Guillaume Dufay: Geistliche Werke "Guillaume Dufay & the Court of Savoy"
Geistliche Werke "Guillaume Dufay & the Court of Savoy"
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- Missa & Ballade "Se la face ay pale";Venite benedicti; Gloriosus Deus; Iudicabunt sancti; Mirabilis Deus; Gaudete iusi; O tres piteulx; Magnanime gentis
- Künstler: The Binchois Consort, Andrew Kirkman
- Label: Hyperion, DDD, 2008
- Erscheinungstermin: 23.1.2009
Ein Meisterwerk der Renaissance
Das Vokalensemble Binchois Consort präsentiert auf der vorliegenden Aufnahme Musik, die Guillaume Dufay (1397–1474) für den im 15. Jahrhundert politisch wie kulturell bedeutsamen Hof von Savoyen geschrieben hat. Im Mittelpunkt steht dabei die Anfang der 1450er Jahre entstandene Missa Se la face ay pale. Die Messe gilt als Dufays Meisterwerk und ist zugleich einer der bekanntesten polyphonen Messvertonungen überhaupt. Sie nimmt unter den Messzyklen der Renaissance einen Sonderstatus ein: Zusammen mit einer Handvoll anderer Werke wurde sie zu einem Maßstab für die Idee und die strukturelle Anlage der vereinheitlichten cantus-firmus-Messe.
The Binchois Consort’s first recordings of Dufay for Hyperion achieved iconic status, winning a Gramophone award along the way. Despite the proliferation of early music groups recording Dufay in their wake, the Binchois remain the ultimate musical authority on this great composer.
Their latest recording contains what many consider to be Dufay’s masterpiece. His Missa Se la face ay pale is one of the best known, and perhaps most revered, of all polyphonic masses. Indeed, it is a work of such renown that it enjoys a special kind of status among Renaissance mass cycles. Along with a handful of other such works, it has become a touchstone for the idea and structural design of the unified cantus firmus mass, a classic exemplification of the musical style and achievement of an era. The work is presented here, however, not as a five-movement sequence but in a more differentiated and perhaps more appropriate dramatic fashion, interspersed with music in a contrasting style for the Proper of the Mass (also five movements: Introit, Gradual, Alleluia, Offertory, Communion). The programme is completed by two motets and the ballade on which the mass is based.
This recording evokes in sound something of the cultural achievement and brilliance of the Court of Savoy at its first peak of maturity, during the middle decades of the fifteenth century. The musical works performed here complement and enrich the historical picture of the late-medieval and Renaissance duchy that can be gleaned from the archives, libraries and museums. Live sound vividly extends and deepens the scope of such a picture, just as does an appreciation of the geographical and architectural settings which are the physical stage for such cultural developments.
'Dufay was one of the greatest composers of the 15th century … Half a dozen recordings of Dufay's Missa Se la face are available but Kirkman's sweeps the board … Performances of great clarity, pliancy and historical value … A confirming display of excellence and insight' (BBC Music Magazine)
'Dufay's Missa Se la face ay pale provides the backbone for this gloriously performed disc from the eight male voices of the pure-toned Binchois Consort. Contrasting motets and mass propers, works of sublime clarity, are rewardingly interspersed … The results are mesmerising' (The Observer)
'Se la face a pale remains Dufay's most approchable mass … This is easy, effortless musicianship … The balance is superb, and all lines are presented in a free and supple manner that projects the music very well' (Gramophone)
Das Vokalensemble Binchois Consort präsentiert auf der vorliegenden Aufnahme Musik, die Guillaume Dufay (1397–1474) für den im 15. Jahrhundert politisch wie kulturell bedeutsamen Hof von Savoyen geschrieben hat. Im Mittelpunkt steht dabei die Anfang der 1450er Jahre entstandene Missa Se la face ay pale. Die Messe gilt als Dufays Meisterwerk und ist zugleich einer der bekanntesten polyphonen Messvertonungen überhaupt. Sie nimmt unter den Messzyklen der Renaissance einen Sonderstatus ein: Zusammen mit einer Handvoll anderer Werke wurde sie zu einem Maßstab für die Idee und die strukturelle Anlage der vereinheitlichten cantus-firmus-Messe.
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The Binchois Consort’s first recordings of Dufay for Hyperion achieved iconic status, winning a Gramophone award along the way. Despite the proliferation of early music groups recording Dufay in their wake, the Binchois remain the ultimate musical authority on this great composer.
Their latest recording contains what many consider to be Dufay’s masterpiece. His Missa Se la face ay pale is one of the best known, and perhaps most revered, of all polyphonic masses. Indeed, it is a work of such renown that it enjoys a special kind of status among Renaissance mass cycles. Along with a handful of other such works, it has become a touchstone for the idea and structural design of the unified cantus firmus mass, a classic exemplification of the musical style and achievement of an era. The work is presented here, however, not as a five-movement sequence but in a more differentiated and perhaps more appropriate dramatic fashion, interspersed with music in a contrasting style for the Proper of the Mass (also five movements: Introit, Gradual, Alleluia, Offertory, Communion). The programme is completed by two motets and the ballade on which the mass is based.
This recording evokes in sound something of the cultural achievement and brilliance of the Court of Savoy at its first peak of maturity, during the middle decades of the fifteenth century. The musical works performed here complement and enrich the historical picture of the late-medieval and Renaissance duchy that can be gleaned from the archives, libraries and museums. Live sound vividly extends and deepens the scope of such a picture, just as does an appreciation of the geographical and architectural settings which are the physical stage for such cultural developments.
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'Dufay was one of the greatest composers of the 15th century … Half a dozen recordings of Dufay's Missa Se la face are available but Kirkman's sweeps the board … Performances of great clarity, pliancy and historical value … A confirming display of excellence and insight' (BBC Music Magazine)
'Dufay's Missa Se la face ay pale provides the backbone for this gloriously performed disc from the eight male voices of the pure-toned Binchois Consort. Contrasting motets and mass propers, works of sublime clarity, are rewardingly interspersed … The results are mesmerising' (The Observer)
'Se la face a pale remains Dufay's most approchable mass … This is easy, effortless musicianship … The balance is superb, and all lines are presented in a free and supple manner that projects the music very well' (Gramophone)
- Tracklisting
- Mitwirkende
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
- 1 Venite benedicti (Introitus)
- 2 Missa Se la face ay pale: Nr. 1 (Kyrie)
- 3 Missa Se la face ay pale: Nr. 2 (Gloria in Excelsis Deo)
- 4 Gloriosus Deus (Gradual)
- 5 Iudicabunt sancti (Alleluia)
- 6 Missa Se la face ay pale: Nr. 3 (Credo in unum Deum)
- 7 Mirabilis Deus (Offertorium)
- 8 Missa Se la face ay pale: Nr. 4 (Sanctus)
- 9 Missa Se la face ay pale: Nr. 5 (Agnus Dei)
- 10 Gaudete iusti (Communion)
- 11 O tres piteulx (Motette)
- 12 Se la face ay pale (Ballade (Opera dubia))
- 13 Magnanime gentis (1438) (Isorhythm. Motette a 3)
