Masterpices Of Music Before 1750 - Record 1: Gregorian Chant to the 16th Century

 

Gregorian Chant to the 16th Century

Masterpieces Of Music Before 1750

An Anthology Of Musical Examples From Gregorian Chant to J.S. Bach: Record 1

Cover Design by Enrico Arno

Recorded in conjunction with W.W. Norton + Co., Inc.

The Hayden Society, Inc.

H.S. 9038 Gregorian Chant to the 16th Century

1958

Danish Soloists and Ensembles - Including

Finn Vederø
Aksel Schiø

Else Brems

Niels Brincker

Schola Gregoriana of Copenhagen

The Copenhagen Boys' and Men's Choir

The Madrigal Choir of Danish State Radio

The Chamber Orchestra and Chorus of the Danish State Radio

Under the direction of Mogens Woldike

From the back cover: The issuing of this recording of the musical pieces contained in the book of the same title represents a happy recognition of the nearly unlimited possibilities and usefulness of a combination made possible by the long-playing record – the combination of audible music with the written discussion of it. The advantages of this procedure are manifest and are especially notable in the case of an anthology such as the present one. While it is true that an intelligently arranged anthology can be played on the piano any almost anyone, eve the virtuoso pianist cannot recreate the sensuous quality of the human voice or the variegated color scheme of an orchestra. Ever since the 15th century, musicians have endeavored to make vocal another compositions available to the music lover who would like to study and enjoy all kinds of music by playing it on his own instrument in the privacy of his home. In modern times, with an immense treasure of music available to the public, the need felt for "arranged" music is increased, but at the same time the phonograph makes it possible to hear all this music in its original form, an immeasurable gain, especially so because, when the student returns to his score and plays it on his piano, he no longer hears only the bare percussive sound of his instrument, but a good deal of the splendor conveyed by the recording will remain in his mind's ear. This most welcome joint publication of Masterpieces Of Music Before 1750, in which the recording and the book follow the same sequence, offers a true introduction to music; it annuls the very real limitations imposed upon music by verbal disquisition and piano reduction, and changes the modest study or classroom into a concert hall or opera house, at the disposal of the listener and at his discretion. – Paul Henry Lang

Antiphon: Loas Deo Patri, and PSALM 113: Laudate pueri

Schola Gregoriana of Copenhagen

Bernhard Lewkovitch, Conductor

Chorus: 5 tenors, 3 basses

Alleluia: Vedimus stellam

Schola Gregoriana of Copenhagen

Bernhard Lewkovitch, Conductor

Chorus: 5 tenors, 3 basses

Sequence: Victim Paschali (11th Century)

Schola Gregoriana of Copenhagen

Bernhard Lewkovitch, Conductor

Chorus: 5 tenors, 3 basses

Trouvére Song: Orlatruiz (12th - 13th Century)

Holger Nørgaard, Bass

Minnelied: Willkommen Mayenschein – Neidhart von Reuenthal (13th Century)

Holger Nørgaard, Bass

Parallel Organum: Rex caeli, Domine (9th Century)

Schola Gregoriana of Copenhagen

Bernhard Lewkovitch, Conductor

Chorus: 5 tenors, 3 basses

Free Organum: Agnus Dei (12th Century)

Schola Gregoriana of Copenhagen

Bernhard Lewkovitch, Conductor

Chorus: 5 tenors, 3 basses

Melismatic Organum: Benedicamus Domino – School of St. Martial (12th Century)

Schola Gregoriana of Copenhagen

Bernhard Lewkovitch, Conductor

Chorus: 5 tenors, 3 basses

Organum: Alleluia (Nativity's) – Pertain (late 12th Century)

Erling Thorborg, Tenor

Egon Sørensen, Tenor

Men's Voices of The University Choir of Copenhagen

Niels Møller, Conductor 

Chorus: 10 basses

Motet: En non Diu! Quant voi: Eius in Oriente – School of Notre Dame (13th Century)

Conductus: De castitatis thalamo (13th century)

Women's Voices of The University Choir of Copenhagen

Niels Møller, Conductor

Chorus 8 sopranos, 5 altos

Estampie (13th Century)

Christian Thodberg, Conductor

Hans Erik Deckert, Viola da gamba

Agnus Dei (1) from the Mass "Notre Dame" – Guillaume de Machaut (ca. 1300-ca. 1377)

The Copenhagen Boys' and Men's Choir

Niels Møller, Conductor

Chorus: 10 sopranos, 5 altos (3 boys and 2 men), 5 tenors

Instrumentation: Hemmersam positiv organ, regal stop

Ballata: Chi pia le vuol sapere – Francesco Landini (1325-1397)

Niels Brincker, Tenor

Hans Erik Deckert, Viola da gamba

Kyrie (1) from the Mass, "Se la face ay pale" – Guillaume Dufay (ca. 1400 - 1474)

The Copenhagen Boys' and Mens' Choir

Niels Møller, Conductor

Instrumentation: Recorder with sopranos, Viola with tenors I, Trombone with tenors II, Bassoon with basses, Hemmersam positive organ, gedackt stop

Chanson: Adieu m'amour et ma maistresse – Gilles Binchois (ca. 1400 - 1460)

Dagmar Schou, Conductor

Christian Thodberg, Recorder

Jens Sørensen and Hans Erik Deckert, Violas de gamba

Sanctus (first section) from the "Missa prolationum" – Johannes Ockeghem (ca. 1425 - 1495)

The Copenhagen Boys' and Mens' Choir

Niels Møller, Conductor

Chorus: 20 sopranos, 3 tenors I, 3 tenors II, 7 basses

Motet: Ave Maria – Josquin des Prez (ca. 1450 - 1521)

The Copenhagen Boys' and Mens' Choir 

Niels Møller, Conductor 

Chorus: 20 sopranos, 3 tenors I, 4 tenors II, 7 basses

Chanson: Pour ung plaisir – Thomas Crequillion (d.ca. 1557)

The University Choir of Copenhagen

Niels Møller, Conductor

Chorus: 9 sopranos, 5 altos, 5 tenors, 8 basses

Canzona Francese data Pour ung Plaisir – Thomas Crequillion (ca. 1510 - 1586)

Finn Viderø, Harpsichord

Harpsichord: Bengaard, Copenhagen

Lute Dances: Der Prinzen-Tanz (ca. 1550)

Tage Nielsen, Lute