Album
   
Album title
An Old Hall Ladymass
Performer
Trio Mediæval
Catalina Vicens, organetto
Catalogue #
2L-175-SABD
EAN13
7041888526926
ISRC-code
NOMPP2304010-180

Disc 1
Hybrid SACD
MCH 5.0 DSD
Stereo DSD
RedBook PCM: MQA CD
Disc 2 Pure Audio Blu-ray
2.0 LPCM 192/24
5.0 DTS HDMA 192/24
7.0.4 Auro-3D 96kHz
7.0.4 Dolby Atmos 48kHz
mShuttle: MQA + FLAC + MP3
Region: ABC - worldwide


Release date
May 2023
Recording date
June 2022
Location
Uranienborg Church, Norway
Original source
DXD (352.8kHz/24bit)
 

An Old Hall Ladymass

The exquisitely decorated 15th century choir book known as the Old Hall manuscript was lost to history for the best part of 400 years until its reappearance in a Catholic seminary at the end of the 19th century. The largest surviving collection of medieval motets and mass movements, it immediately became the most celebrated source of English music of the period. It was written in the first instance by a single scribe to ensure that the music of his fellow singers was not forgotten. Many of them are known only from this manuscript, and on this album they find their voices again after more than half a millennium of silence, transformed by the singing of Trio Mediæval in the company of Catalina Vicens, alongside new music by David Lang and Marianne Reidarsdatter Eriksen.

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Hailed as a "fascinating journey with music of timeless beauty", Trio Mediæval’s highly acclaimed first album Words of the Angel in 2001 launched the group into the elite circles of early music ensembles and introduced them to a broad international audience. Formed in 1997, the Grammy nominated vocal ensemble consists of founder members Linn Andrea Fuglseth and Anna Maria Friman, and Jorunn Lovise Husan who joined the group in 2018. Trio Mediæval has recorded eight albums for ECM Records. An Old Hall Ladymass is their second release, following Solacium, with the Norwegian label 2L. Produced by Morten Lindberg and John Potter.



Old Hall-manuskriptet, en nydelig utsmykket samling kormusikk fra 1400-tallet, var så godt som tapt i 400 år inntil det dukket opp igjen på et katolsk presteseminar mot slutten av 1800-tallet. Dette manuskriptet, den største eksisterende samlingen av middelalder-motetter og messeledd, er den mest kjente kilden til engelsk musikk fra denne epoken. Manuskriptet er ført i pennen av én enkelt skribent som ville sikre at musikken til komponist- og sangerkollegene ikke ble glemt. Mange av dem er kjent kun fra dette manuskriptet, og på dette albumet får de igjen liv etter over 500 år i stillhet, foredlet gjennom stemmene til Trio Mediæval og spillet til Catalina Vicens, med selskap av nye verk av David Lang og Marianne Reidarsdatter Eriksen.

«En fascinerende reise med tidløs vakker musikk» skrev anmelderne om Trio Mediævals kritikerroste debutalbum Words of the Angel i 2001. Suksessen brakte trioen internasjonal oppmerksomhet og status blant eliten av tidligmusikkensembler. Det Grammy-nominerte vokalensemblet ble startet i 1997 og består av grunnleggerne Linn Andrea Fuglseth og Anna Maria Friman, og Jorunn Lovise Husan som har vært medlem siden 2018. Trio Mediæval har åtte innspillinger for ECM Records. An Old Hall Ladymass er trioens andre utgivelse, etter Solacium, med det norske plateselskapet 2L. Innspillingen er produsert av Morten Lindberg og John Potter.

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Artwork Nina Birkeland / Front Cover Photo Nina Birkeland / Session photos Åsa Maria Mikkelsen and Morten Lindberg / Artist photo Åsa Maria Mikkelsen / Stage Layout Morten Lindberg