Nicolas Gombert: Geistliche Werke on CD
Geistliche Werke
Conventional CD, playable with all CD players and computer drives, but also with most SACD or multiplayers.
Tribulatio et angustia; Aspice Domine; Virgo sancta Katherina; Inviolata, integra, et casta es, Maria; Ne reminiscaris, Domine; Pater noster; Ave Maria; Ergone vitae; Ave sanctissima Maria
- Artists:
- Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice
- Label:
- Hyperion
- Year of recording ca.:
- 2006
- Item number:
- 2878344
- UPC/EAN:
- 0034571176147
- Release date:
- 28.9.2007
Product-Information:
This is The Brabant Ensemble’s third disc for Hyperion. Under their director, eminent musicologist Dr Stephen Rice, they continue to excavate jewels of the sixteenth-century choral repertoire which have until now remained under-performed and under-represented in music history. Their natural and instinctive performing style, which foregrounds the essential vocal qualities of this music, unlike the instrumental tone of other early music choirs, brings these beautiful and complex works abundantly to life. Gombert’s motets are the heart of his writing and this selection of them allows the range of his musical accomplishments to fully emerge. Often seen as written in penance for heinous crimes committed by the composer, many of them are settings of various texts of penitence, sorrow and yearning for deliverance from punishment. Images such as the ‘hellish lake’ in Tribulatio et angustia are dramatically explored. Also on this disc are motets for the adulation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which surprisingly demonstrate an especially intensified and dissonant musical style, showing the almost erotic level of devotion suggested in some of the greatest art of this period.
Rezensionen
'Aspice Domine, Ne reminiscaris, Domine and Tribulatio et angustia mine a rich seam of angst, and receive searing performances here … the singing is brightly supported, the texture crystalline' (Early Music)
'This music is stunning, and the performance here is clear and bright, with perfect balance across the voice parts and the sustained lines. Highly recommended' (GScene)
'… The sheer quality of his music. These 10 motets are notable for their richly glowing sonorities, their disciplined counterpoints, their intensity of expression and, most of all, their careful tailoring of music to text. There's the darkly erotic intensity of Hortus conclusus es, the angst-ridden, pentitential Tribulatio et angustia … The singing is meticulously balanced and blended, Stephen Rice shaping and pacing each work with exquisite judgement' (Sunday Times)
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
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1 Tribulatio et angustia
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2 Hortus conclusus est
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3 Aspice Domine
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4 Virgo Sancta Katherina
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5 Inviolata
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6 Inviolata, integra, et casta es, Maria
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7 Ne reminiscaris, Domine
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8 Pater noster
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9 Ave Maria
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10 Ergone vitae
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11 Ave sanctissima Maria
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