CDSAR 73 High Renaissance Choral Polyphony from the Low Countries New London Chamber Choir James Wood: conductor Pierre de la Rue, Josquin des Prez, Johannes Regis, Antoine Busnois, Guillaume Dufay, Jacob Obrecht, Antoine Brumel Pierre de la Rue and Josquin des Prez The Amon Ra compilations Recorded at St. Barnabas Church, Finchley, Nov 1985 CDSAR 62 A Golden Treasury of Elizabethan Music Performing edition by John Milsom CDSAR 63 A Golden Treasury of Medieval Music ©1986, Saydisc Records, England CDSAR 64 A Golden Treasury of Historic Pianos Cover picture Funérailles Chrétiennes, Heures à l'usage de Troyes, 15th C. French CDSAR 65 A Golden Treasury of Renaissance Music CDSAR 66 A Golden Treasury of Georgian Music Regis, Busnois, Dufay, Obrecht, Brumel CDSAR 67 The Romantic Piano - Richard Burnett (historic pianos) Editions by John Milsom, Jaap van Benthem (Busnois), CDSAR 68 A Golden Treasury of Baroque Music Recorded at S. Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town, London, November 1991 ©1992, Saydisc Records, England CDSAR 69 A Golden Treasury of Ancient Instruments CDSAR 70 A Golden Treasury of Flute Music Recorded and Produced by: CDSAR 71* Tranquillo - calm & tranquil music on orginal instruments Gef Lucena (Amon Ra) and David Wilkins (Valley Recordings) CDSAR 72 La Virtuossima Cantatrice - Virtuoso and bel canto masterpieces Choir Photograph: © Paul M.R. Maeyaert The Saydisc compilations Design: Genny Lucena CDSDL 436* Pleasures & Treasures - Saydisc 50th Anniversary sampler all tracks © Matchbox Music CDSDL 437* Christmas Music Through the Ages CDSDL 438* Percussion Around the World AMON RA RECORDS, THE BARTON, INGLESTONE COMMON, CDSDL 440 World’s Away -world music from 33 communities BADMINTON, S.GLOS. GL9 1BX, ENGLAND CDSDL 442 Awake & Join the Cheerful Choir - 18th/19thC gallery hymns E-mail: [email protected] CDSDL 444 The Funny Side Of Saydisc www.saydisc.com CDSDL 445* Victoriana - music, verse and recollections of VR This compilation is taken from Amon Ra albums: CDSDL 446 Harps, Dulcimers and Hurdy Gurdies CDSAR 24 Pierre de la Rue, Josquin des Prez CDSDL 447 Exotica - exotic and strange music from many lands (omitted from this compilation are: Hercules Mass: Credo, Agnus Dei) CDSDL 448 The Beauty of Bells - church bells, handbells & carillons CDSAR 56 The Brightest Heaven of Invention (omitted from this compilation are: CDSDL 449* Traditional Dance Music of Britain & Ireland Preter rerum serium (Josquin des Prez), Salve crux (Jacob Obrecht), CDSDL 450* Traditional Songs of Britain & Ireland In hydraulis (Antoine Busnois) Both albums performed by: CDSDL 451 Jazz & Ragtime on pianola rolls and from old 78 rpm recordings The New London Chamber Choir (James Wood: Conductor) CDSDL 452 Brass Band Spectacular - prize winning band performances * = Double CD - Single CD price 2 31 Part 2 Missa pro defunctis Pierre de la Rue 1 Introit [4’48”] Puer natus est nobis, et filius datus est Unto us a boy is born, unto us a son is nobis: cuius imperium super humerum given; and the government shall be upon 2 Kyrie [2’40”] eius: et vocabitur nomen eius, Magni his shoulders, and his name shall be 3 Sicut cervus: Tract [4’01”] Consilii Angelus. called Angel of Great Counsel. 4 Offertory [5’08”] Tenor: Puer natus est nobis, et filius Tenor: Unto us a boy is born, unto us a 5 Sanctus [4’12”] datus est nobis. son is given. 6 Lux aeterna [2’53”] Verbum caro factum est, et habitavit in The word hath been made flesh, and hath 7 Agnus Dei [3’50”] nobis. Et vidimus gloriam eius, quasi dwelt among us. And we have seen his unigeniti a Patre, plenum gratie et glory, as of the only-begotten of the 8 O admirabile commercium: Johannes Regis [06'31"] veritatis. Father, full of grace and truth. 9 Anthoni usque limina: Antoine Busnois [06'38"] Magnum nomen Domini Emmanuel, Great is the name of our Lord Emmanuel, 10 Ave regina celorum: Guillaume Dufay [07'16"] Quod annunciatum est per Gabriel. which was announced through Gabriel. 11 Factor orbis: Jacob Obrecht [07'30"] Hodie apparuit in Israel. He hath appeared today in Israel. 12 Nato canunt omnia: Antoine Brumel [06'47"] Per Mariam virginem et per Joseph. Of Mary the maiden and of Joseph. Eia! Eia! Virgo Deum genuit Eia! Eia! The Virgin hath borne God Mass: Hercules Dux Ferrariae Josquin des Prez Sicut divina voluit dementia. as Divine Mercy willed. 13 Kyrie [2’27”] Pax in terra reddita nunc letentur omnia Peace hath been restored on earth; now 14 Gloria [3’20”] nati per exordia. let all things rejoice at the infancy of the 15 Sanctus [5’10”] Ipse sua pietate solvat omnia Son. peccata nostra. May he of his pity cancel all our sins. 16 La Deploration de Johannes Ockeghem. Alleluia. Noel. Alleluia. Noel. "Nymphes des bois" Josquin des Prez [6’13”] Tenor: Tenor: There hath arisen in the darkness the light Total duration: 79'38" Exortum est in tenebris lumen rectis to them that are righteous in their heart: corde: misericors et miserator et iustus piteous and merciful and just is the Lord. Dominus. 30 3 NOTES ON PIERRE DE LA RUE in the Ferrarese chapel in 1503-4.) One 12 NATO CANUNT OMNIA AND JOSQUIN DES PREZ fact is certain however, each work was (Antoine Brumel) conceived as being something out of the Part 1 Like so many of the greatest religious ordinary by the standards of the day, and Nato canunt Omnia, Domino pie agmina, To the Son all congregations piously sing, works of the fifteenth century, Josquin's both masses must have attracted the sillabatim neupmata, perstringendo passing syllable by syllable Mass Hercules Dux Ferrariae and Pierre attention of contemporary audiences no organica. through the neumes of the organum de la Rue's Requiem seem to have been less than they have come to be celebrated Hec dies sacrata, in qua nova sunt gaudia This is the hallowed day on which new composed not at the whims of their in our own time. mundo plena dedita. joys were given in full to the world. composers but rather for some more Hac nocte precelsa intonuit et gloria On this night, exalted glory thundered specific use. Admittedly, in neither case Like other Requiem masses of the in voce angelica. in the angel’s voice do we know the occasion at which the Renaissance, Pierre de la Rue's unusually work was first performed, and there is elaborate setting is deeply indebted to the Fulserunt et immania nocte media and immense lights shone forth even some doubt about the identity of the plainchant melodies that were pastoribus lumina. at midnight to the shepherds. person for whose funeral la Rue's inextricably linked with the words of the Dum fovent sua pecora, subito diva While they tended their sheep, suddenly Requiem was written—perhaps most Missa pro defunctis. La Rue's method of percipiunt monita. they heard the divine command. likely is Ermes Sforza, brother-in-law to procedure is thus a simple one: for each Tenor: Joseph fili David, noli timere Tenor: Joseph son of David, do not fear the emperor Maximilian, whose portion of text, the chant itself becomes accipere Mariam coniugem to take Mary as thy wife; for that which is obsequies took place in 1503. Josquin's the foundation for his music and each tuam: quod enim in ea natum est, de bom in her, is of the Holy Ghost,... Spiritu Sancto,... mass is more obviously personalised, for movement of his setting therefore draws the name of Ercole I d'Este, Duke of upon an entirely different melodic source. Magnificatus est Rex paci Ficus super The King that maketh peace is magnified Ferrara, is actually made an integral (In this respect the Requiem diff e r s omnes reges universe terre. above all the kings of the whole earth. component of the music; but even here we fundamentally from Josquin's mass, in The angel said to the shepherds: ‘1 Angelus ad pastores ait: Annuntio vobis announce to you a great joy; for today is cannot be sure of the precise date at which which each successive movement might gaudium magnum: quia natus est hodie born the Saviour of the world. Josquin composed the piece, though it is be viewed as a variation of the preceding Salvator mundi. Alleluia. Alleluia.’ obviously a product of the years he spent music.) So unrelated to one another are Natus alma virgine, qui extat ante secula. Born of a kindly maid is he, that hath in Ercole's service. (Josquin appears to the chant melodies of the Requiem that Noel. existed from before the ages. Noel. have been associated with the Duke from they explore different modes and the early 1480s and he served as a singer compasses. By absorbing them into his Tenor: de Spiritu Sancto. Alleluia. Noel. Tenor:of the Holy Ghost. Alleluia. Noel. 4 29 Crastina die erit vobis salus, dicit Tomorrow shall be your salvation, saith music, la Rue in turn created a succession contrast to the Tract's duple metre, the Dominus exercitum. Crastina die the Lord of hosts. Tomorrow shall the of movements that might at first glance O ffertory (“Domine Jesu Christe”) delebitur iniquitas terre, et regnabit wickedness of the earth be wiped out, and seem to be scored for entirely different proceeds in a broad triple measure. Again, super nos salvator mundi. Alleluia. Noe. the saviour of the world shall reign over choirs, some of high voices, others of low, it breaks into five parts during its course, noe! De celo veniet dominator Dominus, us. Alleluia. Noe, noe! The Lord shall and indeed most modern performers have and this texture is maintained in the et in manu eius honoret imperium.