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2021-12-22 09:24:43
[…] series of virtuosic two-voiced dialogues, full of excitement and vivid detail. The moments when the full ensemble sang had a wonderful up-front sound, and Isaac kept the interest by constantly changing the textures between sections. The final section, with the bass trumpeting out 'Electa es' was simply thrilling. More Isaac please. The final release in the Tallis Scholars' project to record all of Josquin's masses is available from Gimmell Records Josquin: Missa Hercules Dux Ferrarie, Missa D'ung aultre amer, Missa Faysant regretz - available from Amazon This evening's mass is available on the ensemble's 2011 release Josquin: Missa Ave maris stella, Missa De beata virgine - available from Amazon Heinrich Isaac's motet Virgo prudentissima is available on the ensemble's 1991 disc of music by Isaac Heinrich Isaac: Missa de Apostolis - available from Amazon Never miss out on future posts by following us The […]
2021-07-29 08:19:00
Orchestras from the Czech Republic, Armenia, China, Russia and Hungary, and major UK choral ensembles: Cadogan Hall announces its orchestral and choral series for 2021/22
Cadogan Hall Cadogan Hall has announced the 2021/22 season for both its Zurich International Orchestra Series and Choral at Cadogan, featuring orchestras from the Czech Republic, Armenia, China, Russia and Hungary and four UK choirs, the Tallis Scholars, the Cardinall's Musick, Voces8 and The Sixteen. The opening concert of the orchestral season gives us a chance to hear a Czech orchestra in an all-Czech programme when Dennis Russell Davies conducts the Brno Philharmonic in Janacek's Taras Bulba, Korngold's Violin Concerto (with Chloe Hanslip) and Dvorak's Symphony No. 9. Korngold, whilst being thought of as Austrian, was in fact born in Brno. One of the interesting things about the season is the way the orchestras often play music by their countrymen. So the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by its chief conductor Sergey Smbatyan, is bringing Khachaturan's Masquerade Suite plus music by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. The China Symphony Orchestra (of Shenzhen), […]
2021-06-27 23:29:10
Pursuant to the Josquin material below, here's Lisa Bielawa's Missa Primavera, composed for Matt Haimovitz's Primavera Project. It contains references to Josquin's Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae, as Lisa explains here.
2021-03-26 12:51:30
2021 – the Josquin Year (CD Review)
Josquin: Missa Hercules Dux Ferrarie – Missa D’ung aultre amer – Missa Faysant regretz Tallis Scholars Gimell Records Josquin Motets and Mass Movements Brabant Ensemble Hyperion Records The Golden Renaissance: Josquin des Prez Stile Antico Decca Classics While scholarly consensus on Josquin’s birthdate has moved around over time (current estimates are around […]
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