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Codex Las Huelgas - Music from 13th Century Spain
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Audio > Music
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34
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264.37 MB

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Music Medieval Ancient Renaissance
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Jun 25, 2009
By:
bludanube



The convent of Las Huelgas was founded shortly before 1200 in northern Spain by King Alfonso XII (father of Alfonso "The Wise," who compiled the famous Cantigas de Santa Maria) and Queen Eleanor (daughter of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine); it enjoyed royal patronage for generations after. The Codex Las Huelgas is a manuscript of liturgical music compiled--probably by the nuns themselves--for use at the convent; it's undoubtedly the most important source of medieval music intended for women.

Just how engaging, catchy, lively, and artful can 13th century Spanish music be? Very, as evidenced by this collection of motets, conductus, mass movements, and strophic songs from the legendary manuscript compiled at the 12th-century Cistercian convent at Las Huelgas. This remarkable program, highlighting only a handful of the nearly 200 works contained in the original manuscript, shows not only the beauty and inventiveness of sacred music of this period, but also how colorful and varied it could be. And just how well sung and played is it? Impressively, as shown by these five exceptional female voices and period instrumentalists from the superb Huelgas Ensemble. Instruments--recorders, fiddles, rebec, and percussion--are sparingly and effectively used, and the singers treat us to exciting yet rarely heard ornamentation, an ancient art that sounds eerily modern.

01 - Ex Illustri Nata Prosapia 
Composed by Anonymous 
with Huelgas Ensemble 
Conducted by Paul van Nevel 


02 - Crucifigat Omnes 
Composed by Anonymous 
with Huelgas Ensemble 
Conducted by Paul van Nevel 


03 - O Maria, Maris Stella 
Composed by Anonymous 
with Huelgas Ensemble 
Conducted by Paul van Nevel 


04 - Ex Agone Sanguinis 
Composed by Anonymous 
with Huelgas Ensemble 
Conducted by Paul van Nevel 


05 - Belial Vocatur 
Composed by Anonymous 
with Huelgas Ensemble 
Conducted by Paul van Nevel 


06 - Sanctus 
Composed by Anonymous 
with Huelgas Ensemble 
Conducted by Paul van Nevel 


07 - Agnus Dei 
Composed by Anonymous 
with Huelgas Ensemble 
Conducted by Paul van Nevel 


08 - Benedicamus Domino 
Composed by Italian Anonymous 
with Huelgas Ensemble 
Conducted by Paul van Nevel 


09 - Flavit Auster 
Composed by Anonymous 
with Huelgas Ensemble 
Conducted by Paul van Nevel 


10 - Eya Mater 
Composed by Anonymous 
with Huelgas Ensemble 
Conducted by Paul van Nevel 


11 - Quis Dabit Capiti Meo Aquam & O Monialis Concio Burgensis, for women's ensemble 
Composed by Anonymous 
with Huelgas Ensemble 
Conducted by Paul van Nevel 


12 - Casta Catholica; Da, Dulcis Domina, for chorus 
Composed by Anonymous 
with Huelgas Ensemble 
Conducted by Paul van Nevel 


13 - Homo Miserabilis 
Composed by Anonymous 
with Huelgas Ensemble 
Conducted by Paul van Nevel

Comments

Very happy to have a chance to listen to this. Thank you! (Hoping for more seeders which I'll be once downloaded). I was looking for French music of the 14th C from a CD I once had called Chantilly Codex, also very beautiful, but lost in one of many moves. Cheers!