De Passione
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Composer or Director: Gaspar van Weerbecke, Jacob Obrecht, Loyset Compère, Josquin Desprez, Anonymous
Genre:
Vocal
Label: Cantus
Magazine Review Date: 02/2015
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 73
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: C9637
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Parce Domine |
Jacob Obrecht, Composer
Jacob Obrecht, Composer Odhecaton Paolo da Col, Director |
Officium de Cruce, 'In nomine Jesu' |
Loyset Compère, Composer
Loyset Compère, Composer Odhecaton Paolo da Col, Director |
O Domine Jesu Christe |
Josquin Desprez, Composer
Josquin Desprez, Composer Odhecaton Paolo da Col, Director |
Qui velatus facie fuisti |
Josquin Desprez, Composer
Josquin Desprez, Composer Odhecaton Paolo da Col, Director |
Tenebrae factae sunt |
Gaspar van Weerbecke, Composer
Gaspar van Weerbecke, Composer Odhecaton Paolo da Col, Director |
O tristu fatale die |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Odhecaton Paolo da Col, Director |
Miserere mei, Deus |
Josquin Desprez, Composer
Josquin Desprez, Composer Odhecaton Paolo da Col, Director |
Author: David Fallows
Paolo Da Col and the 11 men of the ensemble Odhecaton approach the obvious musical problem with courage: they sing robustly and make every effort to keep the music moving. They build the texture very much from the bass upwards, and manage to keep the sound alive without exaggeration or artificiality. Their diction and tuning are admirable, though the texture is not always clear.
Framing these three imposing cycles with two slighter (but marvellous) motets by Obrecht and Weerbeke, they end the disc with two extraneous pieces: the first is a solo Good Friday lament from the Sicilian tradition, O tristu fatale die, gloriously sung by Clara Murtas; the other is Josquin’s rather later five-voice Miserere – in which, once again, the singers resolve its well-known formal difficulties with courageous and forward singing. The booklet is unusually detailed, in four languages and illustrated with a wealth of evocative and relevant pictures.
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