[Ravensfort] Early Music CD New Release, today
James Northfolke
jamesnorthfolke at gmail.com
Tue Aug 12 12:13:24 PDT 2008
This is cool--from Harmonia Mundi.
Ludus Danielis
"The Play of Daniel is a 12th-century liturgical drama of collective
authorship whose manuscript originated at Beauvais Cathedral. It relates
how the prophet Daniel deciphered the Writing on the Wall for King
Belshazzar, then was miraculously saved from the lions’ den. The story
was probably sung and acted out by young clerics during the Christmas
festivities, when liturgical rigour was relaxed somewhat. This recording
transports us back to the origins of music as spectacle: long before the
advent of opera, the Church had already grasped the impact of dramatic
performance."
http://www.harmoniamundi.com/usa/album_fiche.php?album_id=1307
17 bucks at Amazon
James
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