La Bele Marie (Songs of the Virgin from 13th Century France)

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ANONYMOUS
La Bele Marie (Songs of the Virgin from 13th Century France)
Anonymous 4

[ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 12 June 2015

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A radiant and varied collection of 13th-century French conductus and chansons in praise of the Virgin Mary from 2002. Drawn from the Notre Dame repertoire, or adapted from vernacular lyrics of the northern French trouvères, these ardent songs echo the European prehistoric culture of goddess worship.

"Anonymous 4 cast a spell difficult to resist." (The Times, London)

"Fans of Anonymous 4 will be right at home with the chant styles and the songs (each of the singers takes a solo turn in the four chansons), enjoying that familiar "one voice" quality in the unison pieces and the exciting interplay of lines in the more complex and lively selections...no one who listens to these four women sing will be listening casually--the voices are just too compelling and the music too beautiful to do otherwise."
Classics Today Artistic Quality 10 / 10 Sound Quality

"sublime...Coupled with superb production, the quartet's programme explores thirteenth-century song, largely from the northern French trouveres tradition, with exquisite clarity and warmth." Tarik O'Regan, The Observer, 6 October 2002 Classical CD of the Week

"if you are an admirer of Anonymous 4 but somehow never acquired this particular disc, don't miss the chance to do so now. Or, indeed, if you are too young to have heard this music when first issued, do please try to hear it (and purchase it?) now." (MusicWeb July 2016)

Tracks:

Anonymous:
O maria o felix puerpera
Pia mater gratie
De la mere au sauveor
O maria virginei
Verbum bonum et suave
Ave salus hominum
Mainte chançon au fait
Ave maria gracia plena
Mundum renovavit
Je te pri de cuer par amors
Salve sancta parens
Serena virginum
De la tres douce Marie
Ave virgo Virginum
Mater patris et filia
Ave nobilis venerabilis

Perotinus:
Beata viscera