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Various: Spirits of England & France Vol.4 (Missa Caput/ Story of The Salve Regina) [CD]

Gothic Voices , Various , Christopher Page Audio CD
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  • Performer: Christopher Page
  • Conductor: Christopher Page
  • Composer: Various
  • Audio CD (26 July 2010)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: HYPERION
  • ASIN: B003PN5UPY
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 38,361 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. Missa Caput interspersed with The story of the Salve regina
2. Salve regina
3. Jesu for thy mercy
4. SMERT & TROULUFFE Jesu fili Dei
5. Make us merry
6. Nowell, nowell, nowell, this is the salutacion of the aungell Gabriell
7. Clangat tuba
8. Alma redemptoris mater
9. Agnus Dei OLD HALL MANUSCRIPT

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The English anonymous fifteenth-century Missa Caput at the centre of this disc is probably the most significant work from the period. It was copied all across Britain and the Continent and was largely responsible for the universal adoption of the 'parody Mass' technique and of today's standard fourpart choir arrangement. It is a work of great stature and beauty, in this performance interspersed with a curious Latin poem which describes how two small boys composed the Salve regina antiphon while languishing in Hell. Also represented here are six fifteenth-century carols, and an exquisite Agnus Dei from the Old Hall Manuscript.

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Gothic Voices - Christopher Page, direction

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5.0 out of 5 stars The English origin of the parody mass 28 Nov 2011
By E. L. Wisty TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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Long thought to be a work by Guillaume Dufay, it has only relatively recently been established that the Missa Caput was originally composed in England by an unknown author probably in the 1440s; the removal from Dufay's canon sadly and unjustly resulted in a drop off in interest in performing this magnificent work.

Based upon a long melisma on the final word "caput" in a Maunday Thursday chant of the Sarum Rite, this work was the prototype of the parody mass, and by adding a fourth voice, also the archetype of the standard four voice SATB ensemble, both of which compositional practices quickly spread through Europe. Composers of the stature of Ockeghem and Obrecht used it as a model for their own Missa Caput.

Besides the mass itself, there is a mixed bag of other pieces. The mass itself is interspersed with parts of "The story of the Salva Regina", a plainchant piece narrating a legend as to how this Marian antiphon originated, plus a version of the Salva Regina itself. These are followed by three pieces for a lute trio, three English carols, and an isolated Agnus Dei.

The performances by the vocal ensemble "Gothic Voices" directed by Christopher Page are committed and replete with feeling for the texts, rich and technically outstanding.

The accompanying booklet provides excellent notes, and full Latin/English sung texts with translations.
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