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On their first CD, Qualia presents a collection of polyphonic music from late medieval sources, especially from manuscripts around the year 1500.
In a very short period of time around the turn of the 15th century, the European music culture changed from the ancient phytagoreic to meantone temperament and created some astounding, highly complex and intellectually as well as musically challenging works, taking inspiration from both old and modern musical influences.
Qualia lets the listener immerse into an almost alien musical world, into the deep roots and sources of being of European music history, which in today’s perception is almost lost completely.
Antoine Brumel: Tandernac
Tandernac
Alexander Agricola: Gaudeamus omnes
Gaudeamus omnes
Bartolome Ramos de Pareja: Mundus et musica et totus concentus
Mundus et musica et totus concentus
Johannes Tinctoris: Le souvenir
Le souvenir
Johannes Tinctoris: D'ung aultre amer
D'ung aultre amer
Johannes Tinctoris: De tous biens playne
De tous biens playne
Johannes Tinctoris: Elaes Abrayam
Elaes Abrayam
Kyrie [Codex Segovia, 16th century]
Kyrie [Codex Segovia, 16th century]
Gloria [Codex Segovia, 16th century] *
Gloria [Codex Segovia, 16th century]
Canon. Undecim Apostoli Secuti Sunt Petrum
Canon: Undecim Apostoli Secuti Sunt Petrum [Codex Segovia, 16th century]
Guglielmo Ebreo da Pesaro: La Spagna - Falla con misuras
La Spagna - Falla con misuras
Alexander Agricola: Allez, regretz
Allez, regretz
Alexander Agricola: Comme femme
Comme femme
Ave Sanctissima Maria [Codex Segovia, 16th century]
Ave Sanctissima Maria [Codex Segovia, 16th century]
Johannes Tinctoris: Aleluya
Aleluya
Alexander Agricola: Cecus non judicat de coloribus
Cecus non iudicat de coloribus
Johannes Tinctoris: Tout a par moy
Tout a par moy
Loyset Compere: Beaulte damours
Beaulte damours
Alexander Agricola: Princesse de toute beaulte
Princesse de toute beaulte
Loyset Compere: Le grant desir d'aymer m'y tient
Le grant desir d'aymer m'y tient
April 2013
“It must be agreed that this is a somewhat specialist CD. It’s possible that, at fifty-three minutes, you might feel somewhat short-changed by this disc but the playing is so fine and the repertoire so rare and pleasing that you could almost play the disc right through again without feeling all that bleary-eyed.”
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