Shining Light: Music from Aquitanian Monasteries

Aquitanian Repertory Anonymous (Composer), Christmas Traditional (Composer), Anonymous (Composer), Italian Anonymous (Composer), Cologne Sequentia Ensemble for Medieval Music (Performer), Pamela Dellal (Performer), Stephen Grant (Performer), Paul Guttry (Performer), Ellen L. Hargis (Performer), William Hite (Performer), Frank Kelley (Performer), Nancy Mayer (Performer), Eric Mentzel (Performer), William Sharp (Performer), Sanford Sylvan (Performer), Suzanne Ehly (Performer), Heather Knutson (Performer), Caitriona O'Leary (Performer), Janet Youngdahl (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Cologne Sequentia Ensemble for Medieval Music, Pamela Dellal, Stephen Grant, Paul Guttry, Ellen L. Hargis, et al.
• Composer: Aquitanian Repertory Anonymous, Christmas Traditional, Anonymous, Italian Anonymous
• Audio CD (October 29, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000001TZG
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #74,232 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incidental liturgical music. Great listening., December 15, 2005

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B. Marold "Bruce W. Marold" (Bethlehem, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shining Light: Music from Aquitanian Monasteries (Audio CD)

'shining light' performed by Sequentia, the Ensemble for medieval music, is an excellent collection, running for over 70 minutes, of fragments of instrumental music and vocal music in Latin from monasteries in and around the southwestern French city of Limoges.

While this may not rate five stars as an academic piece, it is certainly worth the ranking as music easy on the ears, combining instrumental, male, and female choral music.

I wlll let the scholars fight it out. I simply find it an excellent collection of early music performances.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At Christmas, shine the light indeed!, July 24, 2008

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Maurice Canada - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shining Light: Music from Aquitanian Monasteries (Audio CD)

Along with their other Christmas CD called Aquitania, Shining Light is also full-packed with medieval Latin Christmas songs with another generous 73 minutes of play. This is simply the follow-up of the other Sequentia's Christmas CD. Both CDs are accompanied by sung texts and english translations. At Amazon's price, do yourself a favor and get both at once. These are ideal Christmas gifts for you and those you love.

- Maurice Canada

11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sounds as pure as water, January 3, 2001

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David Fletcher Noble (Highlands Ranch, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shining Light: Music from Aquitanian Monasteries (Audio CD)

This disc is so beautiful, so full majesty and spirituality. It can quiet the stress and bring sweet comfort. The Sequentia singers so clean-sounding. Their voices have never sounded so pure, like the running of the streams. The chasms of the earth and the sea would be moved to the sounds.