Noster / Ritarit Medieval Chant & Early Vocal Music From Finland CD

This re-issue of early Medieval vocal music from Finland includes a unique reconstruction of 14th and 15th century Gregorian music that was performed in Finland in the memory of St. Henry, Finland's Patron Saint. Liturgical literature dealing with St. Henry is abundant and the music in this collection consists of extracts from masses and offices to St. Henry. Liturgical legend and oral tradition provide a colorful account of the English clergyman's mission to Finland where he was killed on January 20th, 1156. This day became the day for commemoration of the saint. He has been held to be the principal founder of the Church of Finland since the 1290s, when his relics were translated to the national shrine, the Church of Our Lady in Turku. The music collection Piae Cantiones was first published in 1582 by Jacobus Finno, the headmaster of the Turku Cathedral School. This collection of songs in Latin are not directly religious, but the texts have a strong Christian undercurrent. Apart from the liturgical material, almost the only music from the Middle Ages and the early modern era preserved in the Nordic countries consists of cantios. The cantios were mostly cultivated in schools and vary in construction and subject. A large number of the melodies in this collection can be traced back to the Middle Ages. However, about half the melodies have not been found in any other source. This collection of songs became very popular, and their first edition in Finnish language was published in 1616.

1. Deus in Adiutorium - K÷yh?t Ritarit/Cetus Noster 2. Gaudeamus Omnes - K÷yh?t Ritarit/Cetus Noster 3. Sanctum Ericum Comitans - K÷yh?t Ritarit/Cetus Noster 4. Sanctus Ericus Dulcite - K÷yh?t Ritarit/Cetus Noster 5. Quidam Homines de Kwmo - K÷yh?t Ritarit/Cetus Noster 6. Martir Iste Militauit - K÷yh?t Ritarit/Cetus Noster 7. Multitudo Languencium - K÷yh?t Ritarit/Cetus Noster 8. O Vita Commendabilis - K÷yh?t Ritarit/Cetus Noster 9. Christi Pugil Eximius - K÷yh?t Ritarit/Cetus Noster 10. Digitus Martiris Gloriosi - K÷yh?t Ritarit/Cetus Noster 11. Mitator Saluatoris - K÷yh?t Ritarit/Cetus Noster 12. Perfecte Desiderium - K÷yh?t Ritarit/Cetus Noster 13. Omnes Gentes Iubilate - K÷yh?t Ritarit/Cetus Noster 14. Dum Deuotis Poscitur - K÷yh?t Ritarit/Cetus Noster 15. Preclari Patris Sanctitas - K÷yh?t Ritarit/Cetus Noster 16. Gaude Cetus Fidelium - K÷yh?t Ritarit/Cetus Noster 17. Alleluya. Pie Presul - K÷yh?t Ritarit/Cetus Noster 18. Ecce Magnus Presbiter - K÷yh?t Ritarit/Cetus Noster 19. Iucundare Iugiter - Finnish Radio Chamber Choir 20. Iucundare Iugiter - Finnish Radio Chamber Choir 21. Cedit Hiems Eminus - Finnish Radio Chamber Choir 22. Cedit Hiems Eminus - Finnish Radio Chamber Choir 23. Aetas Carmen Melodiae - Finnish Radio Chamber Choir 24. Aetas Carmen Melodiae - Finnish Radio Chamber Choir 25. Iesu Dulcis Memoria - Finnish Radio Chamber Choir 26. Ramus Virens Olivarum - Finnish Radio Chamber Choir 27. Ave Funda Davidis - Finnish Radio Chamber Choir 28. Zachaeus Arboris - Finnish Radio Chamber Choir 29. Puer Natus in Bethlehem - Finnish Radio Chamber Choir 30. De Radice Processerat - Finnish Radio Chamber Choir 31. Verbum Caro Factum Est - Finnish Radio Chamber Choir 32. Omnis Mundus Iucundentur - Finnish Radio Chamber Choir 33. Paranymphus Adiens - Finnish Radio Chamber Choir 34. Laetetur Ierusalem - Finnish Radio Chamber Choir 35. Resonet in Laudibus - Finnish Radio Chamber Choir 36. Jumalisten Joucko - Finnish Radio Chamber Choir 37. Ad Cantus Laetitiae - Finnish Radio Chamber Choir 38. Parvulus Nobis Nascitur - Finnish Radio Chamber Choir 39. Kunniallisuuden Hyvys - Finnish Radio Chamber Choir 40. Vanitatum Vanitas - Finnish Radio Chamber Choir 41. Coeperit Faustis - Finnish Radio Chamber Choir 42. Insignis Est Figura - Finnish Radio Chamber Choir 43. Mars Praecurrit in Planetis - Finnish Radio Chamber Choir 44. Mirum Si Laeteris - Finnish Radio Chamber Choir 45. Ad Perennis Vitae Fontem - Finnish Radio Chamber Choir