Ensemble Providencia - Crossing the Channel: Music from medieval France and England (2011)
Ensemble Providencia - Crossing the Channel: Music from medieval France and England (2011)
DSD64 2.0 | 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Time: 00:;59:59 | ~ 2.50 GB
or 24-bit/96 kHz | Flac(Tracks) | ~ 934 Mb
Classical / Medieval / Vocal | Label: TACET | SACD-R
DSD64 2.0 | 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Time: 00:;59:59 | ~ 2.50 GB
or 24-bit/96 kHz | Flac(Tracks) | ~ 934 Mb
Classical / Medieval / Vocal | Label: TACET | SACD-R
This disc of chant is hypnotic musically and stunning sonically - one of those times where Tacet just push the boundaries of multi-channel presentation to the benefit of the music.
As the absolutely first-rate notes from the Ensemble Providencia's sopranos (Maria Andrea Parias & Sarah Richards) explain, this is a varied collection of the different styles of chant & song that were present on either side of the English Channel in C10-C12. The manuscripts have come from a large number of locations: Bodleian Library (Oxford), Faculte de Medecine (Montpellier), Corpus Christi (Cambridge), Worcester Cathedral, Bibliotheque Municipale (Arras), British Library (London), Herzog August Bibliothek (Wolfenbuttel), Staatsbibliothek (Bamberg), Corpus Christi (Oxford). Despite some of the German locations of the scores, these are works of the (then) Norman empire. What is nice about the construction of the disc musically is the various styles are spread about, making for a nice variety of sonorities as the disc progresses. The sonorities are ably abetted by Ensemble Providencia (also mezzo's Stephanie Leclercq & Hanna Jarvelainen) whose purity of tone is amply varied to expressive effect.
The extraordinary sound though is something to marvel at for this release is another of their "Tacet Real Surround Sound" recordings. Over the course of the disc, we are treated to many varieties of placing of Ensemble Providencia; some in front, some to just one side, one diagonal but most extraordinary of all are the tracks "Christus resurgens" & "Bien deust chanter" where members process around the listener (presumably not in shoes!) Quite apart from that aspect, the "pure" sonic considerations are also very well done with the acoustic of Abbatiale (Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne) happily flattering the Ensemble's sound. Recommended!
Ensemble Providencia - Crossing the Channel: Music from medieval France and England (2011):
Tracklist:
01. Anonimus - Christus resurgens / Processional antiphon - 3:55
02. Anonimus - Deus in adiutorium / 3-part conductus - 2:10
03. Anonimus - Te laudant angeli / Responsory ¨C 2-part organum - 3:12
04. Perotinus - Alleluia V. Nativitas / 3-part organum - 7:48
05. Anonimus - Bien deust chanter / Pious song - 7:34
06. Anonimus - Eclipsim patitur / 2-part conductus - 7:47
07. Perotinus - Ex semine / 3-part motet - 2:58
08. Anonimus - Worldes blis / Song - 7:40
09. Anonimus - Salve mater misericordiae / 3-part conductus - 3:02
10. Anonimus - Au queer ay un maus / ja ne mi repentiray de amer / Joliettement / 3-part motet - 3:46
11. Anonimus - Hare, hare, hye / Balaam goudalier / Balaam / 3-part motet - 3:31
12. Anonimus - O labilis / 2-part conductus - 2:05
13. Anonimus - Veine pleine de ducur / 3-part conductus - 3:25
14. Anonimus - Qui bien aime / Cuer qui dort / Omnes / 3-part motet - 2:34
Ensemble Providencia:
Maria Andrea Parias, Sarah Richards, sopranos
Stéphanie Leclercq, Hanna Järveläinen, mezzo-sopranos
foobar2000 1.4.6 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2022-01-20 12:02:40
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Analyzed: Ensemble Providencia / Crossing the Channel
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -8.58 dB -24.99 dB 3:55 01-Anonimus - Christus resurgens Processional antiphon
DR13 -7.75 dB -24.46 dB 2:10 02-Anonimus - Deus in adiutorium 3-part conductus
DR13 -9.02 dB -25.59 dB 3:12 03-Anonimus - Te laudant angeli Responsory ¨C 2-part organum
DR14 -6.39 dB -23.73 dB 7:48 04-Perotinus - Alleluia V. Nativitas 3-part organum
DR15 -7.52 dB -26.03 dB 7:34 05-Anonimus - Bien deust chanter Pious song
DR16 -4.63 dB -26.04 dB 7:47 06-Anonimus - Eclipsim patitur 2-part conductus
DR14 -8.83 dB -24.63 dB 2:58 07-Perotinus -Ex semine 3-part motet
DR15 -5.16 dB -26.44 dB 7:40 08-Anonimus - Worldes blis Song
DR13 -9.21 dB -24.76 dB 3:02 09-Anonimus - Salve mater misericordiae 3-part conductus
DR14 -7.84 dB -25.32 dB 3:46 10-Anonimus - Au queer ay un maus ja ne mi repentiray de amer Joliettement 3-part motet
DR16 -5.69 dB -25.35 dB 3:31 11-anonimus - Hare, hare, hye Balaam goudalier Balaam 3-part motet
DR13 -8.53 dB -25.58 dB 2:05 12-Anonimus - O labilis 2-part conductus
DR13 -9.39 dB -24.84 dB 3:25 13-Anonimus - Veine pleine de ducur 3-part conductus
DR12 -10.48 dB -25.09 dB 2:34 14-Anonimus - Qui bien aime Cuer qui dort Omnes 3-part motet
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Number of tracks: 14
Official DR value: DR14
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 352800 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DSD64
log date: 2022-01-20 12:02:40
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Analyzed: Ensemble Providencia / Crossing the Channel
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -8.58 dB -24.99 dB 3:55 01-Anonimus - Christus resurgens Processional antiphon
DR13 -7.75 dB -24.46 dB 2:10 02-Anonimus - Deus in adiutorium 3-part conductus
DR13 -9.02 dB -25.59 dB 3:12 03-Anonimus - Te laudant angeli Responsory ¨C 2-part organum
DR14 -6.39 dB -23.73 dB 7:48 04-Perotinus - Alleluia V. Nativitas 3-part organum
DR15 -7.52 dB -26.03 dB 7:34 05-Anonimus - Bien deust chanter Pious song
DR16 -4.63 dB -26.04 dB 7:47 06-Anonimus - Eclipsim patitur 2-part conductus
DR14 -8.83 dB -24.63 dB 2:58 07-Perotinus -Ex semine 3-part motet
DR15 -5.16 dB -26.44 dB 7:40 08-Anonimus - Worldes blis Song
DR13 -9.21 dB -24.76 dB 3:02 09-Anonimus - Salve mater misericordiae 3-part conductus
DR14 -7.84 dB -25.32 dB 3:46 10-Anonimus - Au queer ay un maus ja ne mi repentiray de amer Joliettement 3-part motet
DR16 -5.69 dB -25.35 dB 3:31 11-anonimus - Hare, hare, hye Balaam goudalier Balaam 3-part motet
DR13 -8.53 dB -25.58 dB 2:05 12-Anonimus - O labilis 2-part conductus
DR13 -9.39 dB -24.84 dB 3:25 13-Anonimus - Veine pleine de ducur 3-part conductus
DR12 -10.48 dB -25.09 dB 2:34 14-Anonimus - Qui bien aime Cuer qui dort Omnes 3-part motet
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Number of tracks: 14
Official DR value: DR14
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 352800 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DSD64
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