Llibre Vermell - Stella splendens

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The Llibre Vermell de Montserrat (Red Book of Montserrat / Livre vermeil de Montserrat) is a c.1399 manuscript of devotianal texts, including songs, for pilgrims written in Catalan, Occitan and Latin. Some of the works clearly predate the era the collected works were published. The Llibre Vermell de Montserrat songs are among Early Music's most recorded works.

Stella splendens (virelay/danse)

CD info: "Llibre Vermell of Montserrat" - Pilgrim songs & dances.
New London Consort - Philip Pickett, dir.
http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/cds/lol33186.htm
http://www.newlondonconsort.com/NLC_recordings.html

Catherine Bott (soprano), Tessa Bonner (soprano), Olive Simpson (soprano), Alison Wray (soprano), Sara Stowe (soprano), Catherine King (soprano), Kristine Szulik (soprano), Andrew King (tenor), Michael George (baritone), Stephen Charlesworth (baritone), Robert Evans (voive), Mark Rowlinson (voice), Simon Grant (bass), Tom Finucane (gitterns, lute), Paula Chateauneuf (lutes), Frances Kelly (gothic harp, Delyth Wynne (gothic harp), Hanelore Devaere (gothic harp), Pavlo Beznosiuk (high fiddles, rebec), Giles Lewin (high fiddle, rebec), Mark Levy (low fiddle), Susanna Pell (low fiddle), Philip Pickett (symphony, shawm), William Lyons (recorder), Pamela Thorby (recorder), Keith McGowan (shawm), Stephen Henderson (xylophone, bells, nakers, tabor), David Coprkhill
(dulcimer, tabor)