Legends of St. Nicholas: Medieval Chant and Polyphony

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Legends of St. Nicholas: Medieval Chant and Polyphony
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Artist: Anonymous 4
Composer: Gregorian Chant
Composer: St. Godrich
Composer: John Taverner
Composer: Codex Las Huelgas Anonymous
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 1999-09-07
Music Label: Harmonia Mundi
Soundtracks:
  1. Intonent hodie
  2. Exultemus et letemur
  3. Gaudens in domino
  4. Seint Nicholas was borne in the citee of Patras
  5. Confessor dei nicholaus
  6. Cantu mirro, summa laude
  7. Sainte nicholaes
  8. Whanne the bisshop of the citee of Patras
  9. Nicholai presulis
  10. Cum quidam fluctuantia
  11. Novus presul prodiit
  12. Sainte nicholaes
  13. All the province of Seint Nicholas suffered...
  14. Plaudat letitia
  15. Salve cleri speculum/Salve iubar presulum
  16. Sainte nicholaes
  17. A worschipfull man hadde thre doughtres virgines
  18. Fulget nicolaus
  19. Ex eius tumba / Sospitati dedit egros
  20. Gaudens in domino
  21. And whanne oure Lorde lust to take Seint Nicholas...
  22. Psallat chorus/Eximie pater/[Apatur]
  23. Nicholae presulum
  24. Nicholaus pontifex

Description of Legends of St. Nicholas: Medieval Chant and Polyphony

If you're feeling jaded at the prospect of the usual holiday fare, Anonymous 4 has a truly sublime musical treat in store with their latest release. The contemporary world has turned Santa Claus into an icon of consumerist mania, but the historical figure from whom he ultimately derives was a uniquely inspiring religious figure to medieval Europeans. Anonymous 4 has culled together music from the liturgy of the hours and other sources originally produced to celebrate the legends associated with the fourth-century St. Nicholas, who was considered the patron of sailors, unmarried women, Russia, and--ironically--merchants. As with their earlier Christmas celebration, On Yoolis Night, the quartet ethereally blends their seamless, unaccompanied vocals in this collection of chants, hymns, and readings recounting the saint's life and miracles on behalf of those in need. In addition to Latin settings, the program includes one of the oldest known English-language hymns ("Sainte nicholaes," by a contemporary of Hildegard) and a number of verse-refrain pieces thought to inspire dancing in church. Most of the musical material involves simple unilinear trails of chant, which the ensemble spins out with their trademark unanimous purity of tone. Elsewhere, as in the spiraling eddies of "Novus presul prodiit," their suave harmonies glint like a sudden shaft of light through stained glass. And it is all captured in a warm, ambient church acoustic that is balm for modern ears. --Thomas May

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