Cor Europae: Christmas in Mediaeval Prague Barbora Kabátková, Tiburtina ensemble

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• 1 Antiphona Ave spes nostra 01:21
• 2 Benedicamen In hac precelsa sollempnitate 01:50
• 3 Kyrie Creator pater increate 03:09
• 4 Hymnus Veni Redemptor gencium 02:20
• 5 Lectio Primo tempore 03:43
• 6 Offertorium Tui sunt celi – Tropus Nate dei 08:12
• 7 Lectio Iube Domine – Consolamini 02:50
• 8 Benedicamen Splendor patris et sol – Festivali melodia 04:11
• 9 Benedicamen Puer natus in Bethlehem 02:01
• 10 Lectio Consolamini 05:07
• 11 Responsorium Descendit de cælis – Tropus Fabrica mundi 07:59
• 12 Lectio Iube Domine – Consurge 01:50
• 13 Benedicamen Nos respectu gracie 01:59
• 14 Introitus Lux fulgebit – Tropus Lumen clarum rite 04:46
• 15 Cantio Gaude quam magnificat 01:19
• 16 Sanctus super Gaude quam magnificat 02:24
• 17 Agnus Dei 01:55
• 18 Benedicamen Patrem parit filia 01:40
• 19 Motet Exordium quadruplate – Nate Dei – Concrepet infanti – Verbum caro 01:36
• Total Runtime 01:00:12

Info for Cor Europae: Christmas in Mediaeval Prague

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 Přemyslid, 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.

Barbora Kabátková, soprano
Tiburtina Ensemble

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