Vexilla Regis by Marco Cannavò and Steve Tyler

This recording comprises instrumental versions of songs from the 12th to the 14th centuries played on several instruments but featuring most strongly the hurdy gurdy. Some of these consist of monophonic lines of music whilst others have two or more parts. We have added some intros or sections, either improvised or designed.

“Vexilla Regis proudent inferni” is a phrase used by Dante Alighieri in Canto XXXIV of the Inferno. It means “Forth go the banners of the King of Hell” and is an allusion to the Latin Easter hymn “Vexilla Regis.” The phrase is used by Virgil to introduce Lucifer in the poem.

Tracklist

1.	Comment qu'à moy lonteinne	3:54

2.	O ffondo do mar tan chão	2:57

3.	Nobilis humilis	3:57

4.	A madre de Jhesu Cristo	4:31

5.	Questa fanciull' amor	3:26

6.	Sumer is icumen in	3:35

7.	Su la rivera	4:33

8.	Edi beo thu Hevene Queene	3:23

9.	A que por muy gran fremosura	5:34

10.	Domna, pos vos ay chausida	4:26

11.	Stella splendens	4:04

12.	Alle psallite cum luya	2:46

13.	Kalenda maya	3:28

14.	Beata viscera	2:22

Credits

released May 20, 2024

Marco Cannavò - hurdy gurdy, citole, bladder pipe
Steve Tyler – hurdy gurdy, citole, gothic harp, percussion, psaltery
Katy Marchant – bagpipes (tracks 6 & 14), recorder (track 13)
Terry Mann – percussion (tracks 4, 7 & 11)

Recorded by Steve Tyler Nov 2023 – Mar 2024

Photography: Lee Orchard
Cover design Entoptic Cat

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