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This release presents music associated with the Renaissance master Josquin Des Prez, a composer who towers above all others in the first part of the sixteenth century. Numerous works were attributed to him that have now been proven to be by his contemporaries and successors, including the central work on this recording, Jean Richafort’s expansive and beautiful Requiem. It is performed with affecting clarity by the all-male vocal group Cinquecento, whose many previous discs of Renaissance repertoire for Hyperion have garnered the highest critical praise. Booklet notes by Stephen Rice, an acknowledged authority on this repertoire, place the music in its historical context and unpick the mysteries of its composition. “A sense of intricacy, of allusive layers within layers in the work, is constantly present in Richafort's homage. Cinquecento preface their rather austere performance with the two source works, and follow it with a group of laments from the years after Josquin's death...It's a thoughtfully planned collection, which repays very careful attention.” The Guardian, 19th July 2012 *** “the balance is perfect and the medloci lines are absolutely clear, so that every detail of Richafort's remarkable contrapuntal writing can be heard...If I could nominate this recording as 'Outstanding' twice over, I would do so, for I have run out of superlatives. It is, quite simply, sublime.” International Record Review, September 2012 “their sound has a magic of its own...this ought to win Cinquecento new supporters” Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012 “Cinquecento captures the work's meditative quality to profound effect, the all-male vocal ensemble creating an aptly plangent sonority and a tone of high seriousness. Using just six singers, one to a part, allows for lucid, detailed textures and chamber-music intimacy, yet, by exploiting their chest voices and the acoustic's natural reverberence, the group can also produce all the opulence and bloom of a much larger ensemble.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2012 *****  BBC Music Magazine
Choral & Song Choice - December 2012 |
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| |  | Music for the Fugger Family
Johannes Weiss (tenor) ЬFIVE Recorder Consort A delightful selection of charming dances, elaborate polyphony, melancholy songs and virtuosic instrumental settings. The Fuggers (Southern Germany) collected everything there was to be heard during the 16th Century. Johannes Weiss and the bFIVE present rediscovered treasures from the library of the Fugger family - merchant bankers and patrons of music. | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | The Leiden Choirbooks Volume 2
anon.: | Venite ad me omnes, a5 Angelus autem domini, a5 Erat autem faties, a3 Pre timore autem eius, a5 Victime paschali, a6 Sepulcrum Christi, a6 Christe qui lux es (f270), a4 Iam bone pastor, a4 Maria mater domini, a4 Nunc dimittis quarti thoni, a4 Christe qui lux es (f274), a4 Quod chorus vatum, a4 Quem senex iustus, a4 Christe qui lux es (f276), a4 Pangue lingua, a4 Tantum ergo, a4 Christe qui lux es (f328), a4 | Appenzeller: | Ave maris stella, a4 | Baston, I: | Et valde mane, a5 Dum transisstet, a5 | Clemens: | Heu mihi, Domine Anima mea turbata est, a4 Maria Magdalena, a5 Cito euntes, a5 Jherusalem surge, a5 Leva in circuitu, a5 Magnificat (tone IV) Magnificat sexti thoni, a4 Magnificat octavi thoni, a4-5 | Hollander, C: | In nomine, a4 | Lupi: | Tu deus noster, a5 Nosce enim te, a5 | Monte, J: | O Elisabeth, a4 Cum puellis certavisti, a4 Aurea luce, a4 | Richafort: | Ego sum qui sum, a5 Tulerunt dominum meum, a5 | Verdelot: | Sancta Maria |
Egidius Quartet & Collegium The six volumes of the 16th-century Leiden Choirbooks have only recently come to light and all the recordings in this project are world premiere recordings. This volume contains a number of motets, as well as repertoire intended specifically for the Hours, so might be called a “Book of Offices”. Volume 1 was well received. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | …et lux perpetua…Funeral Music of the Renaissance
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| |  | Du fond de ma penseeVocal Music of the French Reformation
Norishisa Sugawara (lute-Viola da gamba) & Gregor Ehrsam (organ) Chant 1450 | |
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| |  | The Flower Of All ShipsTudor Court Music from the Time of the Mary Rose
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