
Ludus Danielis - The Play of Daniel - The Dufay Collective
HMU 907479
Stereo NEW RELEASE
Playing time: 68'23"
Tracks: 34
Booklet pages: 52
© 2008 harmonia mundi usa
Reviewer: Robert Anderson
Review of Ludus Danielis - The Play of Daniel - The Dufay Collective published on 18 September 2008
Listen: Conductus: Cum doctorum (Part One, The Queen's Advice)
The Dufay Collective:
John Potter, tenor, Daniel Harvey Brough, tenor, Darius Simon Grant, bass, Balthasar Vivien Ellis, soprano, Queen Clara Sanabras, soprano, Angel / Prologue track 1 Tom Phillips, tenor, noble / satrap / counsellor Simon Wall, tenor, noble / satrap / counsellor Charles Pott, baritone, noble / magi / messenger Robert Rice, baritone, noble / magi / messenger Giles Lewin, tenor, Habbakuk
Choristers of Southwell Minster: Robin Blackwell, David Harrison, Samuel Hucklebridge, William Inman, Thomas Rayner, Leon Robson, Alexander Turner
Jon Banks, harp, bells, percussion Giles Lewin, vielle, bells Susanna Pell, vielle Peter Skuce, harp, portative organ, percussion William Lyons, flute, recorder, simfony, bells, percussion, director
The Play of Daniel - A Medieval Drama
Prelude (Ad honorem tui Christi; Chorus: Astra Tenenti)
Part One:
The Court of Belshazzar (Rex in aeternum / Vos qui paretis) The Vessels Defiled (Chorus: Jubilemus Regi nostro) The Writing on the Wall (Ecce sunt ante faciem / Vocate matematicos / Rex in aeternum / Qui scripturam; Nescimus per solvere) The Queen's Advice (Conductus: Cum doctorum; Rex, in aeternum vive! / Cum judae captivis / Vos Danielem) Daniel Discovered (Vir propheta / Multum miror; Hic verus Dei / Pauper et exulans) The Interpretation (Tune Daniel; Rex, tua nolo munera; Qui sic solvit) Daniel Adorned (Tolle vasa; Conductus: Solvitur in libro Salomonis) The Vessels Restored (Conductus: Regis vasa referentes)
Part Two:
The Court of Darius (Chorus: Ecce rex Darius; Audite, Principes) The Delegation to Daniel (Ex regali venit imperio; Conductus: Congaudentes celebremus; Quia novite) The Decree (Rex, in aeternum vive! / Decreverunt in tua curia; Ego mando et remando; Daniel at Prayer - La prière de Daniel (instrumental)) Evil Counsel (Num quid, Dari / Si sprevit legem; Heu! Heu! Heu! / Deus quem colis) The Lion's Den (Hujus rei non sum reus) Deliverance (Abacuc / Novit Dei / Surge, frater / Recordatus es mei; Tene, putas / Rex / Danielem educite) Just Desserts (Merito haec patimur)
The Prophecy (Deum Danielis; Ecce venit sanctus ille; Nuntium vobis; Te deum laudamus)
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