The Night of Saint Nicholas / La Reverdie, I Cantori Gregoriani

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Label
Arcana
Release Date
November 3, 2017
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ANONYMOUS CAFFAGNI
    • PERFORMER
      La Reverdie, I Cantori Gregoriani
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 03, 2017
    • UPC
      3760195734421
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      A442
    • LABEL
      Arcana
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Adoremus regem seculorum

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: I Cantori Gregoriani, La Reverdie

      Performer: Giorgio Merli

      Conductor: Roberto Spremulli, Fulvio Rampi

    2. Nobilissimis siquidem natalibus - Psalm 1

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: La Reverdie

      Conductor: Roberto Spremulli, Fulvio Rampi

    3. Pudore bono repletus - Psalm 3

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: La Reverdie

      Performer: Elisabetta de Mircovich

      Conductor: Roberto Spremulli, Fulvio Rampi

    4. Auro virginum incestus - Psalm 4

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: La Reverdie

      Performer: Giorgio Merli

      Conductor: Roberto Spremulli, Fulvio Rampi

    5. Lectio 1

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: I Cantori Gregoriani, La Reverdie

      Conductor: Roberto Spremulli, Fulvio Rampi

    6. Quadam die tempestate - Mox illis clamantibus

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: I Cantori Gregoriani, La Reverdie

      Performer: Elisabetta de Mircovich

      Conductor: Roberto Spremulli, Fulvio Rampi

    7. Vox de celo

      Composer: Claudia Caffagni

      Ensemble: I Cantori Gregoriani, La Reverdie

      Performer: Claudia Caffagni, Giorgio Merli

      Conductor: Roberto Spremulli, Fulvio Rampi

    8. Lectio 2

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: I Cantori Gregoriani, La Reverdie

      Conductor: Roberto Spremulli, Fulvio Rampi

    9. Confessor dei Nicholaus - Erat enim valde compaciens

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: I Cantori Gregoriani, La Reverdie

      Performer: Roberto Spremulli

      Conductor: Roberto Spremulli, Fulvio Rampi

    10. Lectio 3

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: I Cantori Gregoriani, La Reverdie

      Conductor: Roberto Spremulli, Fulvio Rampi

    11. Ex eius tumba - Catervatim - Sospitati dedit egros

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: I Cantori Gregoriani, La Reverdie

      Performer: Elisabetta de Mircovich, Claudia Caffagni

      Conductor: Roberto Spremulli, Fulvio Rampi

    12. Ex eius tumba

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: La Reverdie

      Performer: Claudia Caffagni, Roberto Spremulli

      Conductor: Roberto Spremulli, Fulvio Rampi

    13. O per omnia laudabilem virum - Psalm 150

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: I Cantori Gregoriani, La Reverdie

      Performer: Elisabetta de Mircovich

      Conductor: Roberto Spremulli, Fulvio Rampi

    14. Qui cum audissent - Clara quippe voce

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: I Cantori Gregoriani

      Performer: Giorgio Merli, Elisabetta de Mircovich, Claudia Caffagni, Ella de Mircovich

      Conductor: Roberto Spremulli, Fulvio Rampi

    15. Copiose caritatis Nicholae - Benedictus

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: I Cantori Gregoriani, La Reverdie

      Conductor: Roberto Spremulli, Fulvio Rampi

    16. O Christi pietas - Magnificat

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: I Cantori Gregoriani, La Reverdie

      Conductor: Roberto Spremulli, Fulvio Rampi

    17. Oracio - Sainte Nicolas Godes druth

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: I Cantori Gregoriani, La Reverdie

      Conductor: Roberto Spremulli, Fulvio Rampi


Winter feasts like the Latin Saturnalia and the Germanic Yule, airborne gift-giving figures like the Norse Odinn Jólnir, the Slavic Ded Moroz, the Dutch Sinterklaas: from time immemorial December skies have been rather busy. Pagan patterns were readapted to Christianity – and a canonised bishop from fourth-century Asia Minor, Nikolaos, whose feast occurred near the winter solstice, merged with another bearded benefactor. Wotan’s hood and Nicholas’s mitre were mixed up, and by the nineteenth century Santa Claus was ready to don new red and white robes and to deliver toys on both sides of the Atlantic. The pieces on this recording (mainly from a thirteenth-century English manuscript) belong to the liturgy for the eve of the Feast of St Nicholas: they allude to his picturesque feats, such as the rescue of three needy maidens or the taming of a storm. Readings and additional songs come from the repertory associated with this widely popular saint, celebrated throughout the Middle Ages from Italy to Iceland. Originally released in 1998, this joint performance by La Reverdie and Cantori Gregoriani received enthusiastic reviews in several music magazines: ‘For those who want to enjoy some of the best liturgical singing this is highly recommended’ (Early Music, 1999).