Musical Book of Hours

by Pomerium

Musical Book of Hours cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1998-01-01
  • Label: Archiv Produktion
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:15:45
  • Community rating: 3.6/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Pomerium perform Guillaume Dufay's motets and mass movements on 'Musical Book of Hours', Alexander Blachly directing historically informed Renaissance polyphony. The American ensemble's choral singing is precise and luminous, scholarship rendered as sound.

Genres

Descriptors: christian, choral, orchestral, instrumental, complex, early

Tracklist

  1. Bon Jour, Bon Mois, Bon An (4:26)
  2. In Principio Erat Verbum (9:08)
  3. Intemerata Dei Mater (6:27)
  4. Ave Maris Stella (5:57)
  5. Magnificat Sexti Tomi (9:42)
  6. Inviolata, Integra Et Casta (5:35)
  7. Virgo Prudentissima (3:55)
  8. Venit Ad Petrum ... Caput (2:38)
  9. Salve Regina / [Caput] (12:40)
  10. Veni Sancte Spiritus / Veni Creator (5:49)
  11. En Katerine Solennia (3:31)
  12. De Profundis Clamavi (5:57)

Credits

  • Pomerium - primary artist, ensemble
  • Masterfile - cover [photo]
  • Zefa - cover [photo]
  • Alexander Blachly - music director, score editor
  • Nick Farrell - tenor vocals [haute-contre]

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