Ars Antiqua: Organum - Motette - Conductus

00:00 Alleluia: Pascha nostrum immolatus est Christus (organum duplum) (Magister Leoninus, c1135-c1201)
Source: Florenz, Pluteus 29, I, fol. 109 riv
06:16 Alleluia: Pascha nostrum immolatus est Christus (organum triplum) (attr. Magister Perotinus Magnus, c1160-c1230) Source: Florenz, Pluteus 29, I, fol. 23 r—24 v

Anonymous:
16:41 Ave virgo virginum (3-voice Marian conductus)
Source: Florenz, Pluteus 29, I, fol. 240 r/v
18:45 Beatis nobis adhibe - Benedicamus Domino (3-voice motet)
Source: Florenz, Pluteus 29, I, fol. 250 r—252 r
22:11 Judea et Jerusalem (organum triplum, Notre-Dame school)
Source: Florenz, Pluteus 29, I, fol. 46 v—47 v
29:44 O Maria maris stella - Tenor: Veritatem (3-voice Marian motet)
Source: Wolfenbüttel 1099 [1206] [W2] fol. 125 r/v
30:55 Kyrie virginitatis amator (troped Kyrie; identical with the Kyrie fons bonitatis of the II Choral Mass)
Source: Wolfenbüttel 677 [W1] fol. 194 v
37:25 Vetus abit littera (4-voice conductus)
Source: Florenz, Pluteus 29, 1, fol. 10 r/v
40:23 Benedicamus Domino (organum triplum) (Magister Perotinus Magnus)
Source: Florenz, Pluteus 29, I, fol. 41 v—42 v

Anonymous 13th-century:
44:17 Deus in adjutorium (3-voice conductus) a
46:12 Alle psallite cum luia - Tenor: Alleluia (3-voice motet) a
47:55 Verbum bonum et suave (2-voice sequence for Marian feasts) b
51:01 Sanctus (2-voice Mass setting) c
54:00 Belial bocatur (4-voice motet) (4-voice motet) c
55:19 Salve virgo virginum - Tenor: Omnes (3-voice motet) a
56:41 Studentes coniugio - De se debent bigami - Tenor: Kyrie (3-voice motet) a
58:15 Victime paschali laudes (2-voice Easter sequence) c
1:00:58 Ave gloriosa - Ave virgo regia - Tenor: Domino (3-voice motet) d
1:03:06 Ave gloriosa mater salvatoris (3-voice conductus) e

Anonymous, early 14th-century:
1:05:05 Kyrie magne Deus potencie (2-voice troped Kyrie, V. Choral Mass) f
1:09:17 Homo luge - Homo miserabilis - Tenor: Brumas e mors (3-voice motet) g
1:11:34 Flos ut rosa floruit (2-voice Christmas conductus) h
1:13:19 Jube domne benedicere - Primo tempore (3-voice lesson for Christmas matins) i
1:15:53 Lux vera lucis radium (2-voice hymn for St. Ludmilla) j
1:18:41 In illo tempore: Egressus Jesus (1-3 voice Gospel of the church consecration) k
1:24:14 Salve virgo virginum (3-voice conductus with refrain) l

Capella Antiqua München - Konrad Ruhland, director & tenor
Norbert Regul, Elfried Metten (tenors) / Leopold Fendt (tenor, organ, crumhorn)
Hans Bichler (tenor, organ) / Hans Walch (tenor, recorder, crumhorn)
Siegfried Winner, Venanz Schubert (basses) / Frieder Neunhoeffer (bass, cornet)
Ernst Obermayer (bass, fiddle) / Albrecht Renz (cornet) / Veronika Thurmair (fiddle)
Elisabeth Ruhland (soprano, fiddle, bells)
Helga Radecker, Christa Keglmaier, Maria Bichler, Irmengard Metten (sopranos)

The Instruments:
Fiddles by Max Krauss, Landshut and F. W. Jaura, Münich
Recorders by Martin Skowroneck, Bremen
Cornet by Frieder Neunhoeffer, Münich/Basel
Crumhorns by Günter Körber, Berlin
Bells
Positive organ by Ludwig Eisenbarth, Passau

Sources:
1. The four great Notre Dame manuscripts
Codex Wolfenbüttel 677 (Helmstedt 628) (W,)
Codex Wolfenbüttel 1099 (Helmstedt 1206) (W;) (b)
Codex Florenz, Bibl. Laur. Pluteus 29, I (F)
Codex Madrid, Bibl. nac. olim Hh 167 (Ma)

2. The central motets manuscripts
Codex Montpellier, Fac. med. H 196 (Mo) (a)
Codex Bamberg Ed. IV, 6 (Ba) (d)
Codex Las Huelgas (Hu) (c)

3. The other manuscripts used
London, Br. Mus. Add. 27630 (h)
London, Br. Mus. Arundel 248 (l)
London, Br. Mus. Harl. 978 (e)
Prag, Univ. Bibl. VIG III a (j)
Darmstadt 3317 (g)
Diessen, Clm. 5511 (i)
Moosburger Graduale (1360), Moosburg, Univ. Bibl. München 156 (f)
Polling, Clm. 11764 (14th century) (k)

Recording: Möschenfeld near Münich, April and June 1968