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Moulu's idiom is pleasingly inventive and immediately engaging. As to the performances, they work very nicely...the music itself so clearly deserves to be heard. — Gramophone Magazine, July 2010 More…

Release Date: 26th Apr 2010
Catalogue No: CDA67761
Label: Hyperion
Length: 74 minutes

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Moulu: Mater floreat

Work length5:41

$1.10

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The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice

Moulu: Missa Missus est Gabriel angelus

Work length25:12

$5.50

$7.50

The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice

I. Kyrie

Track length4:06

$1.10

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II. Gloria

Track length5:08

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III. Credo

Track length5:34

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IV. Sanctus and Benedictus

Track length6:05

$1.10

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V. Agnus Dei

Track length4:19

$1.10

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Josquin: Missus est Gabriel angelus

Work length4:09

$1.10

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The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice

Moulu: In pace

Work length8:52

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The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice

Moulu: Missa Alma redemptoris mater 'Short version'

Work length22:48

$5.50

$7.50

The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice

I. Kyrie

Track length2:08

$1.10

$1.50

II. Gloria

Track length4:19

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$1.50

III. Credo

Track length7:59

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$1.50

IV. Sanctus and Benedictus

Track length4:45

$1.10

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V. Agnus Dei

Track length3:37

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Moulu: Missa Alma redemptoris mater 'Long version'

Work length7:50

$2.20

$3.00

The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice

I. Kyrie

Track length2:49

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$1.50

V. Agnus Dei

Track length5:01

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The Brabant Ensemble and Stephen Rice bring another forgotten Renaissance master to the ear of the listening public. Little is known about the life of the composer Pierre Moulu—he joins the long lists of Renaissance musicians whose lives are all but entirely masked in shadow. Fortunately a number of his works found favour with his contemporaries to the extent that they appear in numerous early manuscripts and prints, and they have attracted the attention of music historians since the earliest days of the discipline in the late nineteenth century. Like much of the large repertory of sixteenth-century polyphony, however, his works have rarely been performed in modern times, and this is the first recording devoted to his music.

Moulu’s most celebrated work is the Missa Alma redemptoris mater, an extraordinary piece that can be sung with or without rests, as the polyphony is composed so as to fit together in two combinations. The short version is recorded here along with two movements from the alternative long version. Stephen Rice’s fascinating and scholarly programme notes fully explain the techniques involved.

Also included is the parody mass Missa Missus est Gabriel angelus, based on a motet by Josquin which is also recorded here. Two contrasting motets by Moulu complete this disc—an important survey of an almost entirely unknown composer, sensitively performed and recorded.

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July 2010

Moulu's idiom is pleasingly inventive and immediately engaging. As to the performances, they work very nicely...the music itself so clearly deserves to be heard.

September 2010

The Brabant Ensemble's vibrant sound is ideal for this music. Rice is careful never to allow the upper voices to dominate, with the result that the polyphonic workings of all these pieces are clearly audible, something rather rarer than one mgiht think. This is a highly impressive release.

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