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Music for Milan Cathedral
Werrecore, Josquin, Gaffurius, Weerbeke; Siglo de Oro, Patrick Allies; Delphian Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 27 November 2019 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) Maestro di cappella in Milan for nearly 30 years, yet a 16th century composer we have never heard of, until now. This disc is devoted to motets by a composer that you may in all probability have never heard of, despite his being at the centre of Italian liturgical musical life for nearly years. Hermann Matthias Werrecore was appointed to the post of maestro di cappella of Milan Cathedral in 1522 and remained in place for nearly 30 years, during a turbulent time which included the Italian War of 1521-26 between Francis I of France and the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, notably the Battle of Pavia when Francis was captured. A battle which Werrecore claims to have witnessed.On Siglo de Oro's disc, Music for Milan Cathedral, […]
2017-06-24 01:00:00
Loyset Compére (1440/45-1518) Missa Galeazescha Alexander Agricola (1445-1506) Gaspar van Weerbeke (1455-1517) Motets Heinrich Lübeck, Johannes Martini (c1440-1497/98) Instrumental music Odhecaton, Paolo Da Col – Pian&Forte, Gabriele Cassone – La Pifarescha – LaReverdie – Liuwe Tamminga organ Classic Voice/Antiqua CA001 (2009). Recorded 2005 [flac, cue, log, scans, covers of a later reissue] Rare and recommended! "In the second half of the fifteenth century, in times of the Duchy of Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444-1476), Milan lived an extraordinary artistic flowering period, particularly in music. The Duke decided to create a large chapel for which he would hire some of the most famous Franco-Flemish polyphony composers active at the time, including Alexander Agricola, Gaspar van Weerbecke and Loyset Compère. The court of Galeazzo Maria Sforza promoted a new genre of polyphonic Mass, which in its texts attributed particular importance to the cult of Our Lady of Grace and Mercy. One […]
2015-02-21 02:30:00
Early Music Collections
Music by De Machaut, De Gant, Ciconia, Fabri, Solage, Hasprois, De la Halle, Cordier, De Molins, Dunstable, Pyamour, Prioris, Narvaez, Jacquet, Van Weerbeke, Agricola, Isaac, Judenkünig, Compère, Capirola, Willaert, Da Milano, Werrecore, Obrecht, De La Rue, Josquin, Brumel, Regnart, De Monte, Luython, Gibbons, Byrd, Monteverdi, Philips, Bull, Dering, Hollanders, Tomkins, Amner & anonymi Performed by Capilla Flamenca, Currende, Oltremontano & Psallentes, 1999-2008 PREVIEW DETAILS Erratum: The dating of Solage in the track information of Zodiac (back and booklet) is off by a century. I corrected this in the cue file. Note: Two full renditions (vocal by Il Terzo Suono & instrumental by Philip Jones Brass Ensemble) of Werrecore's Battaglia are available in the following post: Music from the Renaissance by DutchPublisher DOWNLOAD INFO Click here MY PREVIOUS MIM POSTS
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