Henry's Eight, Jonathan Brown - Gombert: Missa Tempore paschali & Other Sacred Music (1997)

Tracklist

01. Magnificat tertii et octavi toni
02. Missa Tempore paschali: I. Kyrie
03. Missa Tempore paschali: II. Gloria
04. Adonai, Domine Jesu Christe
05. Missa Tempore paschali: III. Credo
06. In illo tempore
07. Missa Tempore paschali: IV. Sanctus
08. Missa Tempore paschali: V. Benedictus
09. O Rex gloriae
10. Missa Tempore paschali: VI. Agnus Dei

The Flemish composer Nicolas Gombert is believed to have been a pupil of Josquin; his style of composition is equally assured and yet there are elements of significant innovation. As early as 1556 Gombert was regarded as the absolute model of harmonic and imitative writing, and his general avoidance of rests broke much new ground.

This second Gombert recording by Henry's Eight is structured around the Missa Tempore paschali. The Mass is probably an early work; its use of dissonance is at times extraordinary and all is here recorded in a new edition more faithful to the manuscripts than ever before. Although the Mass is fundamentally in six parts, Gombert varies the texture so that the Credo is in eight, and the final Agnus Dei in a glorious twelve parts.

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