El Cant De La Sibil·La And Other Sacred Medieval Works / Eugenia Amisano, Musicaround, Marenco

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Label
Dynamic
Release Date
October 16, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ANONYMOUS
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Musicaround Ensemble
    • PERFORMER
      Marenco
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 16, 2020
    • UPC
      8007144078751
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      DYN-CDS7875
    • LABEL
      Dynamic
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Audi tellus, audi magni maris limbus [Bibliothèque municipale, MS lat. 6, Montpellier, 10th century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Musicaround

      Conductor: Vera Marenco

    2. Ordo prophetarum [Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS lat. 1139, St. Martial de Limoges, 11th-13th centuries] - Benedicamus Domino [Las Huelgas, Monasterio de Sta. María la Real, IX, Burgos, 1300]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Arkansé Choir, Musicaround

      Performer: Eugenia Amisano

      Conductor: Vera Marenco

    3. El canto de la Sibilla [Catalan Oral Tradition]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Arkansé Choir, Musicaround

      Performer: Eugenia Amisano

      Conductor: Vera Marenco

    4. Veni venia veniae [Las Huelgas, Monasterio de Santa María la Real, IX, Burgos, ca. 1300]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Musicaround

      Conductor: Vera Marenco

    5. Audi pontus, audi tellus [Las Huelgas, Monasterio de Santa María la Real, IX, Burgos, ca. 1300]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Musicaround

      Conductor: Vera Marenco

    6. Cantigas de Santa Maria: No. 51. A madre de Deus

      Composer: Alfonso X

      Ensemble: Arkansé Choir, Musicaround

      Performer: Eugenia Amisano

      Conductor: Vera Marenco

    7. Splendidus regis thronus solaris - Leo bos et aquila regalis [Las Huelgas, Monasterio de Santa María la Real, IX, Burgos, ca. 1300]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Musicaround

      Conductor: Vera Marenco

    8. Dies irae [Graduale Romanum, 1908]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Musicaround

      Conductor: Vera Marenco


In 2010 UNESCO declared the Song of the Sibyl part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, as one of the most fascinating documents of Medieval European culture. A prophetess of Apollo, foreteller of misfortunes and calamities, the Sibyl entered the Christian world as the earliest announcer of Christ’s coming and of his return on Doomsday. The text was sung over a suggestive melody that has survived to our day across seventeen centuries, handed down through various manuscripts and languages. This release features the Catalan version of the Song performed in all its expressive intensity by the poignant interpretation of the native language singer Eugenia Amisano, accompanied by the instrumentalists and voices of the Musicaround Ensemble. The programme also includes a selection of rare pieces related by content, in a journey that reveals how the Sibyl’s prophecy sounds at this particular time in history, and proving surprisingly topical. The transcriber, orchestrator and conductor is Vera Marenco who, working on the variety of instrumental and vocal forces and with a particular care for the choral parts, balances the need for a neat, contemporary reading with the popular origin of the rite.