Guillaume Dufay (1400-1474): Die 13 Isorhythmischen Motetten "O gemma lux"

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Vasilissa ergo gaude;O sancte Sebastiane;
O gemma, lux et speculum;Apostolo glorioso;
Rite majorem Jacobus;Ecclesie militantis;
Blasamus et munda cera;Supremum est morta-
libus;Nuper rosarum flores;Salve flos Tusce
gentis;Magnamine gentes laudes;Fulgens iubar
ecclesiae dei;Moribus et genere

  • Artist: Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel
  • Label: HMF , DDD, 1999
  • Order number: 4931157
  • Release date: 17.6.2011
  1. 1 Vasilissa ergo gaude (Motette) Start
  2. 2 O sancte Sebastiane... O martyr Sebastiane (Motette) Start
  3. 3 O gemma, lux et speculum... Sacer pastor Barensium (Motette) Start
  4. 4 Apostolo glorioso (Motette) Start
  5. 5 Rite majorem Jacobum canamus... Arcibus summis miseri reclusi (Motette) Start
  6. 6 Ecclesiae militantis (Motette) Start
  7. 7 Balsamus et munda cera (Motette) Start
  8. 8 Supremum est mortalibus (Motette) Start
  9. 9 Nuper rosarum flores (Terribilis est locus iste) Start
  10. 10 Salve flos Tuscae gentis (Motette) Start
  11. 11 Magnanime gentes laudes... Nexus amicie musa (Motette) Start
  12. 12 Fulgens iubar ecclesiae dei... Puerpera, pura parens (Motette) Start
  13. 13 Moribus et genere Christo coniuncte Johannes (Motette) Start

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A sumptuous farewell to the musical Middle Ages.
"Certain disciples of the new school hasten without rest, inebriating men's ears without appeasing them, miming with gestures that which they cause to be heard."These were the words used in 1324 by Pope John XXII to castigate the "so-called"progress which none the less paved the way to a prodigious development in the rhythmic notation and the polyphonic execution of musical compositions (Ars Nova). A century later this system based on learned mathematical rules reached a peak of refinement in the work of Guillaume Dufay, the great master of poly-textual isorhythm, an art of which the motets may be considered to represent the quintessence. Written over a period of twenty years, they are an admirable fusion of this extremely complex rhythmic system with an unequalled sense of melody, contributing in their way to the new spirit of the Renaissance.

This title was released for the first time in 2000.

Press comments

E. Pinter in KLASSIK heute 11 / 00: "Paul van Nevel ver- steht es einmal mehr, transparente und überlegene Stimm- führung mit facettenreicher Dynamik und subtiler Emo- tionalität zu verbinden."

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