Catalogue
HAVPCD312 – Guillaume de Machault : Messe de Nostre Dame
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| Disk Title | Guillaume de Machault : Messe de Nostre Dame |
| High Mass in Reims Cathedral | |
| Soloists | Fr Guy Nicholls, Cong. Orat. (celebrant) |
| Choir | Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge |
| Conductor | Mary Berry |
| Location | Reims Cathedral |
| Date Recorded | April 2004 |
| Audio Tracks | 19 |
This is a recording of a solemn celebration of a High Mass, made in the Cathedral of Reims, which is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The pieces of the Ordinary (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus, and Ite missa est) are those composed by Machault, his Messe de Nostre Dame. The pieces of the Proper (Introit, Gradual, Alleluia, Prose, Offertory, and Communion) are those for the Feast of the Assumption.
| Trk. | Duration | Track Title | Composer |
| 1 | 06:02 | Introit: Gaudeamus omnes in Domino | |
| 2 | 06:01 | Kyrie (Messe de Nostre Dame) | Guillaume de Machault |
| 3 | 04:21 | Gloria (Messe de Nostre Dame) | Guillaume de Machault |
| 4 | 01:21 | Collect: Veneranda nobis, Domine | |
| 5 | 03:29 | Epistle: Lectio libri Sapientiæ | |
| 6 | 12:41 | Gradual and Alleluia: Audi filia | |
| 7 | 05:04 | Prose: Area virga | |
| 8 | 02:16 | Gospel: In illo tempore | |
| 9 | 06:31 | Creed: Credo in unum Deum | |
| 10 | 03:09 | Offertory: Ave Maria, gratia plena | |
| 11 | 03:44 | Motet 23: Felix virgo/Inviolata genitrix | Guillaume de Machault |
| 12 | 04:14 | Orate fratres: Secret and Preface | |
| 13 | 04:06 | Sanctus and Benedictus (Messe de Nostre Dame) | Guillaume de Machault |
| 14 | 02:10 | Canon: Hanc igitur – Consecration | |
| 15 | 03:01 | Pater noster | |
| 16 | 03:04 | Agnus Dei (Messe de Nostre Dame) | Guillaume de Machault |
| 17 | 01:30 | Communion: Dilexisti iusticiam | |
| 18 | 01:24 | Postcommunion: Mense celestis | |
| 19 | 01:04 | Ite missa est (Messe de Nostre Dame) and Deo gracias | Guillaume de Machault |
A votive Mass honouring Mary, the Saturday Lady Mass, was to become a regular and a popular feature of medieval and later liturgy, both in Reims and elsewhere, … and since the Feast of the Assumption (15th August) happened to fall on a Saturday in the year of Machault’s death, it presented itself as a particularly suitable choice. The altar of the Rouelle having long disappeared, the altar in the east end of the building was chosen for the celebration, where the full beauty of the Cathedral’s acoustics could best be appreciated.
