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Track(s) taken from CDH55148

Salve regina

composer
Hermannus Contractus (1013-1054)
author of text
Anonymous - liturgical
Antiphon to the Virgin Mary from Trinity until Advent

The Hilliard Ensemble
Recording details: February 1989
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: November 1990
Total duration: 3 minutes 18 seconds

Cover artwork: The effects of good government (fresco fragment, 1337-1340). Ambrogio Lorenzetti (d1348)
Palazzo Pubblico, Siena
 

Other recordings available for download

Anna Sandström (soprano), Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks (conductor)
Herman the Cripple, as he was known, was a theorist and composer at the Benedictine monastery of Reichenau. He is chiefly remembered for his two famous antiphons to the Blessed Virgin Mary, this one and Alma redemptoris mater.

from notes by Paul Hillier © 1990

Connu sous le nom d’Herman l’Infirme, Hermanus Contractus était théoricien et compositeur au monastère des Bénédictins de Reichenau. On se souvient principalement de ses deux célèbres antiennes à la Vierge Marie, celle-ci et Alma redemptoris mater.

extrait des notes rédigées par Paul Hillier © 1990
Français: Marianne Fernée

Hermann, mit dem Beinamen „der Krüppel“, war eine Theoretiker und Komponist im Benediktinerkloster Reichenau. Er ist hauptsächlich bekannt durch seine beiden berühmten Antiphonen an die Heilige Jungfrau Maria, das hier gespielte Stück und Alma redemptoris mater.

aus dem Begleittext von Paul Hillier © 1990
Deutsch: Hans Jürgen Wienkamp

Other albums featuring this work

Naked Byrd, Vol. 2
Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks (conductor)
SIGCD235Download only

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