Thomas Crecquillon: Missa ‘Mort m’a privé’, motets and chansons
Track Listing | Reviews
Track Listing
Hyperion CDA 67596
1. Oeil esgaré
2-6. Missa ‘Mort m’a privé’
7. Mort m’a privé (à5)
8. Caesaris auspiciis
9. Mort m’a privé (à4)
10. Cur Fernande pater
11. Le monde est tel
12. Praemia pro validis
13. Congratulamini mihi
Reviews
Recent Reviews of Thomas Crecquillon: Missa 'Mort m'a privé', motets & chansons (Hyperion CDA 67596)
'a gem of a CD'.
Gramophone (Mary Berrry), October 2006
'A new performance from The Brabant Ensemble directed by Stephen Rice, and an impressive one too'they have performed here a serious service for us and Crecquillon, and I look forward to hearing more from them in the not too distant future, I hope; a fine recording, as well, from Hyperion'.
BBC Radio 3 ' CD Review (Andrew McGregor), 24 June 2006
'The performances are excellent, supported by the well-captured acoustic of the chapel of Merton College, Oxford, the singers negotiate the often highly imitative textures with great fluency. Well-shaped phrasing, good balance and generally subtle dynamic inflexions further contribute to the beauty of the sound.'
International Record Review (Robert Levett), July/August 2006
'The disc's programme is designed to show his musical expression of the grief of Charles V over his wife's death, a reading of the Mass Mort m'a privé for which the sleeve notes provide compelling evidence. Rice realises this narrative through the rhetoric implicit in the score; his nuanced shaping of line and unexpected dynamic and tempo shifts capitalise on Crecquillon's skill at text-setting. Rice is also adept at sustaining tension through long crescendos, a talent crucial in rendering Crecquillon's sometimes sprawling movements. The ensemble provides the vocal expertise demanded by Rice's approach, sustaining a robust sound and solid intonation through extended lines.'
BBC Music (Berta Joncus), August 2006
‘a real discovery…This CD is a gem. Beautifully sung by fresh, young voices in the peerless acoustics of Merton College, Oxford…There is very little music by Crequillon in the catalogue, He was a European contemporary of Thomas Tallis (who Stephen Rice is an authority on), and his moving, and very fine, sacred music deserves to reach a much wider audience’
http://theovergrownpath.blogspot.com/2006/06/this-be-verse.html