Women's Classical Groups - Anonymous 4: Secret Voices - Chant & Polyphony from the Las Huelgas Codex, c.1300 (CD)

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Ave Maris Stella

Fa fa mi

Mater patris et filia

Sanctus and Benedictus

Anonymous 4: Secret Voices - Chant & Polyphony from the Las Huelgas Codex, c.1300 (CD)

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Anonymous 4's 2011 CD is a return to the heart of their favorite century, and to a repertoire that proved to one and all that medieval women could, and did, sing the most complex polyphony in the Gothic era.

This varied repertoire of 13th-century polyphony and sacred Latin song was collected for a convent of noble and aristocratic women, who were clearly used to having their own way. In spite of a rule forbidding the singing of polyphony by the women of their order, these sophisticated ladies sang the most beautiful, advanced and demanding music from all over Europe in the 13th century.

Song List:

FIRST LIGHT
1 - Virgines egregie
2 - Ave maris stella
3 - Claustrum pudicicie / Virgo viget / FLOS FILIUS

MORNING
4 - Fa fa mi / Ut re mi
5 - O maria virgo / O maria maris stella / [IN VERITATE]
6 - Benedicamus domino: cum cantico

MASS
7 - Salve porta / Salve salus / Salve sancta parens
8 - Kirie: Rex virginum amator
9 - Gloria: Spiritus et alme
10 - Verbum bonum et suave
11 - Salve virgo regia / Ave gloriosa mater / [DOMINO]
12 - Sanctus & Benedictus
13 - Gaude virgo nobilis / Verbum caro factum / ET VERITATE
14 - Agnus dei: Gloriosa spes reorum
15 - O monialis conscio
16 - Benedicamus domino: Belial vocatur

EVENING
17 - In virgulto gracie
18 - Ave regina celorum / Alma redemptoris mater / [ALMA]
19 - Benedicamus domino à 3 (rondellus)

NIGHT
20 - Si vocatus ad nupcias
21 - Mater patris et filia
22 - Benedicamus domino à 2
23 - Omnium in te christe

Format: SACD - Plays on any standard Compact Disc Player
Year Released: 2011
Record Label: Harmonia Mundi
Style/Genre: 13th Century Chant and Polyphony
Voicing: Women's Voices
A cappella?: Yes