- Audio CD (Jun 27 2000)
- SPARS Code: DDD
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
- ASIN: B00004TC4W
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #202,288 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Guillaume Dufay: Vasilissa ergo gaude |
| 2. Guillaume Dufay: O sancte Sebastiane |
| 3. Guillaume Dufay: O Gemma, Lux es speculum |
| 4. Guillaume Dufay: Apostolo glorioso |
| 5. Guillaume Dufay: Rite majorem Jacobus |
| 6. Guillaume Dufay: Ecclesie militantis |
| 7. Guillaume Dufay: Balsamus et munda cera |
| 8. Guillaume Dufay: Supremum est mortailbus |
| 9. Guillaume Dufay: Nuper rosarum flores |
| 10. Guillaume Dufay: Salve flos tusce gentis |
| 11. Guillaume Dufay: magnanime gentes laudes |
| 12. Guillaume Dufay: Fulgen iubar ecclesiae dei |
| 13. Guillaume Dufay: Moribus et genere |
Product Description
From Amazon.co.uk
Music appreciation textbooks and timelines often name Guillaume Dufay as the first great composer of the Renaissance, but one might equally call him the last great composer of the Middle Ages. This disc presents all 13 of Dufay's isorhythmic motets--the final masterpieces of a very medieval-minded genre. During the Middle Ages, music was considered a science and isorhythmic motets are constructed according to strict arithmetical principles. In addition, each voice generally has a different text, while the fundamental voice (called the tenor) usually has no text at all and is often (as here) performed by instruments. As this description might indicate, isorhythmic motets are among the most intellectualized and least emotive works in the entire pre-20th-century repertory, yet Paul van Nevel and the Huelgas Ensemble achieve an impressive range of expression on this splendid disc. Apostolo glorioso (composed for the consecration of a church) and Ecclesie militantis are ornate and imposing, while Magnanime gentes laudes is intimate and delicate. --Matthew Westphal
Chronique amazon.fr
Paul van Nevel nous a habitués à nous faire entendre des trésors musicaux. Il sait également dénicher des partitions rares ou oubliées pour leur redonner l'importance musicale qu'elles méritent. Avec cet enregistrement, il nous entraîne dans la France du XVe siècle. Les Motets isorythmiques apparaissent comme une oeuvre charnière qui vient clore la bouillonnante période du Moyen Âge. L'isorythmie crée un effet sonore surprenant d'une modernité exceptionnelle. La qualité de l'Ensemble Huelgas et la rigueur de Paul van Nevel sont pour beaucoup dans la réussite de cet enregistrement. --Pierre Graveleau
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
I'll admit it: this is my favorite CD of music pre-1600,
By A Customer
This review is from: O Gemma Lux (Audio CD)
Very beautiful, soaring performances of some very complex music. I appreciate the fact that all Dufay's isorhythmic motets have been included. In general, I'd say that the earlier motets are more successful and inspiring than the later ones. The Huelgas Ensemble uses instruments to play the long droning "tenor" lines, with beautiful effect. I believe using instruments for that part is legitimate historically but who really cares? It sounds great. The recording was also done in a very resonant acoustical environment. Ecclesia militans is maybe my favorite motet of them all. Highly recommended. If you like 15th-century music even a little bit, this is a must buy.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect melting of voices and instruments,
By A Customer
This review is from: O Gemma Lux (Audio CD)
There are not much recordings of Dufay's splendid music, the most impressive are surely some chansons scattered on differents discs of Gothic Voices. Regarding motets, there are some interesting recordings by Pomerium and Hilliard Ensemble. All three feature, among other highlights, the marvellous motets "Nuper rosarum", "Alma redemtoris mater" and "Ecclesiae militans". I would say that this recording is the best of the three: in the Huelgas Ensemble's recording you may feel best the medieval -exotic- caracter of these isorythmic motets, as for example their structural clearness and complexity as well as harmonic surprises which seem to come from another planet. The other recordings, although technically perfect as well, tend to smoothen these essential caracteristics. Although this music is caracterized by a mathematical rationalism, I find it very emotional, especially in the mentioned pieces with their monumentality complying with the special historic occasions. Huelgas expresses these emotional side perfectly, in part due to the perfect interweaving of the instrumental and vocal parts (normally I am not a fan of instrumental parts in this kind of music, here it's different). With this recording together with Gothic Voices' excellent chanson recordings you may feel why Dufay is one of the greatest composers ever.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good music, good CD,
By Micky "micky21" (St. Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: O Gemma Lux (Audio CD)
This CD features the beautiful motets of Dufay. Although Dufay is considered to be one of the greatest composers of the millenium, like J. S. Bach, extant recordings are really meager. I am a collector of Dufay's, and I think this is one of ten best recordings of Dufay's, but not the best.
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