Cor Europae - Christmas in Mediaeval Prague

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Label
Ricercar
Release Date
October 25, 2019
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Tiburtina Ensemble
    • PERFORMER
      Kabatkova
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 25, 2019
    • UPC
      5400439004108
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      RIC410
    • LABEL
      Ricercar
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Ave spes nostra (Hail, mother of God, our hope) [Antiphon, Medieval Hungarian Polyphony]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Tiburtina Ensemble

      Conductor: Barbora Kabátková

    2. Benedicamen in hac precelsa sollempnitate

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Tiburtina Ensemble

      Conductor: Barbora Kabátková

    3. Kyrie Creator pater increate

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Tiburtina Ensemble

      Conductor: Barbora Kabátková

    4. Veni, redemptor gencium [Las Huelgas, 14th century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Tiburtina Ensemble

      Conductor: Barbora Kabátková

    5. Primo Tempore [14th Century, Czech Republic]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Tiburtina Ensemble

      Conductor: Barbora Kabátková

    6. Offertorium tui sunt celi - Tropus nate dei

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Tiburtina Ensemble

      Conductor: Barbora Kabátková

    7. Lectio Iube Domine - Consolamini

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Tiburtina Ensemble

      Conductor: Barbora Kabátková

    8. Benedicamen Splendor patris et sol - Festivali melodia

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Barbora Kabátková

      Conductor: Barbora Kabátková

    9. Puer natus in Bethleem

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Tiburtina Ensemble

      Conductor: Barbora Kabátková

    10. Lectio consolamini

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Tiburtina Ensemble

      Conductor: Barbora Kabátková

    11. Responsorium: Descendit de cælis - Tropus Fabrica mundi

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Tiburtina Ensemble

      Conductor: Barbora Kabátková

    12. Lectio iube domine - Consurge

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Tiburtina Ensemble

      Conductor: Barbora Kabátková

    13. Benedicamen: Nos respectu gracie

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Daniela Čermáková

      Conductor: Barbora Kabátková

    14. Introitus: Lux fulgebit - Tropus: Lumen clarum rite

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Tiburtina Ensemble

      Conductor: Barbora Kabátková

    15. Gaude quam magnificat [Cantio]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Tiburtina Ensemble

      Conductor: Barbora Kabátková

    16. Sanctus super Gaude quam magnificat

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Tiburtina Ensemble

      Conductor: Barbora Kabátková

    17. Agnus Dei

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Tiburtina Ensemble

      Conductor: Barbora Kabátková

    18. Benedicamen: Patrem parit filia

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Hana Blažíková

      Conductor: Barbora Kabátková

    19. Motet: Exordium quadruplate - Nate Dei - Concrepet infanti - Verbum caro

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Tiburtina Ensemble

      Conductor: Barbora Kabátková


Prague has always been regarded as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. The name 'Cor Europae' (Heart of Europe) probably dates from the country's early history, in the thirteenth century, when the Kingdom of Bohemia stretched from the Baltic to the Mediterranean. This was a period of great prosperity, especially under King Wenceslaus II Premyslid, and culminated with the reign of Charles IV, who was both King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor. Despite the fact that Bohemia was the centre of Europe and benefited from the presence of many scholars (more especially after the foundation of the university in 1348), the local culture also preserved an older tradition there. This can be seen in the beautiful repertory for the Advent and Christmas period that have survived in the sources of Prague Cathedral and the Benedictine abbey of Prague Castle. These sources make it possible to reconstruct the liturgy of the Feast of the Nativity as it was celebrated there, with organa and tropes in the tradition of twelfth-century music, at a time when the new Ars Nova style was flourishing elsewhere in Europe. It is this music that the wonderful voices of the Tiburtina Ensemble bring to life for us.