Early Music 07 - Ars subtilior

Dawn of the Renaissance

Philipoctus de Caserta (fl.1370)

De ma doulour

Johannes Ciconia (c.1335-1411)

La flamma del to amor

Le ray au soleyl

Jacob Senleches (c.1378-1395)

La harpe de mélodie

Ferrara Ensemble

Crawford Young

Guido (fl.1372-4)

Dieux gart

Baude Cordier (fl. début XVe siècle)

Tout par compas

Solage (fl.1370-90)

Fumeux fume par fumée

Ensemble Organum

Marcel Pérès

John Dunstable (1390-1453)

Salve scema sanctitatis / Salve salus servulorum / Cantant celi agmina

The Orlando Consort

John Plummer (c.1410-c.1484)

Anna Mater Matris Christi

The Hilliard Ensemble

Guillaume Dufay (c.1400-1474)

O gemma, lux et speculum / Sacer pastor Barensium

Salve flos Tusce gentis / Vos nunc, Etrusce iubar

Huelgas Ensemble

Paul Van Nevel

Johannes Ockeghem (c.1420-1497)

Requiem (extraits)

Ensemble Organum

Marcel Pérès

Antoine Busnois (1430-1492)

Gaude caelestis Domina

Gilles Binchois (c.1400-1460)

Je ne vis onques

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Machaut: The Gentle Physician [The Orlando Consort]

Guillaume de Machaut (c1300-1377)

The Gentle Physician

De Fortune

De bonté, de valour

J'aim miex languir

Quant ma dame

Helas! et comment aroie

Maugré mon cuer / De ma dolour / Quia amore langueo

Je vivroie liement

Dame, comment qu'amez

S'onques dolereusement 'Le lay de confort'

De Fortune first verse

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Guillaume de Machaut: Fortune's Child [The Orlando Consort]

Guillaume de Machaut (c1300-1377)

Fortune's Child

Gais et jolis

Dous amis, oy mon complaint

Dame, je vueil endurer

Trop plus est bele / Biauté paree de valour /Je ne sui mie

Douce dame, tant com vivray

Dou mal qui m'a longuement

Comment puet on miex ses mans dire

Dame, vostre dous viaire

Hé! Mors! / Fine Amour / Quare non sum mortuus

Dame, mon cuer enportez

Riches d'amour

Helas! pour quoy virent / Corde mesto / Libera me

Puis que ma dolour agree

Honte, paour, doubtance

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Guillaume Dufay [The Orlando Consort]

Guillaume Dufay (c1400-1474)

O tres piteulx / Omnes amici 'Lament for Constantinople'

Je vous pri / Ma tres douce amie! / Tant que mon argent dura

La dolce vista

Je me complains

Mon chier amy

Malheureulx cueur

Ma belle dame, je vous pri

Pouray je avoir vostre mercy?

Helas, et quant vous veray?

Je ne suy plus tel que souloye

Je vueil chanter de cuer joyeux

Ce moys de may

Belle, que vous ay je mesfait?

En triumphant de Cruel Dueil

Par le regard de vos beaux yeux

Vostre bruit et vostre grant fame

Le serviteur

Puisque vous estez campieur

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Extempore II [Orlando Consort]

Extempore II

A modern Mass for the Feast of St Michael

based on the medieval melody, L'homme armé

Motet - The Man, the Man

Introit - Approach

Processional Fanfare - Tumult

Kyrie - Mercy, Mercy

Gloria - Glory be

Collect - Thistle

Epistle - Prayer

Gradual - Protectorate

Alleluia - Archangel

Gospel - Gospel

Credo - Crier

Secret / Offertory - Umballa

Preface - Ministry of Angels

Sanctus - Coeli et Terra

Benedictus - Draconus

Paternoster - Pater noster

Paternoster - Haubregon

Pax - Pax

Agnus Dei - Deliverance

Communion - Above the clouds

Post Communion - Intercession

Dismissal - Burgate

Recessional - Dona nobis pacem

Orlando Consort

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Philippe de Vitry and the Ars Nova [The Orlando Consort]

Philippe de Vitry and the Ars Nova

14th Century motets

Philippe de Vitry (1291-1361)

Vos quid admiramini / Gratissima virginis species

Se je chant

Apta caro / Flos virginum

Tribum que non abhorruit / Quoniam secta latronum

O canenda vulgo /Rex quem metrorum

Colla iugo subdere / Bona condit

Petre clemens/Lugentium siccentur

Trahunt in precipicia / Quasi non ministerium / Ve qui gregi

Almifonis melos /Rosa sine culpa spina

Douce playsence / Garison selon nature

Tuba sacre fidei / In arboris

In virtute / Decens carmen

Impudenter circumivi / Virtutis laudabilis

Aman novi probatur / Heu, fortuna subdola

Floret cum vana gloria / Florens vigor

Firmissime fidem / Adesto Sancta Trinitas

Flos ortus / Celsa cedrus

Servant regem / O Philippe

Cum statua Nabucodonasor / Hugo, Hugo, princeps invidie

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Machaut: Le Lion de Nobilité [The Orlando Consort]

Guillaume de Machaut (c1300-1377)

The Lion of nobility

S'il estoit nuls / S'Amours tous / Et gaudebit cor vestrum
On ne porroit penser
Dame, se vous m'estes lonteinne
Moult sui de bonne heure nee
Ne pensez pas, dame, que je recroie
En demantant et lamentant
Mes esperis se combat
J'aim sans penser laidure
Ma fin est mon commencement
C'est force, faire le vueil
Je puis trop bien ma dame comparer
Tant doucement m'ont attrait / Eins que ma dame / Ruina

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Worcester Fragments [The Orlando Consort]

Worcester Fragments

English sacred music of the late Middle Ages

Alleluya moduletur

O sponsa dei electa

Alleluya Nativitas

Sanctus

Ave virgo mater

Salve sancta parens

Thomas gemma Cantuarie primula

Super te Ierusalem

Munda Maria

Sponsa rectoris omnium

O Maria virgo pie

Candens crescit lilium

Gloria

O quam glorifica

Fulget celestis curia

Senator regis curie

Inviolata integra mater

Dulciflua tua memoria

Virgo regalis

Puellare gremium

Beata viscera

Prolis eterne genitor

Lux polls refulgens aurea

De supernis sedibus

Quam admirabilis

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John Dunstaple: Musician to the Plantagenets [The Orlando Consort]

John Dunstaple (c1390-1453)

Descendi in ortum meum

Ave maris stella

Gloria in canon

Speciosa facta es

Sub tuam protectionem

Veni sancte spiritus

Albanus roseo rutilat

Specialis virgo

Preco preheminencie

O crux gloriosa

Salve regina mater mire

Missa Rex seculorum

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Extempore [Orlando Consort, Perfect Houseplants]

Extempore

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Entering and leaving

Modus II

South wind

St Martial

Quasi

Preceding

The Bride

Viderunt omnes (Theme & Variations)

Modus IV

Sanctus fontorum

Hearing is believing, thank you

Offertorium

L'ange à la Vierge

Modus III

Harmonium

Modus VI

Single Tear

Hymnus

Orlando Consort

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Guillaume de Machaut - A Burning Heart [The Orlando Consort]

Guillaume de Machaut (c1300-1377)

A burning heart

Hé, dame de vaillance

Cinc, un, trese

Tous corps / De souspirant / Suspiro

Helas, pour quoy se demente et complaint

Esperance qui m'asseüre

Pas de tor en thies pais

Se mesdisans en acort

Une vipere en cuer ma dame maint

Tuit mi penser

Plus dure que un dyamant

Vos dous resgars, douce dame, m'a mort

Se je me pleing je n'en puis mais

Aucune gent / Qui plus aimme / Fiat voluntas tua

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The Rose, the Lily & the Whortleberry [Orlando Consort]

The Rose, the Lily & the Whortleberry

Medieval Gardens

Guillaume de Machaut (c1300-1377)

Rose, liz, printemps, verdure

Anonymous

El mois de mai / De se debent / Kyrie

Hé marotele / En la praërie / Aptatur

Trebor (fl1380-1400)

Passerose de beauté

Anonymous

Flos regalis virginalis

Walter Frye (fl1450-1475)

Missa Flos Regalis: Agnus Dei

Leonel Power (?-1445)

Quam pulchra es

Anonymous

Soubz les branches / En la rousée / Jolis mois de may

Alexander Agricola (1446-1506)

Royne des flours

Anonymous

Dindirín, dindirín

Juan Vásquez (1500-c1560)

En la fuente del Rosel

Rodrigo de Ceballos (c1533-1581)

Hortus Conclusus

Gabriel Mena (?-1528)

Aquella Mora Garrida

Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)

Quasi cedrus

Claudin de Sermisy (c1495-1562)

Changeons propos

Antoine Brumel (c1460-c1520)

Sicut Lilium Inter Spinas

Johannes Lupi (c1505-1539)

Vidi speciosam

Elzéar Genet dit Carpentras (1470-1548)

Haec est illa dulcis rosa / Salve

Cipriano de Rore (1516-1565)

Da le belle contrade d'oriente

Jacques Arcadelt (c1507-1568)

I vaghi fiori e l'amorose fronde

Dominique Phinot (1510-1555)

Ecce tu pulcher es

Thomas Crecquillon (c1505-c1557)

Des herbes ai assés

Jacobus Clemens non Papa (c1510-c1556)

Au ioly bocquet croist la violette

Nicolas Gombert (c1495-c1560)

O flos campi

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The Toledo Summit [Orlando Consort]

The Toledo Summit (1502)

Early 16th century Spanish & Flemish songs & motets

Alonso de Mondéjar (fl 1502-1505)

Ave rex noster

Pierre de La Rue (c1452-1518)

Gaude Virgo

Juan de Anchieta (1462-1523)

Libera me, Domine

Francisco de Peñalosa (c1470-1528)

Versa est in luctum

Francisco de la Torre (fl 1483-1504)

Adorámoste, Senor

Alexander Agricola (c1446-1506)

Ja n'ay dueil

Si dedero

Pierre de La Rue (c1452-1518)

Missa Nunca fué pena mayor - Kyrie

Anonymous

Ora baila tú

Pierre de La Rue (c1452-1518)

Autant en emporte le vent

Francisco de la Torre  (fl 1483-1504)

Justa fué mi perdicion

Pedro de Lagarto (fl 1490-1507)

Andad, pasiones, andad

Antonius Divitis (c1470-c1515)

O desolatum consolator

Antoine Brumel (c1460-c1515)

Mater patris

Alonso de Mondéjar (fl 1502-1505)

Oyan todos mi tormento

Pierre de La Rue (c1452-1518)

Secretz regretz

Gabriel Luchas (fl c1500)

A la caca, sus, a la caca

Josquin Desprez (c1440-1521)

In te, Domine, speravi

Pedro Díaz de Aux (fl 1480-1510)

Ave sanctissimum

attrib. Josquin Desprez (c1440-1521)

Ave festiva ferculis

Francisco de Peñalosa (c1470-1528)

Missa L'homme armé - Credo

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Sacred Music • CD 4 The Polyphonic Motet

Sacred Music

CD 4 The Polyphonic Motet from Ars Antiqua to the Renaissance

Ars Antiqua - Ecole de Notre-Dame

Anonymous
Virgo flagellatur

Pérotin (fl c1200)
Mors

Theatre of Voices
Paul Hillier

14th-century England

Anonymous
Campanis cum cymbalis. Honoremus Dominam
Worldes blisse have good day (Benedicamus Domino)
Valde mane diluculo
Ovet mundus letabundus

The Hilliard Ensemble
Paul Hillier

Ars Nova & Pré-Renaissance

Guillaume Dufay (c1400-1474)
Ave Regina coelorum

John Dunstable (1390-1453)
Salve scema sanctitatis / Salve salus servulorum / Cantant celi agmina

The Orlando Consort

John Plummer (c1410-c1484)
Anna Mater Matris Christi

The Hilliard Ensemble
Paul Hillier

Renaissance

Josquin Des Prez (c1440-1521)
Salve Regina

La Chapelle Royale
Philippe Herreweghe

Clément Janequin (c1485-1558)
Congregati sunt

Ensemble Clément Janequin
Dominique Visse

William Byrd (1543-1623)
Canciones sacrae: Peccantem me quotidie

Deller Consort
Mark Deller

Carlo Gesualdo (1560-1613)
Tribulationem et dolorem
Ecce quomodo moritur justus (Sabbato Sanctum)

Hans Leo Hassler (1562-1612)
Ad Dominum

Ensemble Vocal Européen
Philippe Herreweghe

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Orlando Gibbons: Anthems, Madrigals and Fantasies [Deller-Consort, Consort of Viols of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis]

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

Oh Lord, I lift my heart to Thee

Thus Angels sung

Fantasia I

Almighty and Everlasting God

Oh my love, how comely now

Fantasia "In nomine"

Oh Lord, increase my faith

This is the record of John

What is our life

Fantasia II

The silver swan

Fantasia

The Cries of London

Deller-Consort

Consort of Viols of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis

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The Coronation of King George II, 1727 [Robert King]

The Coronation of King George II, 1727

William Child (1606-1697)

O Lord, grant the King a long life

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

A Grand Instrumental Procession (The Occasional Oratorio. Act 1 No 1, Overture)

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

I was glad when they said unto me

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Let thy hand be strengthened (HWV 259)

Let justice and judgement be the preparation of thy seat (HWV 259)

Alleluia (HWV 259)

Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585)

O God the Father of Heav'n

John Farmer (fl 1591-1601)

Come, Holy Ghost

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Zadok the Priest (HWV 258)

John Blow (1649-1708)

Behold, O God our defender

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

The King shall rejoice in thy strength, O Lord (HWV 260)

Exceeding glad shall he be (HWV 260)

Glory and great worship (HWV 260)

Alleluia (HWV 260)

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

(Morning Canticle) Te Deum

John Blow (1649-1708)

God spake sometime in visions

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

My heart is inditing of a good matter (HWV 261)

Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women (HWV 261)

Upon thy right hand did stand the Queen in vesture of gold (HWV 261)

Kings shall be thy nursing fathers (HWV 261)

March in D major, HWV 345

Choir of The King's Consort

The King's Consort

Robert King

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