral, was recorded in the south-west of France by a group of singers called Tonus Peregrinus. They are extremely talented, the recording is brilliant, and the price is a giveaway. The only reason I bought the album was because of the BBC Radio 4 series, the making of music. I originally borrowed the album from a work colleague and was impressed. The album is a delight for de-stressing, and makes a change from either more classical music or choral music with accompanying instruments. The clever things the did with their voices prior to the use of musical instruments is clever and intuitive. A thoroughly good CD.
1 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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The Cultural Revolutionaries who constitute the Philosopher-Kings of our contemporary era of Ignorance and Darkness (aka Revolution and `Rationalism') in constantly seeking to undermine the particular Western Aspect of the Universal Divine Heritage with clichés, are particularly fond of the cliché of the Mediaeval as a metaphor for all that is not `Progressive' (and therefore 'correct'), as in `the Catholic Church is stuck in the Middle Ages'
The spontaneous reaction of all healthy Seekers-after-Truth should thus be a desire to explore further the obvious beneficial qualities of a time and place that these people obviously find so antithetical.
Nothing could serve the purpose better than the 11th/12th century glories of the Sacred Music of Leonin and Perotin. This is music that refreshes the spirit created by men who didn't care to impose their personality in the approved Romantic manner but composed instead, in the immortal words of JS Bach, for `the Glory of God and the betterment of Mankind.'
Whilst reading David Tames excellent `The Secret Power of Music', I thought of this music often and wondered why it affected me in a way that J S Bach's own, and much more well known and performed music, doesn't. And then in an appendix to the book a possible clue was offered:' The Mystery of Pythagora's Comma' - far too complicated to go into here, but whereas the Sacred Music of Notre Dame would have worked with this harmonic imperfection, Bach became the first major musician to dispense with it, `opting for the pragmatic approach of equal temperament.'
Whatever, this CD should undoubtedly take a central place in the Music Catalogue of the Library of the Three Sisters - Beauty, Truth and Goodness. This is music that shines out as a light reflecting Eternal Truth in a darkened world.
The spontaneous reaction of all healthy Seekers-after-Truth should thus be a desire to explore further the obvious beneficial qualities of a time and place that these people obviously find so antithetical.
Nothing could serve the purpose better than the 11th/12th century glories of the Sacred Music of Leonin and Perotin. This is music that refreshes the spirit created by men who didn't care to impose their personality in the approved Romantic manner but composed instead, in the immortal words of JS Bach, for `the Glory of God and the betterment of Mankind.'
Whilst reading David Tames excellent `The Secret Power of Music', I thought of this music often and wondered why it affected me in a way that J S Bach's own, and much more well known and performed music, doesn't. And then in an appendix to the book a possible clue was offered:' The Mystery of Pythagora's Comma' - far too complicated to go into here, but whereas the Sacred Music of Notre Dame would have worked with this harmonic imperfection, Bach became the first major musician to dispense with it, `opting for the pragmatic approach of equal temperament.'
Whatever, this CD should undoubtedly take a central place in the Music Catalogue of the Library of the Three Sisters - Beauty, Truth and Goodness. This is music that shines out as a light reflecting Eternal Truth in a darkened world.
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