The Golden Age of European Polyphony

Guy Janssesns, Laudantes Consort - The Golden Age of European Polyphony

The Golden Age of European Polyphony
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Artist: Guy Janssesns, Laudantes Consort
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Enhanced, Import
CD Release Date: 2002-02-26
Music Label: Cypres
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Messe de Nostre Dame, mass for 4 voices: Kyrie
  2. Messe de Nostre Dame, mass for 4 voices: Gloria
  3. Messe de Nostre Dame, mass for 4 voices: Credo
  4. Messe de Nostre Dame, mass for 4 voices: Sanctus
  5. Messe de Nostre Dame, mass for 4 voices: Agnus Dei
  6. Magnificat, MB 36
  7. Missa Se la face ay pale, for 4 voices: Kyrie
  8. Missa Se la face ay pale, for 4 voices: Gloria
  9. Missa Se la face ay pale, for 4 voices: Credo
  10. Missa Se la face ay pale, for 4 voices: Sanctus
  11. Missa Se la face ay pale, for 4 voices: Agnus Dei
Music CD 2
  1. Salve Regina, motet for 4 voices
  2. Intemerata Dei mater, motet for 5 voices
  3. Alma Redemptoris Mater, motet for 4 voices
  4. Missa 'Caput', for 4 voices: Kyrie
  5. Missa 'Caput', for 4 voices: Gloria
  6. Missa 'Caput', for 4 voices: Credo
  7. Missa 'Caput', for 4 voices: Sanctus
  8. Missa 'Caput', for 4 voices: Agnus Dei
  9. Requiem (Missa pro Defunctis), for 3-4 voices (introit, Kyrie, gradual, offertory only): Introitus
Music CD 3
  1. Tu solus qui facis mirabilia, motet for 4 parts
  2. O virgo prudentissima/Beata mater, motet for 6 parts
  3. De profundis, motet for 5 parts
  4. Ave Maria... virgo serena, motet for 4 parts
  5. Salve Regina, motet for 4 parts
  6. Nymphes des bois/Requiem aeternam/Deploration de la Mort de Jehan Ockeghem, lament for 5 parts
  7. Missa 'L'homme armé' sexti toni, for 4 parts: Kyrie
  8. Missa 'L'homme armé' sexti toni, for 4 parts: Gloria
  9. Missa 'L'homme armé' sexti toni, for 4 parts: Credo
  10. Missa 'L'homme armé' sexti toni, for 4 parts: Sanctus
  11. Missa 'L'homme armé' sexti toni, for 4 parts: Agnus dei
Music CD 4
  1. Lugebat David Absalon, motet for 8 voices
  2. Sancte Johannes apostole, for 4 voices
  3. Ad te levavi
  4. Musae Jovis for 6 voices
  5. Missa 'Beati Omnes', for 4 voices: Kyrie
  6. Missa 'Beati Omnes', for 4 voices: Gloria
  7. Missa 'Beati Omnes', for 4 voices: Credo
  8. Missa 'Beati Omnes', for 4 voices: Sanctus
  9. Missa 'Beati Omnes', for 4 voices: Agnus Dei
Music CD 5
  1. Missa Pro defunctis à 5: Introitus
  2. Missa Pro defunctis à 5: Kyrie
  3. Missa Pro defunctis à 5: Graduale
  4. Missa Pro defunctis à 5: Sequentia
  5. Missa Pro defunctis à 5: Offertorium
  6. Missa Pro defunctis à 5: Sanctus
  7. Missa Pro defunctis à 5: Benedictus
  8. Missa Pro defunctis à 5: Agnus Dei
  9. Missa Pro defunctis à 5: Communio
  10. O Sacrum Convivium, for 5 Voices
  11. Emendemus in Melius
  12. Circumdederunt Me, for 5 voices
Music CD 6
  1. O nata lux de lumine, motet (hymn) for 5 voices, P. 209
  2. Audivi vocem, motet for 4 voices, P. 90
  3. Sancte Deus, motet (antiphon) for 4 voices, P. 98
  4. O sacrum convivium (also set as 'I call and cry to thee' and 'O sacred and holy banquet'), motet for 5 voices, P. 210
  5. In jejunio et fletu, motet for 5 voices, P. 198
  6. Salvator mundi (I) (also set as 'Arise O Lord' and 'With all our hearts'), motet for 5 voices, P. 216
  7. If ye love me, anthem for 4 voices
  8. O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit, anthem for 4 voices
  9. Verily, verily I say unto you, anthem for 4 voices
  10. Hear the voice and prayer, anthem for 4 voices
  11. Remember not, O Lord God (2 versions), anthem for 4 voices
  12. Lamentations (of Jeremiah), 1st lesson for 5 voices, P. 102
  13. Lamentations (of Jeremiah), 2nd lesson for 5 voices, P. 110
Music CD 7
  1. Prophetiae Sibyllarum... chromatico more singulari confectae, motet collection for 4 voices: Carmina chromatico
  2. Prophetiae Sibyllarum... chromatico more singulari confectae, motet collection for 4 voices: Sibylla Persica
  3. Prophetiae Sibyllarum... chromatico more singulari confectae, motet collection for 4 voices: Sibylla Libyca
  4. Bon jour et puis quelles nouvelles, chanson for 5 voices, B. xi/60 (S. xvi/53)
  5. Paisible domaine (Qu'est-ce que Dieu donne), chanson for 5 voices, B. xiii/89 (S. xvi/50)
  6. Im Mayen hört man die Hanen krayen, lied for 5 voices (S. xviii/24)
  7. Chi chilichi, moresca for 6 voices (S. x/120)
  8. Matona mia cara, villanelle for 4 voices, S. x/93
  9. La nuict froide et sombre (Du Bellay), chanson for 4 voices, B. xii/119 (S. xii/34)
  10. Mon Coeur se recommande (Marot) (Mon Coeur se rend a toi; Qui laboure champ ou vigne), chanson for 5 voices, B. xiii/15 (S. xiv/15)
  11. Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales, psalm settings (7) for 5 voices: De profundis clamavi
  12. Missa Bell' Amfirit'altera, for 8 voices, H. viii/55: Agnus Dei
  13. Lamentationes Hieremiae (9), for 5 voices, H. xxii/3: Lamentatio prima, secundi dei
  14. Musica Dei donum optimi, motet for 6 voices, M. xvi (S. xix/63)
  15. Lagrime di S Pietro (Tansillo), madrigal for 7 voices, H. xx: Com falda di neve
  16. Missa Pro defunctis, for 5 voices, H. vi/135: Introitus
Music CD 8
  1. Ave Maria, motet for 4 voices
  2. O Magnum Mysterium, motet for 4 voices
  3. Sancta Maria, succurre miseris, motet for 4 voices
  4. Work(s): Unspecified Salve Regina
  5. Missa O Quam gloriosum, for 4 voices: Kyrie
  6. Missa O Quam gloriosum, for 4 voices: Gloria
  7. Missa O Quam gloriosum, for 4 voices: Credo
  8. Missa O Quam gloriosum, for 4 voices: Sanctus
  9. Missa O Quam gloriosum, for 4 voices: Agnus Dei
  10. Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae, for 3-8 voices: Tenebrae factae sunt
  11. Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae, for 3-8 voices: O vos omnes
  12. Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae, for 3-8 voices: Astiterunt reges
  13. Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae, for 3-8 voices: Aestimatus sum
  14. Gaudent in coelis animae Sanctorum, motet for 4 voices
  15. Work(s): Unspecified Requiem Introitus
Music CD 9
  1. O Lord, make Thy servant Elizabeth, anthem for 6 voices (SAATTB)
  2. The Great Service, for 5-10 voices: Nunc dimitis
  3. De lamentatione Jeremiae, motet for 5 voices (ATTBarB) (inc. but can be reconstructed)
  4. Sing Joyfully, anthem for 6 voices (SSAATB)
  5. Miserere mei Deus, motet for 5 voices (SATBarB or SMezATB)
  6. Circumdederunt me, motet for 5 voices (SAATB)
  7. Mass for 5 Voices (SATTB): Kyrie (a 5)
  8. Mass for 3 Voices (ATB): Gloria (a 3)
  9. Mass for 4 Voices (SATB): Credo (a 4)
  10. Mass for 3 Voices (ATB): Sanctus (a 3)
  11. Mass for 5 Voices (SATTB): Agnus Dei (a 5)
  12. Ave verum corpus (also anthem: 'O Lord, God of Israel'), motet for 4 voices (SATB)
  13. Ave Maria gratia plena, motet for 5 voices (SATTB)
  14. Beata viscera, motet for 5 voices (SATTB)
  15. Beata es, virgo Maria, motet for 5 voices (SATTB)
  16. Justorum animae (also anthem 'Souls of the righteous'), motet for 5 voices (SSATB)
Music CD 10
  1. Missa Ecco ego Joannes, for 6 voices: Kyrie
  2. Missa Ecco ego Joannes, for 6 voices: Gloria
  3. Missa Ecco ego Joannes, for 6 voices: Credo
  4. Missa Ecco ego Joannes, for 6 voices: Sanctus
  5. Missa Ecco ego Joannes, for 6 voices: Agnus Dei
  6. Osculetur me, motet for 5 voices (from Motets Book IV from Canticis canticorum)
  7. Nigra sum, motet for 5 voices (from Motets Book IV from Canticis canticorum)
  8. Lamentationum Hieremiae Prophetae for 5 & 6 voices: (Liber tertius) Seria VI Parasceve
  9. Lamentationum Hieremiae Prophetae for 5 & 6 voices: (Liber tertius) Seria VI Parasceve
  10. Lamentationum Hieremiae Prophetae for 5 & 6 voices: (Liber tertius) Seria VI Parasceve
  11. Hodie Christus natus est, for 4 voices
Music CD 11
  1. Il est bel et bon, commere, mon mary (Chansons musicales, Paris 1534)
  2. Rest, Sweet Nymphes
  3. Au joly jeu du pousse avant, chanson for 4 voices, M. 1/12
  4. Ach Elslein, liebes Elselein
  5. Mille regretz, song for 4 parts
  6. La, la, la, je ne l'ose dire
  7. Come again, sweet love doth now invite, for 4 voices & lute (First Book of Songs)
  8. Valle, che di lamenti miei, W ix, 9
  9. Bon jour mon Coeur (Ronsard) (Christ est mon Dieu), chanson for 4 voices, B. xi/68 (S. xii/100)
  10. Or si rallegri il cielo
  11. Innsbruck, ich muÃ? dich lassen (ii), song for 4 voices
  12. Of All the Birds That I Do Know
  13. Zefiro torna e'l bel tempo rimena, madrigal for 5 voices (from Book 6), SV 108
  14. The silver swanne, madrigal for 5 voices
  15. Margot labourez les vignes, chanson for 4 voices, S. 8/42
  16. Myn hert altyt heeft verlanghen
  17. Il bianco e dolce cigno, madrigal for 4 voices, S. 2/18
  18. Fair Phyllis I Saw Sitting All Alone
  19. Ach, weh des leiden, song
  20. Fine knacks for ladies, for 4 voices & lute (Second Book of Songs)
  21. Too Much I Once Lamented for 5 voices
  22. Un Gentil Amoureux
  23. La nuict froide et somber (Du Bellay), chanson for 4 voices, B. xii/119 (S. xii/34)
  24. Tantzen und springen
  25. Paisible domaine (Qu'est-ce que Dieu donne), chanson for 5 voices, B. xiii/89 (S. xvi/50)
  26. Now is the month of maying, madrigal for 5 voices
  27. Mon Coeur se recommande (Marot) (Mon Coeur se rend a toi; Qui laboure champ ou vigne), chanson for 5 voices, B. xiii/15 (S. xiv/15)

Music reviews of The Golden Age of European Polyphony

Music Review: An anthology of great breadth
Rating: 5 Stars

Before the Austro-German tradition in music, before the Italian musical dynasty - before them all there was the Franco-Flemish school of music. I Fiamminghi, was the name given to the Flemish composers whose international reputations spread right throughout Europe of the Renaissance. Even the contrapunctal imitative style of J.S. Bach could only ever have come into existence thanks to the practices established by I Fiamminghi. So it is good to see the Belgians rediscover their musical heritage that had so resounding an impact on the course of musical history.

Guy Janssens was born in Brussels and studied music at the Louvain conservatory. In 1981 he founded the group that later bore the name Laudantes Consort. Between 1995 and 2000, he devoted himself to this recorded series of 11 CD, which he carried out in collaboration with Jean Salkin, founder of the media library of Belgium.

The Laudantes Consort has a characteristically continental European choral sound, with more use of chest voice used discreetly to give a darker coloring to the sound. In this respect there are similarities to the Huelgas Ensemble except that their sound is much weightier and less refined. They also have a repertoire extending well outside of early music, making them something less than a specialist Early Music choir. In this wide ranging collection, they explore more than just the Franco-Flemish school for they start with the music that lead to its development in the French composers Machaut and the English Dunstable. They then go further to explore the composers whom they influenced including the Italian Palestrina, the English Tallis and Byrd, and the Spaniards Morales and Victoria.

If the greatest strength of this anthology is the sheer breath of the range they cover, it is also its greatest weakness. For example Morales gets a whole volume devoted exclusively to his music while arguably far more important composers such as Heinrich Isaac, and Pierre de la Rue barely get a mention - bar a chanson each, all two minutes worth of music. Nor does either Alexander Agricola or Jacob Obrecht - arguably the greatest of all composers of the Renaissance - get even a note in. Easily the most successful volume on this set is the one devoted to music by Nicolas Gombert with a complete recording of his Missa Beati Omnes along with several excellent motets. All of the Gombert is otherwise available only on this recording, which is possibly the most convincing recording of Gombert's music currently available, mostly because of the Laudantes Coonsrt make the fullest of the highly expressive - almost proto-Baroque - use of crashing dissonances. It really only makes you wish that this approach of recording complete versions of otherwise mostly unavailable music could have been carried over to the other volumes. There is an unfortunate trend to recording some works in extract so that only the Introitus of the Ockeghem Requiem is represented or just the Kyrie of a Lassus mass, just to name two examples. If would have been far preferable to record complete motets by another otherwise unrepresented composer to fill up a disc, as is done by Erik van Nevel in his set of CDs entitled `De Vlaamse Polyfonie'.

For most of us with an interest in Renaissance music acquiring this set will involve significant duplication of repertory. Fortunately, the Laudantes Consort usually has something interesting to say about even the most familiar works recorded here. Tone, intonation and clarity are all very good along with the technically excellent recorded sound throughout.

Unfortunately the CD-ROM (the 12th CD in the set) that comes with the set is for Mac OS8 and so is two generations behind making it unusable for most of us Mac users. The Windows version is for Win 98/95 but I cannot confirm if it is playable on a Win XP platform. Without the CD-ROM the printed booklet alone has scanty information on the music.

All in all I have to congratulate the Laundantes Consort for undertaking these recordings and accordingly award them five stars, despite some reservations. For overall this set remains very good value for the price and there are some genuinely exceptional things here - the Gombert volume is almost worth the price of whole set in fact. De Vlaamese Polyfonie would be my first choice overall, even though their recorded sound is inferior but Erik van Nevel is far more established an authority on Early Music with much experience behind him. This set by the Laudantes Consort is fortunatley far easier to obtain than Eufoda recordings which lack a consistent distributor.
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