Josquin in Europe
Gesualdo Six
DIR.: OWAIN PARK
recorded: August 7, 2021, Basilica Corpus Christi, Cracow
[Festival Musica Divina 2021]
flac (original bitrate: 320 AAC)
source: Dwójka (Warsaw) (stream)
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JOSQUIN DESPREZ (1450/55-1521)
(01) Praeter rerum seriem a 6 [06'31"]
Heinrich ISAAC (1450/55-1517)
(02) Esto mihi a 4 [03'22"]
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(03) Pulcherrima rosa [02'19"]
JOSQUIN DESPREZ
(04) Ave Maria ... virgo serena a 4 [05'40"]
Piotr Z GRUDZIĄDZA (1392-1480)
(05) Presulem ephebeatum a 4 [03'17"]
John PLUMMER (c1410?-c1484)
(06) Tota pulcra es a 3 [04'11"]
Wacław Z SZAMOTUŁ (c1524-1560?)
(07) In te Domine speravi a 4 [02'41"]
JOSQUIN DESPREZ
(08) Illibata Dei Virgo nutrix/La mi la a 5 [04'12"]
Antoine BRUMEL (c1460-1512/13?)
(09) Mater patris et filia a 3 [02'45"]
JOSQUIN DESPREZ, arr Krzysztof BOREK (?-c1570)
Missa Mater Matris a 4:
(10) Kyrie [03'32"]
(11) Gloria [04'28"]
Heinrich FINCK (1444/45-1527)
(12) Veni Sancte Spiritus a 5 [02'14"]
John DUNSTAPLE (c1390-1453)
(13) Veni Sancte Spiritus a 3 [05'05"]
JOSQUIN DESPREZ, arr Krzysztof BOREK
Missa Mater Matris a 4:
(14) Agnus Dei [02'53"]
JOSQUIN DESPREZ
(15) O virgo prudentissima a 6 [06'38"]
[encore]
Thomas TALLIS (c1505-1585)
(16) O nata lux de lumine a 5 [02'31"]
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Fascinating concert. I managed to find out this about the arrangement of Josquin's mass Missa Mater Patris which Borek retitled Missa Mater Matris. From 1547, Borek worked at the Polish royal court as a singer. By 1558 he was praepositus of the Cappella Rorantistarum at Cracow Cathedral; he apparently held this post until his death around 1570.
ReplyDeleteBorek did not add entirely new music, but added parts to episodes for two voices, which frequently appear in Josquin’s masses. “Perhaps these duets seemed anachronistic to Borek, or maybe the Wawel Cathedral simply preferred the full sound of the band”, Bartosz Izbicki states in his liner notes. Here and there the liturgical text is distributed differently, and Borek also made some cuts. Several sections are omitted: Pleni sunt caeli, Benedictus and Agnus Dei II.
This from a review of a different recording at https://musicwebinternational.com/2025/03/josquin-desprez-josquin-in-poland-dux/
Many thanks for this fascinating concert!
Nice addition. Thanks!
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