Anonymous 4: Secret Voices
) | Label: harmonia mundi Catalog: 807510 Format: SACD / CD Hybrid Anonymous 4The women of Anonymous 4 revisit their favorite era with repertoire from the Codex Las Huelgas. Spanning the entire 13th century - from virtuosic motets and conductus to heartfelt laments, plainchants and sacred songs - this important manuscript was compiled for a convent of aristocratic Castilian women who (in spite of a rule forbidding Cistercian nuns from singing polyphony) sang some of the most beautiful and demanding music from all across Gothic-era Europe.  Price: $22.98 |