Cinquecento - Richafort: Requiem & Other Sacred Music (2012) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Nymphes, nappés / Circumdederunt me, NJE 30.6
02. Faulte d'argent, NJE 29.7
03. Missa pro defunctis "Requiem": I. Introitus
04. Missa pro defunctis "Requiem": II. Kyrie
05. Missa pro defunctis "Requiem": III. Graduale
06. Missa pro defunctis "Requiem": IV. Offertorium
07. Missa pro defunctis "Requiem": V. Sanctus & Benedictus
08. Missa pro defunctis "Requiem": VI. Agnus Dei
09. Missa pro defunctis "Requiem": VII. Communio
10. Nymphes des bois / Requiem aeternam, NJE 29.18 "La Déploration de Johannes Ockeghem"
11. Musae Jovis
12. Miserere mei, Deus, MJE 18.3
13. Musae Jovis
14. O mors inevitabilis

This release presents music associated with the Renaissance master Josquin Des Prez, a composer who towers above all others in the first part of the sixteenth century. Numerous works were attributed to him that have now been proven to be by his contemporaries and successors, including the central work on this recording, Jean Richafort’s expansive and beautiful Requiem. It is performed with affecting clarity by the all-male vocal group Cinquecento, whose many previous discs of Renaissance repertoire for Hyperion have garnered the highest critical praise.

Booklet notes by Stephen Rice, an acknowledged authority on this repertoire, place the music in its historical context and unpick the mysteries of its composition.

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