Performer: Diabolus in Musica, Antoine Guerber
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA102
Release: 2006
Size: 322 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Benedicamus domino
02. Deus misertus
03. Sursum corda
04. Descendit de celis
05. Mundus vergens
06. Olim sudor herculis
07. Veri floris sub figura
08. Naturas deus regulis
09. O Maria virginei
The programme centres on the impressive Christmas response Descendit de Caelis, alternating long polyphonic melismas, probably by Pérotin, and Gregorian melodies enriched with solo prose sections.The other pieces illustrate the possibilities that were being explored by the composers of the Notre Dame School in the thirteenth century: from 1 to 4 parallel voices, Pérotin being the first composer to write in 4 parts.