Description
JOSQUIN DESPREZ: Stabat Mater & Motets (Audio CD)
Product Information
- Catalog Number: 901243
- UPC: 794881650729
- Product Type: Compact Disc (DDD)
- Genre: Classical – Sacred Choral Music
- Language: Latin, French, and Italian texts (with bilingual liner notes)
- Total Running Time: 56:01
- Publication Date: 1986 (reissued 2001)
- Publisher: harmonia mundi, France (with participation of l'Opéra de Montpellier)
- Manufactured In: Germany
Overview
"JOSQUIN DESPREZ: Stabat Mater & Motets" is a sublime recording that captures the transcendent beauty of Josquin Desprez’s sacred compositions. Performed by La Chapelle Royale under the masterful direction of Philippe Herreweghe, this collection offers a refined and intimate interpretation of Renaissance choral music. The recording is celebrated for its warm tonal quality, precise execution, and the extraordinary clarity of individual vocal lines, making it a cherished item among classical music enthusiasts.
French Translation – Overview (Aperçu)
"JOSQUIN DESPREZ : Stabat Mater & Motets" est un enregistrement sublime qui saisit la beauté transcendante des compositions sacrées de Josquin Desprez. Interprétée par La Chapelle Royale sous la direction experte de Philippe Herreweghe, cette collection offre une interprétation raffinée et intime de la musique chorale de la Renaissance. L'enregistrement est salué pour sa qualité tonale chaleureuse, son exécution précise et la clarté extraordinaire de chaque ligne vocale, en faisant un trésor parmi les amateurs de musique classique.
Product Features
- Audio Format: DDD for superior sound quality
- Packaging: Remastered CD with comprehensive bilingual liner notes
- Performance:Repertoire: An evocative collection of seven motets by Josquin Desprez, including the renowned Stabat Mater dolorosa
- La Chapelle Royale, directed by Philippe Herreweghe
- Special participation of l'Opéra de Montpellier
Interesting Facts
English
- Critical Acclaim:Rare Recording: With very few Josquin recordings available on CD, this release remains a valued gem among collectors and enthusiasts.
- Fanfare praised the recording as "a marvelous mixture of familiar and neglected elements" with a warm tonal quality and precise execution.
- Opus remarked on the extraordinary clarity given to individual lines, comparing Josquin’s influence in music to Michelangelo’s in the arts.
- Artistic Excellence: The recording offers a perfect blend of historical performance practice and modern remastering techniques, ensuring every nuance is heard.
French Translation – Interesting Facts (Faits Intéressants)
- Éloges Critiques :Enregistrement Rare : Avec très peu d'enregistrements de Josquin sur CD, cette édition demeure un trésor précieux pour les collectionneurs et les passionnés.
- Fanfare a salué cet enregistrement comme "un mélange merveilleux d’éléments familiers et oubliés", doté d’une qualité tonale chaleureuse et d’une exécution précise.
- Opus a souligné l'extraordinaire clarté des lignes vocales, comparant l'influence de Josquin en musique à celle de Michel-Ange dans les arts.
- Excellence Artistique : L'enregistrement offre une parfaite harmonie entre la pratique historique et les techniques modernes de remasterisation, garantissant la révélation de chaque nuance.
Track Listing
- Ave Maria (438) – 4:38
- Stabat Mater dolorosa – 7:56
- Salve Regina (354) – 3:54
- Ave nobilissima creatura – 8:34
- O bone et dulcissime Jesu – 5:33
- Usquequo, Domine, oblivisceris me – 7:11
- Miserere mei, Deus – 15:19
Publishers
Released by harmonia mundi in France, with special participation from l'Opéra de Montpellier. Distributed under catalog numbers HMX 2981243 HM 65 and LC 70-45. All rights reserved.
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English:
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French (Étiquettes):
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