Pèlerinage / L'Ensemble DeuxPlus et Compagnie
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The Fossil Dungeon
2006
[53:18]
1. O Virgo splendens [4:00] Llibre Vermell de Montserrat
LV 1
2. Splendens ceptigera [1:27] Llibre Vermell de Montserrat
LV 4
3. Chi la gagliarda [2:57] Giovanni da NOLA
4. Quen a omagen da Virgen [3:27] ALFONSO X, le sage
CSM 353
5. Mater Dei /Mater Virgo / EIUS [2:26] Codex Montpellier
6. Fuggit amore [2:31] Giovanni da NOLA
7. Bizzaria d'amore, furioso [2:06] Cesare NEGRI
8. Polorum regina [3:23] Llibre Vermell de Montserrat
LV 7
9. Cuncti simus concanentes [2:07] Llibre Vermell de Montserrat
LV 6
10. Laudemus Virginem [1:44] Llibre Vermell de Montserrat
LV 3
11. Recercar [2:39] Adriaan WILLAERT
12. Madonna mia fa [3:21] Adriaan WILLAERT
13. Chi passa per sta strada [4:09] Filippo AZZAIOLO
14. Girometta senza te [3:47] Filippo AZZAIOLO
15. Trio En petits mouvements [5:22] Alessandro STRADELLA
16. Homo fugit velut umbra [7:53] Stefano LANDI
Pèlerinage CD is now available to download at the Fossil Dungeon.
The pilgrimage to Santiago (Saint James) da Compostella, together with
those to Rome or Jerusalem, was considered an obligation for Christians
in the Middle Ages. There existed a number of different
routes in Western Europe by land and sea which led to this holy city in
Galicia, Spain. This CD is a compilation of religious and secular music
which illustrates those times. Recorded live during a concert
“Eglises enchantées” by the English/French ensemble
of singers and instrumentalists DeuxPlus et Compagnie at the Romanesque
church of Notre-Dame Courcôme, Charente, France (a
pilgrim’s rest stop); Sunday 3rd September 2006.
L’ensemble DeuxPlus et Compagnie
Direction: Kathy Smith
Kathy Smith: soprano, violoncello and recorders
Chris Pell: tenor, percussion
Geoffrey Edwards: baritone, racket, recorders, harpsichord
Isabelle Nadaud: mezzo-soprano
Katharine Senior: soprano, rebec, violin, medieval fiddle
Caroline Bradley: alto, percussion
Valéry Sauvage: lute and renaissance guitar
William Summers: recorders, crumhorns, bass
«Livre Vermeil de Montserrat» :
songs dedicated to the Catalonian “black Virgin” from
manuscripts in the library of the Monastery at Montserrat, near
Barcelona, contained in the «llibre vermell» or red book,
so named from the colour of its cover. It is one of the most curious
documents compiled at the end of the Middle Ages, (about 1399). It
includes ten pilgrims’ songs written in the “Ars
Nova” style and mostly in Latin; just two in the Catalan dialect.
These "honest songs" were intended as a diversion for the pilgrims who
would sing and dance between their devotions of prayer and meditation.
1. O Virgo Splendens «O Virgin shining brightly on this high mountain, intercede for us»
2. Splendens ceptigera: «Radiant, sceptred ruler, intercede for us»
Alphonse X, the Wise
(1221-1284). During the 13th century there was a fervent cult of
devotion to the Virgin Mary. There are numerous examples of miraculous
events resulting from her intercession, many recounted in the writings
of the renowned Spanish King Alphonsus X . These songs or Cantigas were
written in an ancient language Galician/Portuguese.
3. Virgen Santa Maria Cantiga 47 «Virgin Mary keep us in your peace, you who know the splendour of the heavens»
4. Quen a omagen Cantiga 353 «who honours the Virgin and her son»
Codex Calixtinus
«Contemplate those choirs of pilgrims in a perpetual state of
vigil at the foot of the altar of the venerated Saint James, finding
such joy and wonder… some playing the citole, others the lyre,
the tympanum, the flute, the chalumeau, the trumpet, the harp, the
hurdy-gurdy, the rote (fiddle), and others on the psaltery or singing,
accompanied by these varied instruments….»
5. Mater Dei - Mater Virgo - Eius «Mother of God, mother Virgin, come now» (Montpellier Codex n°. 66)
Frottolas by Giovanni Domenico da Nola (v.1515 - 1592)
6. Fuggit 'Amore: «flee love, you who like women»
7. (3) Chi la gagliarda: «he who would learn the galliard»
Césare Negri (v.1536-après 1604)
8. (7) Bizzaria d’amore, furioso (published 1602)
From «Livre Vermeil de Montserrat»
9. (8) Polorum Regina: «Queen of all the heavens, star of the morning, redeem our sins»
10. (9) Cuncti simus concanentes: tells of the visitation to the Virgin Mary by the angel Gabriel
11. (10) Laudemus Virginem: «Let us praise the Virgin Mary who is mother and her son, Jesus»
Adrian Willaert (v. 1490 – 1562)
12. (11) Ricercar in D: for a consort of recorders
13. (12) Madonna mia fa: «My lady, make me a good offer for I bring you as a present this little cock-hen»
Filippo Azzaiolo, 1569, Bologna, Italie:
14. (13) Chi passa per sta strada: «Blessed is he who passes by on the king’s highway and doesn’t sigh»
15. (14) Girometta senza te: «Girometta, I cannot live without you» ( The earliest known arrangement of this popular love song)
Alessandro Stradella (1642-1682)
16. (15) Trio: for violin, cello and harpsichord.
Stefano Landi (v. 1586-1639)
17. (16) Homo fugit velut umbra: The
text is from the Bible, Job 14: vs. 1-3 The Brevity of Life; «Man,
born of woman, lives but a few days, and full of trouble. He comes
up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and
does not remain. Do you open your eye on such a one? And do you bring
me before you for judgment?»