Messe de Notre-Dame

Album by Guillaume de Machaut & Ensemble Organum & Marcel Pérès

Messe de Notre-Dame is a polyphonic Mass by the medieval French composer Guillaume de Machaut, composed in the 1360s. The composition sets the Mass Ordinary in four voices using Ars Nova and isorhythmic techniques, and it is one of the earliest known complete mass settings by a single composer, providing an important example of late medieval polyphonic practice.
First released: 25th November 1996

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Introït: Suscepimus Deus misericordiam tuam
    4:59
  2. 2.
    Messe de Notre Dame: Kyrie
    10:11
  3. 3.
    Messe de Notre Dame: Gloria
    5:59
  4. 4.
    Graduel: Suscepimus Deus misericordiam tuam
    5:09
  5. 5.
    Alleluia: Adorabo ad templum sanctum
    2:54
  6. 6.
    Messe de Notre Dame: Credo
    9:39
  7. 7.
    Offertoire: Diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis
    2:34
  8. 8.
    Préface: Vere dignum et justum est
    2:40
  9. 9.
    Messe de Notre Dame: Sanctus
    4:50
  10. 10.
    Messe de Notre Dame: Agnus Dei
    3:27
  11. 11.
    Communion: Responsum accepit Symeon
    2:52
  12. 12.
    Messe de Notre Dame: Ite missa est / Deo gratias
    1:20

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