CD Released December 2013
FEATURING:
Crossley Hawn, soprano
Allison Mondel, soprano and music director
Nola Richardson, soprano
Kristen Dubenion-Smith, mezzo-soprano
Ave Maris Stella
hymn, plainchant, Liber Usualis
Ave, maris stella, Sumens illud Ave Solve vincla reis, Monstra te esse matrem, Virgo singularis, Vitam praesta puram, Sit laus Deo Patri, |
Hail, star of the sea, Receiving that “ave” Loosen the chains of the guilty, Show thyself to be a mother: O unique virgin, Bestow a pure life, Praise be to God the Father, |
TRACK 2
Salve mater misericordie
3 voice rondellus, Anonymous, Worcester, 13th c.
Salve mater misericordie, Stella maris, decus ecclesie, Porta, via celestis curie, Mundi salus et datrix venie. Que portasti regem iusticie, Miro modo non nostra serie; Miserere huius familie, Et a malis serva nos hodie. |
Hail, mother of mercy, Star of the sea, splendor of the Church, Gate and way to the heavenly halls, Salvation of the world and giver of pardon. Thou didst bear the King of Justice In marvelous fashion, not in our manner; Have mercy on this thy family, And today save us from evils. |
TRACK 3
O Maria virgo pia
2 voice conductus, Anonymous, Worcester, 13th c.
O Maria virgo pia Caro Christi quam tulisti Hoc est corpus o Maria Hec est caro clavis fixa Nunc Marie filium |
O pious virgin Mary, Christ’s body, which you carried This is the body, O Mary, This is the flesh nailed to the Now let us praise Mary’s |
TRACK 4
Salve sancta parens
4 voice motet, Anonymous, Worcester, 13th c.
QUADRUPLUM TRIPLUM MOTETUS TENOR |
QUADRUPLUM TRIPLUM MOTETUS TENOR |
TRACK 5
Salve virgo tonantis solium
3 voice conductus, Anonymous, Worcester, 13th c.
Salve, virgo tonantis solium,
Castitatis precellens lilium, Deum paris, ut stella redium, Pariendo non passa tedium; Prime matris resolvis eulogium Tu, pro nobis exora filium. |
Hail, virgin, throne of thunder,
Excelling the lily in purity, You have bore God, as a star its ray, And in childbirth suffered no grief; You have loosed the deception of the first mother, You, pray thy son on our behalf. |
TRACK 6
Novi Sideris
2 voice conductus, Anonymous, Notre Dame School, 13th c.
Novi sideris Novum pontificem Hinc vox letitie |
The light of a new star Many qualities grace Here the voice of joy |
TRACK 7
Ave maris stella
3 voice conductus, Anonymous, Las Huelgas Codex, 13th c.
Ave maris stella
Virgo decus virginum, Celi regis cella, Mediatris hominum: Ne nos pereamus Ad te suspiramus Ut a nobis criminum Procul sit procella. |
Hail, star of the sea,
Virgin of virgins, Chamber of the heavenly King, Intercessor for man, So that we may not perish, We sigh to you, So that our sins May be far from us. |
TRACK 8
O Maria virgo Davitica/O stella maris/VERITATEM
3 voice motet, Anonymous, Montpellier Codex, 13th c.
TRIPLUM MOTETUS |
TRIPLUM MOTETUS |
Iam vellus imbuitur
3 voice conductus, Anonymous, Worcester fragment, 13th c.
… Iam vellus imbuitur
Mellis missis imbribus, Rubus non comburitur, Caret violamine; Iam per hoc ostenditur, Quod virgo sine crimine, Et sine viri semine, Filium conciperet, Patrem nata pareret, Ut nec rubus uritur, Sic virgo nunquam leditur. |
… And now the fleece is bedewed
By the showers of honey sent; The bush is not consumed, And suffers no harm; And so through this it is shown That the Virgin without sin, And without man’s seed, Should conceive a son, And a daughter should bear the Father, For the bush burns not, And the Virgin suffers no harm. |
TRACK 10
Stillat in stellam radium
2 voice conductus, Anonymous, Worcester, 13th c.
Stillat in stellam radium Gaudet virgo, que filium O virginale lilium, |
Honey distilling a heavenly dew The virgin rejoices and bears a son, O virginal lily, |
TRACK 11
Polorum regina
1 voice virelai, Anonymous, Llibre vermell, 14th c.
Polorum regina omnium nostra Ante partum virgo Deo gravida, Et in partu virgo Deo fecunda, Et post partum virgo mater enixa, |
Queen of Heaven, of us all, Before labor, O Virgin given child by God, And in labor, O Virgin made fruitful by God, And after labor, O Virgin mother who brought |
TRACK 12
Stella serena
3 voice conductus, Anonymous, Notre Dame School, 13th c.
Stella serena,
Luminis ortus, Dux, via, portus, Floriger ortus, Medicine vena, Lux, lex, pax: Ave! Salva servis a vhe. |
O serene star,
Source of light, Leader, way, harbor, Flower-bearing origin, Vein of medicine, Light, law, peace: hail! From woe save thy servants. |
TRACK 13
Virgo Maria patrem parit
4 voice motet, Anonymous, English, 14th c.
QUADRUPLUM TRIPLUM MOTETUS TENOR |
QUADRUPLUM TRIPLUM MOTETUS TENOR |