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A Portrait Of Anonymous 4 | Anonymous 4 | A fresh look at some very old music

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	A Portrait Of Anonymous 4 Anonymous 4 Harmonia Mundi Fr., 1997 average customer review:based on 9 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

This sampler album of excerpts from seven other Anonymous 4 releases is a good introduction for anyone who is unacquainted with the A4's startlingly pure singing and virtually celestial blend. But if you fall under the spell of this outstanding a capella quartet, the present disc will become extraneous because you'll want to own the complete recordings from which it's drawn. If you prefer complete works to samplers, try taking the plunge with "An English Ladymass" or "On Yoolis Night." --Sarah Bryan Miller

Wonderful

If you want to be carried away by the sound of crystal clear voices singng as though the angels were calling to you, buy this album. There is nothing more to say.

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A fresh look at some very old music

These ladies sing medieval chant. It's usually written in a polyphonic (more than one melody) line that was intended to play off of each other in a perfect unity (strictly avoiding the tri-tone or any other less "holy" intervals).

The result is a carefully arranged, haunting sound that does not use the common harmonies that we are used to today. Chant should be performed with no emphasis given to the individual voice, but with the group as a whole, sounding the praises of God.

Anonymous 4 does a fantastic job of balancing their a-capella sound into one voice. It's a great recording for relaxation.

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An aural treat for lovers of vocal music

If you love vocal music these gals are fabulous! This is a best of album, which is always good as an introduction to a new artist. It gives you a taste of their various albums, so you can go ahead and pursue the ones you like. Enjoy!

anonymous 4

This item is a gift for a cousin. She really likes this group, and I was able to find a nice selection on Amazon.

Chicken soup for the soul

I now own four albums by these wonderful singers. I listen to them often. Their music (the albums I have) is ethereal, and carries me away, mostly to the medieval era, an age I study often. They are true virtuosos. Their harmonics are as good as I have ever heard anywhere. They have a powerful command of the music they sing, but always show humility in their presentation. They manifestly respect the original intent of the pieces they sing. And do they transport the listener!? YES. Recently I put on Portrait just as I started off across the Kansas prairie a bit after dawn. The music was a perfect compliment to the rising light, the sere geography, and the sense of being alone. And therein lies the essence of their presentation, the ability to let the listener make the music his own, as he sees fit, and to be transported by it.

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Tracks
Miracles Of Sant'Iago: Music From The Codex Calixtinus: Venite omnes cristicole | Miracles Of Sant'Iago: Music From The Codex Calixtinus: Ad superni regis decus | Miracles Of Sant'Iago: Music From The Codex Calixtinus: Portum in ultimo | The Lily & The Lamb: Chant & Polyphony From Medieval England: O Maria stella maris | The Lily & The Lamb: Chant & Polyphony From Medieval England: Stabat iuxta Christi crucem | The Lily & The Lamb: Chant & Polyphony From Medieval England: Stillat in stellam radium | A Star In The East: Medieval Hungarian Christmas Music: Primo tempore alleviata | A Star In The East: Medieval Hungarian Christmas Music: Speciosus forma | A Star In The East: Medieval Hungarian Christmas Music: Mi Atyank Atya Isten | Love's Illusion: Music From The Montpellier Codex: Puisque bele dame m'eime - Flos Filius | Love's Illusion: Music From The Montpellier Codex: Ne sai, que je die - Iohanne | Love's Illusion: Music From The Montpellier Codex: Amor potest conqueri - Ad amorem sequitur | Love's Illusion: Music From The Montpellier Codex: Quant yver la bise ameine - In Seculum | Love's Illusion: Music From The Montpellier Codex: On doit fin(e) Amor - La Biaute - In Seculum | An English Ladymass: Medieval Chant & Polyphony: Edi beo thu hevene quene | An English Ladymass: Medieval Chant & Polyphony: Ave maris stella | An English Ladymass: Medieval Chant & Polyphony: Salve virgo virginum | On Yoolis Night: Medieval Carols & Motets: Ther Is No Rose Of swych vertu | On Yoolis Night: Medieval Carols & Motets: Prolis eterne genitor - psallat mater gracie | On Yoolis Night: Medieval Carols & Motets: Ecce quod natura | Spiritui sancto

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