The Golden Age of European Polyphony

 

This monumental project was the brainchild of the late Jean Salkin, a Belgian who was a fanatical music-lover and founder of his country’s National Sound Recordings Library.  The 11-CD set amounts to a ‘history in sound’ of the music of its title, with a CD-ROM which provides full texts, translations, and Jean Salkin’s own clear and accessible commentary on the music.  Performances are all by Guy Janssen’s highly-praised Laudantes Consort, and combined with the beautiful presentation and attractive price make the set a highly desirable acquisition for all enthusiasts of Renaissance music.

 

 

 

Full track listing

 

 

The origins and development of early polyphony

 

CD1        The mensuration and harmonization of polyphonic music

Machaut, Dunstable and Dufay

 

Machaut: Messe Nostre-Dame a 4

1)       Kyrie

2)       Gloria

3)       Credo

4)       Sanctus

5)       Agnus Dei

Dunstaple: Magnificat

6)       Magnificat

Dufay: Missa Se la face ay pale a 5

7)       Kyrie

8)       Gloria

9)       Credo

10)    Sanctus

11)    Agnus Dei

 

 

CD2        The extension of vocal registers

Ockeghem (ca 1410 – 1497)

 

Motets

1.        Salve Regina

2.        Intemerata Dei Mater

3.        Alma redemptoris mater

Missa “Caput”

4.        Kyrie

5.        Gloria

6.        Credo

7.        Sanctus

8.        Agnus Dei


Requiem (Excerpt)

  1. Introitus


The keystone of the polyphonic cathedral

CD3        Equilibrium and transparency

Josquin (ca 1440 – 1521)

 

Motets

1.        Tu solus qui facis mirabilia

2.        O Virgo prudentissima

3.        De profondis clamavi

4.        Ave Maria … Virgo serena

5.        Salve Regina

6.        Deploration de la mort de Jehan Ockeghem

Missa “L’homme armé” sexti toni

7.        Kyrie

8.        Gloria

9.        Credo

10.     Sanctus

11.     Agnus Dei

The times of doubt

CD4       

Gombert (ca 1495 - 1556)

 

Motets

1.        Lugebat David Absalon

2.        Sancta Johannes Apostole

3.        Ad te levavi oculos meos

4.        Musea lovis


Missa “Beati Omnes”

5.        Kyrie

6.        Gloria

7.        Credo

8.        Sanctus

9.        Agnus Dei

 

CD5       

Morales (ca 1500 - 1553)

 

Missa pro Defunctis

1.        Introitus

2.        Kyrie

3.        Graduale

4.        Sequentia

5.        Offertorium

6.        Sanctus

7.        Benedictus

8.        Agnus Dei

9.        Communio

Motets

10.     O Sacrum Convivium

11.     Emendemus in melius

12.     Circumdederunt me gemitus mortis

CD6       

Tallis (ca1505 – 1585)

 

Latin Motets

1.        O nata lux

2.        Audivi vocem

3.        Sancte Deus

4.        O sacrum convivium

5.        in jejunio et fletu

6.        Salvator mundi


English motets

7.        If ye love me

8.        O Lord, give thy holy spirit

9.        Verily, verily

10.     Hear the voice and prayer

11.     Remember not

Hieremiae prophetae lamentationes

12.     Lamentatio Prima

13.     Lamentatio Secunda

The times of uncertainty

CD7       

Lassus (ca 1532 - 1594)

 

Prophetiae Sibyllarum (Excerpts)

1.        Carmina chromatico

2.        Sibylla Persica

3.        Sibylla Libyca

Secular Songs

4.        Bonjour, et puis quelles nouvelles

5.        Paisible Domaine

6.        Im Mayen

7.        Chi Chilichi?

8.        Matona, mia cara

9.        La nuit froide et sombre

10.     Mon coeur se recommande à vous

Psalmi Davids Poenitentialis (Excerpt)

11.     De profundis clamavi

Missa super “Bell’Amfitrit’altera” Excerpt)

12.     Agnus Dei

Lamentationes Hieremiae (Excerpt)

13.     Lamentatio prima, secundi dei

Motet

14.     Musica, Dei donum optimi

Lagrime di San Pietro (Excerpt)

15.     Com falda di neve

Requiem (Excerpt)

16.     Introitus


CD8       

Victoria (ca 1548 - 1611)

 

Marian Motets

1.        Ave Maria

2.        O Magnum Mysterium

3.        Sancta Maria, succurre miseris

4.        Salve Regina

Missa “O quam gloriosum”, 1583

5.        Kyrie

6.        Gloria

7.        Credo

8.        Sanctus

9.        Agnus Dei

Tenebrae Responsories, 1585,(Excerpts)

10.     Tenebrae factae sunt

11.     O vos omnes

12.     Astiterunt reges

13.     Aestimatus sum

Motet

14.     Gaudent in coelis, 1588

Requiem (Excerpt)

15.     Introitus

CD9       

Byrd (1543 - 1623)


Hymn

1.        O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth

The Great Service (Excerpt)

2.        Nunc dimitis

Lamentationes Hieremiae

3.        Secundi Diei. Lamentatio prima

Motet

4.        Sing joyfully unto God

Cantiones sacrae, 1591

5.        Miserere mei, Deus

6.        Circumdederunt me

The 3 Catholic Masses 1592 – 1595 (Excerpts)

7.        Kyrie (a 5)

8.        Gloria ( a 3

9.        Credo (a 4)

10.     Sanctus (a 3)

11.     Agnus Dei (a 5)

Gradualia 1605/1607,(Excerpts)

12.     Ave verum corpus

13.     Ave Maria

14.     Beata Viscera

15.     Beata es, Virgo Maria

16.     Justorum animae



A new transparency

CD10     

Palestrina (ca 1525 - 1594)

 

Missa “Ecce ego Joannes”

1.        Kyria

2.        Gloria

3.        Credo

4.        Sanctus

5.        Agnus De

Canticum canticorum (Excerpts)

6.        Osculetur me

7.        Nigra sum

Lamentationes Hiermiae (Liber tertius) Seria VI Parasceve

8.        Lectio I

9.        Lectio 2

10.     Lectio III

Motet

11.     Hodie Christus natus est

The triumph of individualism

CD11  

Songs and Madrigals (XVIth & XVIIth centuries

 

1.       Il est bel et bon                                      Passereau

2.       Rest sweet nymphs                               Pilkington

3.       Au joli jeu                                              Janequin

4.       Ach Elslein                                            Senfl

5.       Mille regrets                                          Josquin

6.       La,la,la,je ne l’ose dire                            Certon

7.       Come again                                           Dowland

8.       Valle, che de’lamenti                              De Wert

9.       Bonjour mon Coeur                                Lassus

10.   Or si rallegri il cielo                                De Wert

11.   Insbruck ich muss dich lassen                Isaac

12.   Of all the birds                                       Bartlet

13.   Zefiro torna                                            Monteverdi

14.   The silver swan                                      Gibbons

15.   Margot labourez les vignes                      Archadelt

16.   Mijn hert altijt heft verlanghen                  de la Rou

17.   Il bianco e dolce cigno                            Arcadelt

18.   Fair Phyllis                                            Farmer

19.   Ach, weh des Leiden                              Hassler

20.   Fine knacks for ladies                            Dowland

21.   Too much I once lamented                      Tomkins

22.   Un gentil amoureux                                Le Jeune

23.   La nuit froide et sombre                          Lassus

24.   Tanzen und Springen                              Hassler

25.   Paisible domaine                                   Lassus

26.   Now is the month of Maying                    Morley

27.   Mon Coeur se recommande à vous          Lassus

 

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