NetLab · Rules · Torrent Tracker · Have a problem? · Eng/Rus | Help Search Members Gallery Calendar |
Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register | Validation ) | Resend Validation Email |
Johannes Ockeghem - Missa 'De plus en plus', Orlando Consort (Brilliant Classics, 94073) |
|
Posted: 08-10-2011, 22:09
(post 1, #1031621)
|
||||||||||||||||||
Pro Member Group: Members Posts: 695 Warn:0% |
Johannes Ockeghem (ca.1410 - 1497) Missa 'De plus en plus' Label: Brilliant Classics, 94073 Year: 2010 Performers: Orlando Consort Tracklist: 01. Missa 'De plus en plus', for 4 voices: Kyrie 02. Missa 'De plus en plus', for 4 voices: Gloria 03. Missa 'De plus en plus', for 4 voices: Credo 04. Missa 'De plus en plus', for 4 voices: Sanctus 05. Missa 'De plus en plus', for 4 voices: Agnus Dei 06. Presque transi 07. Prenez sur moi 08. Alius discantus super 'O rosa bella' (1 part by Ockeghem, 1 part by Giustiniani) 09. Aultre Venus estes 10. S'elle m'amera/Petite camusette 11. Tant fuz gentement resjouy 12. Mort, tu as navre/Miserere Johannes Ockeghem (ca. 1410-1497) was born in what we now know as Belgium, then called the Duchy of Hainault, part of the Duke of Burgundy's territory. Little is known of his early years or his training, but we do know he was employed at the cathedral in Mons, then as 'vicaire-chantuer' at Antwerp cathedral in 1443. He later worked for Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, and, later, his son, Louis XI at Notre Dame in Paris. He was one of the most influential and respected composers of his day, and was friends with great contemporaries such as Dufay and Binchois. His music is remarkable for the freedom, imagination and resourcefulness with which he handles compositional procedures, and in the way he writes for the voices. Each voice is treated equally, and the way he word - paints, or treats the texts marks him out as one of music's great innovators. His surviving output is small -- a handful of Masses, and the delightful Chansons -- whether the work is a large scale mass, or a small light hearted song, his gift for a long and complex rhapsodic line is apparent. Other information - Recording made in 1997 - 'I found it difficult to decide between the Clerks' Group and The Tallis Scholars. This superb recording by the Orlando Consort doesn't make the choice any easier, for all three recordings offer sharply contrasting views of the work... The Orlandos are the obvious choice for those who prefer a soloistic approach, or for whom anything other than counter-tenors on top lines smacks of heresy. Their adoptive Gallic pronunciation is more noticeable and effective here than on previous recordings. It so happens that each ensemble uses a different edition, and the Orlandos seem to me to have the edge' The music of Johannes Ockeghem may represent the black belt for vocal ensembles specializing in Renaissance sacred music. Beneath an almost featureless surface, with lengthy passages of polyphony not marked off by points of imitation or anything else, it features densely mathematical hidden structures that even a listener of Ockeghem's own time would have required study in order to divine. Singers of a work like the "Missa De plus en plus," one of his more popular works, require absolute clarity, stamina, and an ability to keep the music from bogging down. There are several good recordings of the mass from British choral groups, each with its advantages and disadvantages, but this one deserves consideration, especially at a bargain price. The musicality of this veteran all-male, all-adult group is on full display here; the contrasts in the mass between the complex sections (with manipulations in a cantus firmus of a chanson by Binchois) and freer sections with reduced forces come off beautifully. And the set of chansons that round out the album are superbly done, clean but highly melodious and with each voice achieving the desired independence. The disadvantage here is the small grouping; the recording by the Tallis Scholars, although even that group is probably on the small side, comes closer to what Ockeghem intended. Ockeghem's sacred music, written for sizable Franco-Flemish cathedrals, is not meant to sound like a madrigal. Still, the chansons are a different story, and the overall effect here illuminates this difficult composer's music.
This post has been edited by kgkk on 08-10-2011, 22:11 |
||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Posted: 15-10-2011, 00:19
(post 2, #1032233)
|
||
Junior Group: Members Posts: 60 Warn:0% |
у меня есть эта месса Окегема с уже порядком приевшимися The Tallis Scholars. обещали дать послушать на Schola Descantus (Lyrichord). может это исполнение окажется более свежим... |
||