Scola Gregoriana Pragensis - Adventus Domini (2012)
Artist: Scola Gregoriana Pragensis
Title: Adventus Domini
Year Of Release: 2012
Label: Supraphon
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 59:01
Total Size: 293 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Adventus Domini
Year Of Release: 2012
Label: Supraphon
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 59:01
Total Size: 293 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
01. Chants Before Rorate: O, Rising Lightning (Antiphona) (00:01:45)
02. Chants Before Rorate: Joyful Singing (Cantio) (00:01:18)
03. Chants Before Rorate: Descendi in hortum meum (Antiphona) (00:01:54)
04. I Go unto the God's Altar: Rorate celi (Introitus) - Rorate celi (Motetus) (00:05:09)
05. I Go unto the God's Altar: Many Righteous Prophets and Kings (Introitus) (00:03:35)
06. I Go unto the God's Altar: In adventu Domini (Kyrie) (00:03:45)
07. I Go unto the God's Altar: Today Is the Beginning of Our Redemption - All Faithful Christians - Don´t Get Worried Virtuous Virgin - As Promised from the Highest (00:04:20)
08. Reading of the Holy Scripture: Isaie Prophete (Lectio) (00:01:38)
09. Reading of the Holy Scripture: Prophete Sancti (Alleluia) (00:01:48)
10. Reading of the Holy Scripture, The Almighty God: The Almighty God (Prosa) (00:00:35)
11. Reading of the Holy Scripture, The Almighty God: Tropus Christ’s Angel Was Sent to Virgin Mary (Prosa) (00:01:45)
12. Reading of the Holy Scripture, The Almighty God: Tropus God Sent His Angel (Prosa) (00:03:32)
13. Reading of the Holy Scripture, The Almighty God: Tropus Let’s All Faithful Christians (Prosa) (00:03:21)
14. Reading of the Holy Scripture, The Almighty God: Tropus Let’s Sing in Exultation (Prosa) (00:02:46)
15. Reading of the Holy Scripture: Sancti evangelii secundum Joannem (Lectio) (00:02:10)
16. Lord's Supper: Ave Maria (Offertorium) (00:01:43)
17. Lord's Supper: The Most Mighty and Desirable (Sanctus) (00:01:30)
18. Lord's Supper: Gaude quam magnificat (Cantio) (00:01:58)
19. Lord's Supper: Gaude quam magnificat (Sanctus super) (00:02:47)
20. Lord's Supper: Beata viscera (Communio) (00:01:49)
21. Handmaid of the Lord: Salve mater gracie (Cantio) (00:01:55)
22. Handmaid of the Lord: Tota pulchra es (Antiphona) (00:01:52)
23. Handmaid of the Lord: Sicut cedrus (Motetus) (00:01:40)
24. Handmaid of the Lord: Lai Mater bonitatis (00:02:00)
25. Handmaid of the Lord: Imperatrix gloriosa (Motetus) (00:02:26)
Total length: 00:59:01
Label: SUPRAPHON a.s.
Performers:
Scola Gregoriana Pragensis
Picture the scene: Advent, a snow-covered Czech landscape; it is still night yet the windows of a small chapel on the hillock in the centre of the village glow warmly in the dark. The worshippers have gathered at a Rorate mass.
This image is more than 500 years old, yet we can still encounter it in the Czech countryside today. The Advent tradition of celebrating the Marian mass before daybreak stretches back to the Middle Ages. The “Rorate” got its name from the Latin text of the first antiphon Rorate coeli (Drop down dew, ye heavens). This recording presents a reconstruction of the Rorate mass, as it developed from the early Middle Ages to the second half of the 16th century.
Alongside the Gregorian chant, the greatest scope is afforded to the typically Czech repertoire, homophonic and, above all, polyphonic sacred song. This, however, also reflects the influence of Franco-Flemish 16thcentury polyphony, which was amply performed by fraternities of men of letters. The recording draws from marvellous manuscripts (the Kodex Speciálník, Kodex Franus, etc.), in which the treasures of this repertoire have been preserved.
One would be hard pressed indeed to find finer Rorate mass interpreters than Schola Gregoriana Pragensis – an ensemble with a long tradition, beautiful voices and international renown. Rorate chants usher in Advent, its peace, and foreshadow the mystery of the Nativity of the Lord. Rorate chants – an age-old tradition of Czech Advent.
This image is more than 500 years old, yet we can still encounter it in the Czech countryside today. The Advent tradition of celebrating the Marian mass before daybreak stretches back to the Middle Ages. The “Rorate” got its name from the Latin text of the first antiphon Rorate coeli (Drop down dew, ye heavens). This recording presents a reconstruction of the Rorate mass, as it developed from the early Middle Ages to the second half of the 16th century.
Alongside the Gregorian chant, the greatest scope is afforded to the typically Czech repertoire, homophonic and, above all, polyphonic sacred song. This, however, also reflects the influence of Franco-Flemish 16thcentury polyphony, which was amply performed by fraternities of men of letters. The recording draws from marvellous manuscripts (the Kodex Speciálník, Kodex Franus, etc.), in which the treasures of this repertoire have been preserved.
One would be hard pressed indeed to find finer Rorate mass interpreters than Schola Gregoriana Pragensis – an ensemble with a long tradition, beautiful voices and international renown. Rorate chants usher in Advent, its peace, and foreshadow the mystery of the Nativity of the Lord. Rorate chants – an age-old tradition of Czech Advent.
