Reges Terrae: Music from the Time of Charles V [Hybrid SACD]
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Composer: Jacobus Clemens Non PapaComposer: Nicolas Gombert
Composer: Francisco Guerrero
Composer: Pierre de Manchicourt
Composer: Cristobal de Morales
Edition: Music CD
Format: Hybrid SACD - DSD
CD Release Date: 2007-08-28
Music Label: Chandos
Soundtracks:
- Reges Terrae, motet ? 6 for the Feast of Epiphany: 1. Reges terrae congregati sunt
- Reges Terrae, motet ? 6 for the Feast of Epiphany: 2. Et venientes invenerunt puerum
- Regina Caeli, for 5 Voices: 1. Regina caeli, laetare
- Regina Caeli, for 5 Voices: 2. Resurrexit sicut dixit
- Laudate Dominum, motet for 6 parts: 1. Laudate Dominum, omnes gentes
- Laudate Dominum, motet for 6 parts: 2. Plaudite ergo, omnes gentes
- O magnum mysterium, for 6 voices: 1. O magnum mysterium
- O magnum mysterium, for 6 voices: 2. Domine, audivi auditum tuum
- Hei mihi, Domine, motet for 6 voices
- Ego sum qui sum (motet): Ego sum qui sum
- Ego sum qui sum (motet): Tulerunt Dominum meum
- O Virgo Virginum, motet ? 6 for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
- Exaltata Est Sancta Dei Genetrix, for 6 voices: 1. Exaltata est sancta Dei Genitrix
- Exaltata Est Sancta Dei Genetrix, for 6 voices: 2. Virgo prudentissima
- Reges Terrae, motet ? 6 for the Feast of Epiphany: Agnus Dei
Music reviews of Reges Terrae: Music from the Time of Charles V [Hybrid SACD]
Music Review: Earthly power, heavenly beauty
Rating: 5 Stars
The name of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor from 1519 to 1556, appears fairly frequently in the titles of renaissance music collections including, for example, a very fine disc from Jordi Savall and Hesp?rion XXI on AliaVox. Whatever one's opinion of his role in history, Charles V evidently had (in common with seekers of renaissance music CDs on the internet) excellent taste in music. What is more - and, sadly, unlike the rest of us - he also possessed the power and wealth to attract some of the finest musicians of Europe into his service. The result of all this is that CD compilations of music by composers employed by, or in some way associated with, his imperial court chapel, can draw on an extraordinary repertory of fine music, both from the Spanish musicians of the time, such as Morales and Guerrero, and from their great Franco-Flemish contemporaries of the post-Josquin generation.
The present disc from Nordic Voices is an exceptionally fine example of this genre, and it stands out from other such collections for two reasons. Firstly their choice of works, and the arrangement of their programme, are brilliant, my own favourites being the marvellous - and rarely heard - pieces by Morales, Gombert and Clemens non Papa. Secondly, they sing like angels. Each one of the six members of the group has a truly lovely voice, their ensemble and balance are immaculate, and they perform each piece with an innate feeling for the music which seems to bring it, even after nearly five centuries since it was written, directly into our hearts. Listen, for example, to the purity, sensitivity and blend of the high voices in the magical opening phrases of Clemens' nativity motet "O magnum mysterium"; and the same applies to the lower voices at the start of Gombert's beautiful "Ego sum qui sum".
In short their interpretation of this music, in both its sound and its emotional content, is of the very highest quality, and the recording perfectly captures the Norwegian church acoustic. Judging by their other discs so far, Nordic Voices cover a varied repertory of music from early to modern. But on the evidence of this lovely "Reges terrae" collection, let's hope this truly outstanding young a cappella group will be bringing us more CDs of renaissance music.
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