Schola Gregoriana Pragensis ; David Eben, artistic director ; Petra Noskaiová, mezzo-soprano
Monophonic songs and chants from Bohemia in the tradition of the French lai.
Recorded 2002 February 25-28 Chapel of the Holy Trinity, Regional Museum of Social History and Culture in Česká Lípa.
Sung principally in Latin with some Czech.
Ah, fragile man: Leich: Ach homo perpende fragilis (5:03). Antiphona: Media vita (4:09). O felicem genitricen/Bohu (2:44) / P.W. de Grudencz. Leich: Audi tellus (2:27). Litaniae : Aufer a nobis (5:27) -- Mary, recourse of sinners: Cantio: Ave spes et salus (2:10). Leich: Pax vita salus (1:26). Alleluia: Salve virga florens (2:19). Leich: Ó Maria, matko Bozžie (2:10) ; Presidorum erogatix / Grudencz (3:00) ; Cantio: Vigilaner melodum (2:42) . Leich: Angelus ad virginem subintrans (1:38). Gloria spritus et alme (4:08). Leich: Ave non Eve meritum/Cantio: Digna laud (5:21). Cantio: Stella maris diceris (2:49) -- ... for man falls into sin ever again: Responsorium: Afflicti pro peccatis (2:21). Rondellus: Gentis mens labilis (2:10). Leich: Vanitas vanitatem (5:18). Leich: Felici signo (2:22). Motetus: Homo luge-Homo miserabilis-Brumans est mors (2:09). Leich: fletus et stridor dentium. Cantio: O quantum sollicitor (2:22). Kyrie Fons bonitatis / Grudencz (2:55)