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Track(s) taken from CDA66943

O rex gloriae

composer
6vv; published in Venice in 1539
author of text
Magnificat Antiphon on the Feast of the Ascension and Second Matins Responsory, Feast of the Ascension

Henry's Eight
Recording details: December 1996
Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Julian Millard
Release date: May 1997
Total duration: 7 minutes 21 seconds

Cover artwork: The Last Supper (1467). Dieric Bouts (c1415-1475)
 

Reviews

‘This second instalment of Gombert from Henry's Eight is cause for celebration. Gombert has found worthy champions’ (Gramophone)

‘A magnificent piece … beautifully poised singing’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘Surely an absolute classic of the years around 1530, full of details that ravish the ear. Henry's Eight presents it with a wonderful balance and tact’ (BBC Record Review)

‘Gloriously rich and sensitive performances of magnificent music’ (Classic CD)

«Une partition puissante éclairée avec ferveur et magnificence par les voix d'Henry's Eight» (Répertoire, France)
O rex gloriae was first published in the same volume of six-part motets as In illo tempore. The first part of the motet is a setting of the Magnificat antiphon for the Second Vespers of the Feast of the Ascension; part two is the Second Matins Responsory of the same Feast. Points of imitation closely follow the plainsong model in a work of rich texture.

from notes by John O'Donnell © 1997

La première partie d’O rex gloriae—pièce publiée pour la première fois dans le même volume de motets à six parties qu’In illo tempore—est une mise en musique de l’antienne du Magnificat pour les Secondes vêpres de la fête de l’Ascension; la seconde partie est le répons des Secondes matines de la même fête. Les points d’imitation suivent étroitement le modèle du plain-chant, dans une œuvre à la texture riche.

extrait des notes rédigées par John O'Donnell © 1997
Français: Hypérion

O rex gloriae erschien erstmals als Teil der Ausgabe der sechsstimmigen Motetten, in der auch In illo tempore aufgeführt war. Der erste Teil der Motette ist eine Vertonung der Magnificat-Antiphon der zweiten Himmelfahrts-Vesper. Teil zwei ist das zweite Matutin-Responsorium des gleichen Festes. Die Imitationsabschnitte lehnen sich in diesem vielschichtig aufgebauten Werk eng an ihre Choral-Vorlage an.

aus dem Begleittext von John O'Donnell © 1997
Deutsch: Manuela Hübner

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