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Visions from the Book

Sequentia (Performer), Peter Abelard (Performer), Ernoul de Gastinois (Artist), Benjamin Bagby (Artist), Elizabeth Gaver (Artist), Stephen Grant (Artist), Paul Guttry (Artist), William Hite (Artist), Frank Kelley (Artist), Eric Mentzel (Artist)
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Product Details

  • Performer: Sequentia, Peter Abelard
  • Audio CD (June 18, 1996)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: RCA
  • ASIN: B000001TZ3
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #107,231 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Samson dux fortissime
2. A deserto veniens
3. Dolorum solatium
4. Liber generationis
5. S'onques hom en liu s'assist
6. Omnis caro peccaverat
7. Syon egredere nunc de cubilibus

On this CD:
  1. Lai of Samson and Delilah: Samson Dux fortissime (Reading Abbey, mid-13th century)
    Composed by Anonymous
    with William Hite, Elizabeth Gaver, Barbara Thornton, Stephen Grant, Cologne Sequentia Ensemble for Medieval Music, Frank Kelley, Sons of Thunder, Benjamin Bagby, Eric Mentzel, Paul Guttry, Sanford Sylvan

  2. Destruction of Job's House: A Deserto Veniens (Notre Dame of Paris, early 13th century)
    Composed by Anonymous
    with William Hite, Elizabeth Gaver, Barbara Thornton, Stephen Grant, Cologne Sequentia Ensemble for Medieval Music, Frank Kelley, Sons of Thunder, Benjamin Bagby, Eric Mentzel, Paul Guttry, Sanford Sylvan

  3. Dolorum Solatium
    Composed by Peter Abelard
    with William Hite, Elizabeth Gaver, Barbara Thornton, Stephen Grant, Cologne Sequentia Ensemble for Medieval Music, Frank Kelley, Sons of Thunder, Benjamin Bagby, Eric Mentzel, Paul Guttry, Sanford Sylvan

  4. Genealogy of Christ: Liber Generationis (Augustinian monastic songbook, 14th-century Bavaria)
    Composed by Anonymous
    with William Hite, Elizabeth Gaver, Barbara Thornton, Stephen Grant, Cologne Sequentia Ensemble for Medieval Music, Frank Kelley, Sons of Thunder, Benjamin Bagby, Eric Mentzel, Paul Guttry, Sanford Sylvan

  5. S'onques hom en liu s'asist (Courtly "Lai of the Old and New Testaments")
    Composed by Ernoul de Gastinois
    with William Hite, Elizabeth Gaver, Barbara Thornton, Stephen Grant, Cologne Sequentia Ensemble for Medieval Music, Frank Kelley, Sons of Thunder, Benjamin Bagby, Eric Mentzel, Paul Guttry, Sanford Sylvan

  6. Lai of Noah and the Flood: Omnis Caro Peccaverat (Dublin Troper, 14th century)
    Composed by Anonymous
    with William Hite, Elizabeth Gaver, Barbara Thornton, Stephen Grant, Cologne Sequentia Ensemble for Medieval Music, Frank Kelley, Sons of Thunder, Benjamin Bagby, Eric Mentzel, Paul Guttry, Sanford Sylvan

  7. Dance-lai in Praise of Virgin Mary: Syon Egredere Nunc de Cubilibus (Bavarian, 14th century)
    Composed by Anonymous
    with William Hite, Elizabeth Gaver, Barbara Thornton, Stephen Grant, Cologne Sequentia Ensemble for Medieval Music, Frank Kelley, Sons of Thunder, Benjamin Bagby, Eric Mentzel, Paul Guttry, Sanford Sylvan


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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Performances of a 'different kind of old music', December 13, 2005
By B. Marold "Bruce W. Marold" (Bethlehem, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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'Visions from the Book' performed by the 'Ensemble for Medieval Music', otherwise known as SEQUENTIA gives us a genre of old music which is neither purely liturgical (part of a mass) or minstral or part of a masque (dance).

It is singing, with some instrumental accompanyment, of stories from the Bible, written mostly by anonymous authors, probably monestary choir directors.

One name stands out among the unknown composers. This is Peter Abaelard (1079 - 1142), famous as one of the two principals in the story of Heloise and Abelard. He gives us a lament of David over the death of Saul and Jonathan from the old testament.

In fact, four of the seven tracks are recitations from the old testament.

Up until now, I have not paid enough attention to SEQUENTIA's body of work and they have laid fallow in my collection. This recording reminds me of how good they are, in comparison to the other famous names of old music performing such as the Hilliard Ensemble and the Anonymous 4.

Highly recommended.
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