Gothic Voices - Masters of the Rolls
Hyperion Records  (1999)
Classical Music, Medieval

In Collection
#792

7*
CD  58:53
22 tracks
   01   Ah ora summa muncius             03:15
   02   Inter usitata; Inter tot es tales; TENOR             01:51
   03   Vexilla regni prodeunt             03:56
   04   Singularis laudis digna             05:18
   05   Dulcia [dona redemptoris]             02:09
   06   Summum regem honoremus             01:51
   07   Omnis terra; Habenti dabitur; TENOR             02:56
   08   Copiose caritatis             01:19
   09   Missus Gabriel de celis             02:03
   10   Pura, placens; Parfundement plure; TENOR             02:28
   11   Letetur celi curia             03:28
   12   Salve regina             02:49
   13   Jesu Fili virginis (plainsong)             00:53
   14   Jesu Fili; Jesu Lumen; [JESU FILI VIRGINIS]             02:10
   15   Sospitati dat egrotos             01:41
   16   Exultemus et letemur             02:04
   17   Stella maris illustrans omnia             02:19
   18   Venit dilectus meus             05:01
   19   Pange lingua             04:16
   20   O sponsa dei electa             01:37
   21   Generosa Jesse plantula             02:42
   22   Musicorum collegio; In templo dei; TENOR             02:47
Personal Details
Details
Studio Boxgrove Priory
Country United Kingdom
Cat. Number CDA67098
Packaging Jewel Case
Spars DDD
Sound Stereo
Musicians
Alto Catherine King
Tenor Steven Harrold
Tenor Julian Podger
Tenor Leigh Nixon
Tenor Charles Daniels
Baritone Stephen Charlesworth
Credits
Conductor Christopher Page
Producer Martin Compton
Engineer Philip Hobbs
Notes
Music by English composers of the 14th century

'Masters of the rolls' is the name we have given to the English composers of the fourteenth century, almost all of whom are anonymous. Literate musicians were often called 'magister' in the Middle Ages (compare the modern Italian usage of 'maestro'), and for performance purposes their compositions were often copied out on rolls like those shown on the front illustration of this CD. Some of these anonymous masters are perhaps to be found in the texts of 'musician motets' like Musicorum collegio/In templo dei: John Adam, William Oxwick, John Exeter, Nicholas Hungerford, William Tideswell. Even the most expert research has failed to uncover much information about these singers and nothing to connect them with any particular surviving compositions.