Guyot: Te Deum laudamus & other sacred music

Jean Guyot was another of the composers of the post-Josquin generation active in the Low Countries in the mid-sixteenth century. (He was also a priest, author and teacher, although the details of much of his life remain vague.) Cinquecento has previously explored his secular music (on 'Amorosi pensieri'), but it was Guyot’s sacred music which was largely responsible for the high reputation he seemingly enjoyed in his lifetime. Cinquecento proves equally authoritative in both.

CDA68180 63 minutes 18 seconds

‘Guyot emerges from this disc as a marvellously fluent composer … the five adult men of Cinquecento—here joined by the countertenor David Allsopp—are, as always, absolutely flawless in the perfor ...
‘These are works of exquisite beauty and striking originality … beautiful music, superb singing, a vibrantly clear recording, fascinating and beautifully written programme notes—it doesn’t get mu ...
‘Sublime from start to finish, this a very special listening experience. You can allow it to roll over you as a delicious atmosphere. You can also descend into it for an immersive aural/intellectual j ...