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Track(s) taken from SIGCD326

O mors inevitabilis

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7vv; Epitaphium Josquini
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The King's Singers
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Recording details: September 2012
St George's Church, Chesterton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Produced by Adrian Hunter
Engineered by Adrian Hunter
Release date: March 2013
Total duration: 2 minutes 51 seconds
 

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'Josquin Des Prez, the most influential composer in the Flemish school of the early sixteenth century, died in 1521. Over the following decade, a whole generation of composers, many of them former pupils, wrote memorial works, often quoting material and techniques from Josquin's own music. The King's Singers' disc of those tributes centres on perhaps the most substantial of them: the Requiem in Memoriam Josquin Desprez composed by Jean Richafort (c1480-1550). Richafort, who worked at both the French court and in Bruges, may well have been a Josquin pupil, too, and his requiem, which borrows themes and devices from the older man's chansons, was one of the most successful of its time' (The Guardian)» More

'An unexplored, if slightly morbid Renaissance treasure trove, this CD presents memorials composed by Josquin's colleagues after the Flemish master's death in 1521. The centrepiece is Jean Richaford's Requiem, with flowing counterpoint spiced by rich dissonances. But the most astonishing work is Jacquet de Mantua's Dum vastos, weaving together five Josquin 'hits'' (The Times)
Jheronimus Vinders is known only for a brief tenure as zangmeester at what is now the cathedral church of Ghent, in 1525–6. As well as his ‘Epithaphium Josquini’, Vinders based a Missa Stabat mater on a motet by Josquin; his other known compositions include three further Mass-settings, half a dozen motets, and three Dutch songs. O mors inevitabilis creates an impressive texture in its brief duration of sixty breves, due principally to its seven-voice scoring. Two of the central voices paraphrase the ‘Requiem aeternam’ chant, one in a conventional manner and the other more freely, including apparently the Psalm tone to which the words are sung at the end of the Requiem Mass as part of the Communion Proper. A copy of the poem, along with a small portrait of Josquin, was hung in the church of St Gudule, Brussels, but would seem to have been lost during the sixteenth century.

from notes by Stephen Rice © 2012

On sait juste de Jheronimus Vinders qu'il fut brièvement zangmeester de l’actuelle cathédrale de Gand, en 1525–6. Il fonda sa Missa Stabat mater, comme son «Epithaphium Josquini», sur un motet josquinien; parmi les autres compositions qu’on lui connaît figurent trois messes supplémentaires, une demi-douzaine de motets et trois chants néerlandais. O mors inevitabilis crée, en soixante brèves seulement, une structure impressionnante grâce, surtout, à ses sept voix. Deux des voix centrales paraphrasent le plain-chant «Requiem aeternam», l’une de manière conventionnelle, l’autre plus librement, en incluant, en apparence, le ton psalmodique sur lequel les mots sont chantés à la fin de la messe de requiem, dans le cadre du propre de la communion. Une copie du poème, assortie d’un petit portrait de Josquin, était appendue en l’église Sainte-Gudule, à Bruxelles, mais elle fut perdue, semble-t-il, au XVIe siècle.

extrait des notes rédigées par Stephen Rice © 2012
Français: Hypérion

Jheronimus Vinders ist nur für kurze Zeit als zangmeester an der heutigen Kathedrale zu Ghent (1525–26) dokumentiert. Ebenso wie seinem „Epithaphium Josquini“ liegt Vinders’ Missa Stabat mater eine Motette von Josquin zugrunde. Zu seinen anderen bekannten Werken gehören drei weitere Messvertonungen, ein halbes Dutzend Motetten und drei niederländische Lieder. O mors inevitabilis erzeugt während seiner kurzen Dauer von nur 60 Breven eine eindrucksvolle Textur, die sich hauptsächlich durch die siebenstimmige Anlage ergibt. Zwei der Mittelstimmen paraphrasieren den Cantus planus „Requiem aeternam“, eine in konventioneller und die andere in freierer Art und Weise, wobei offenbar der Psalmtonus mit einbezogen wird, zu dem dieselben Worte am Ende der Requiem-Messe, als Teil der Communio, gesungen werden. In der Brüsseler Kirche St. Gudule hing eine Abschrift des Texts sowie ein kleines Porträt Josquins, die jedoch im 16. Jahrhundert offenbar abhanden kamen.

aus dem Begleittext von Stephen Rice © 2012
Deutsch: Viola Scheffel

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Richafort: Requiem & other sacred music
Studio Master: CDA67959Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available
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