St. Nicholas Center ::: Medieval

Medieval Music & Plays

	Daar wordt aan de deur geklopt Hemony Ensemble Hemony CD Dutch Sint-Nicolaas music from the middle ages and the Dutch renaissance of the 16th and 17th centuries. The recording follows both the life of Nicholas and the development of song. 2-CD set with 34 songs.
	Legends of St. Nicholas Anonymous 4 Harmonia MundiCD 907232 Outstanding recording of several legends, highly recommended
	The Fleury Playbook: I, Four twelfth-century Saint Nicholas liturgical dramas Edited by Wyndham Thomas Antico Edition MCM4 Complete Latin text, with English translation by Margaret Hunt, and plainsong notation. The four plays: Tres Filie (The Three Daughters), Tres Clerici (The Three Scholars), Iconia Sancti Nicholai (The Image of St Nicholas), and Filius Getronis (The Son of Getron or the Golden Cup)
	Ominus Anúna Anúna CD 2003Remastered and re-edited from 1995 and 1996 recordings Contains English mystic Godric's (c. 1070-1170) very short St Nicholas. His three surviving songs are the earliest written in what has become the English language. St Nicholas, Godes druth timbray us faire scone hus At thee burthe at thee bare St Nicholas, bring us well thare St. Nicholas, God's beloved, build us a wondrous place to dwell. At the time of birth, and at the time of death, St. Nicholas bring us safely there.
	Nicolaus: Ufficio Liturgico di San Nicola vesocovo di Myra Liturgical Office of St. Nicholas Bishop of Myra in the 13th century Bari Cathedral Ensemble Calixtinus Tactus CD 1000004 Gregorian Chant Complete liturgical office of the saint
	Gregorian Chants from Medieval Hungary: Hungarian Saints Magyar Gregoriánum 5 Schola Hungarica Hungaroton Classic HCD 12169 Includes O Pastor aeteme, a two-part rundellus of St Nicholas, and Nicolai solemnia, a three-part Benedicamen of St Nicholas These two fine examples of 15th century Hungrian polyphony demonstrate Nicholas' Hungarian popularity. Notes and text in English, French, German, and Hungarian.
	La Nuit Saint Nicholas La Reverdie Cantori Gregoriani ARCANA CD 750 Superb music of the traditional liturgical office
	Les Miracles de Saint Nicolas Ensemble Venance Fortunat Harmonia Mundi ED 13013 Two 12th century liturgical plays: The Spoiled Jew and the Three Scholars. Notes in French and English. Recording in French, excellent, rare
	Les Miracles de Saint Nicolas Venance Fortunat L'empreinte digitale ED13153 Two 12th century liturgical plays: The Spoiled Jew and the Three Scholars. Notes in French and English.
	Summer Is Icumen In Medieval English Songs The Hilliard Ensemble Harmonia Mundi CD 19511154 Includes St. Godric's very short Sainte Nicolas
	The Play of St. Nicholas: A 12th-Century Liturgical Drama New York Ensemble for Early Music Frederick Renz, Director, recorded in St. James Chapel, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1981 Musical Heritage Society CD 523742L set of 2 CDs Excellent recording of an authentic medieval play
	The Play of St. Nicholas: A 12th Century Liturgical Drama New York Ensemble of Early Music recorded in Cathedral of St. John the Divine Musical Heritage Society MHS 824437 LP Excellent recording of an authentic medieval play, 2-record set of the above CDs
	Plays of St. Nicholas Schola Hungarica Hungaroton CD 12887-88 Superb recording of some legends in chant
	The Solemn Mass Held in San Nicolò from "LO SPOSALIZIO: The Wedding of Venice to the Sea" Music by Giovanni & Andrea Gabrieli and Others Choir of the King's Consort Hyperion CDA 67048 From the 11th century, Venetians offered special prayers to San Nicolò, the patron saint of mariners, on Ascension Day. By the 16th and 17th centuries, this was a glorious day-long ceremony which began with a simple mass at the Basilica San Marco, moved through a water procession for the wedding of Venice to the Sea, and culminated with a Solemn Mass at the monastery church of San Nicolò at Lido.
	Ludi Sancti Nicolai The Miracles of Saint Nicolaus Studio der Frühen Musik Ensemble Vocale Guillaume Dufay EMI Classics 7243 8 265009 2 8 (1978) Four miracles of Saint Nicholas were adopted for presentation as plays during the Middle Ages. Two, Three Daughters and The Icon of Saint Nicholas, are included here.
	English Songs of the Middle Ages Saintë Nicholas, Godes druth Sequentia EMI CDC 7 49192 2 (1988) Three songs by Godric: Saintë viergeneë, Crist and Saintë Marië, and Saintë Nicholas, Godes druth St. Nicholas, God's darling graciously prepare for us beautiful dwellings. By the merits of they birth, by the merits of thy bier, St. Nicholas, bring us safely there.
	San Nicola di Bari Composer: Giovanni Bononcini, 1693 Oratorio for four voices with concertino and groso Les Muffati Ramée RAM 0806 LC13839(2008) The oratorio treats one scene from Nicholas' early life: the conversion of a fellow student. There are four characters, Nicholas, his mother and father, and the student. Near the end the student, Clizio, states, "If at so young an age you know how to cure the hurt of others' souls, what will you do as the years pass? A mysterious voice foretells to me your works; and with accents of presage I hear it tell my heart that it will be your way to work wonders." Text in English, German and French.
	Klanken rond Sint Nicolaas Henk van Benthem Schola Cantorum Amsterdam Kemper Conseil Publishing Twelve Saint Nicholas songs, from ancient songs sung in church to modern well-known songs sung by school children. Congaudentes exultemus the most popular sequence from the middle ages is included.