40 Voices [Hybrid SACD]
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Composer: Willem CeuleersComposer: Joan Baptista Comes
Composer: Giovanni Gabrieli
Composer: Josquin Desprez
Composer: Jean Mouton
Composer: Joao Lourenco Rebelo
Composer: Allesandro Striggio
Composer: Thomas Tallis
Composer: Robert Wylkynson
Conductor: Paul van Nevel
Edition: Music CD
Format: Hybrid SACD, Import
CD Release Date: 2007-02-13
Music Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Soundtracks:
- Nomen Mortis Infame
- Gloria
- Qui Habitat
- Jesus Autem/Credo In Deum
- Ecce Beatam Lucem
- En Venant De Lyon
- Lauda Jerusalem
- Exaudi Me Domine
- Spem In Alium
Music reviews of 40 Voices [Hybrid SACD]
Music Review: Exceeded Expectations. Huelgas Ensemble and Paul Van Nevel at their Very Best!
Rating: 5 Stars
Now, this is what I call Brilliance! The Best performance from the Best Ensemble, the Best recording from the Best label Harmonia Mundi. Thanks to the high quality standards maintained by Harmonia Mundi, this recording is so far the highest resolution we have heard.
Buy this with confidence!
Description of 40 Voices [Hybrid SACD]
This dazzling CD offers huge Renaissance pieces performed by the always spectacular Huelgas Ensemble under Paul van Nevel. The taste for complex polyphony was at its peak in the late 16th century. The Italian composer Alessandro Striggio amazed the civilized world with a motet in 40 parts, driving the Englishman Thomas Tallis to compose one even more complex in the same number of parts to honor Queen Elizabeth. It still hasn't been surpassed in formality and stringent creativity. Other works on this CD are a Gloria by Gomez in 12 parts, a Qui habitat by Desprez in 24 voices, and a lush 16-part work by Giovanni Gabrieli, among others. Van Nevel and his group (and the superb engineers) keep every line clear, with round tone balanced throughout all the vocal ranges, with the long, melodic lines flowing so naturally that the listener never gets lost. The Desprez reminds me of some works by Antoine Brumel, with imitation so close and frequent that the effect is that of a pulsating organism. The CD opens with a 35-voice piece by the contemporary composer Willem Ceuleers (a member of the Huelgas Ensemble, born in 1963), and while its harmonies certainly are not Renaissance, it is in spirit the kind of polyphony on the rest of the CD. Perhaps listening to this 71-minute CD in one sitting would be too rich; it's a feast to be savored. --Robert LevineGabrieli, Giovanni CDs
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