IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF PETRUS ALAMIRE

Composer(s): Various

Artist(s): Various Artists
Reference: KTC1519
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Format: 5 CD
Release date: 2017-03-10
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The Mass, the motet, the chanson. These three genres make up the lion’s share of the polyphonic works in the Alamire manuscripts, a body of fifty often opulently illuminated manuscripts of Flemish origin; these were compiled between 1490 and approximately 1530 as a result of the contacts of the Burgundian-Habsburg princes with foreign rulers and religious brotherhoods. They were named after their copyist, one Petrus van der Hove, alias Alamire — his pseudonym spelt out in note names that he often used as his signature on a stave. Seven of these manuscripts are to be found in Belgium: one in the Archief en Stadsbibliotheek of the city of Mechelen, the only one of the seven that is still kept in the city of its creation, and six in Brussels in the Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, including the splendid chansonnier or song-book compiled by Margaret of Austria of works by herself and others (Ms. 228). The remaining manuscripts are valued just as highly abroad as in Belgium and are preserved in eleven other European libraries, principally those of Jena, Munich, the Vatican and Vienna.

It can be seen from the above how much store the composers of the Renaissance set by their combining beauty of sound, expression and symbolism with expert and highly skilled compositional techniques. Polyphony was known at that time as the ars perfecta, the perfect art: the word ars here still has its original meaning as the Latin translation of the Greek word technè, meaning learning or skill. Here it signifies the mastery of an extremely difficult technique of combining several vocal lines with each other in such a way that they form a perfect whole and are yet imparted with a deeper significance that goes beyond the simple experience of the senses. It is precisely thanks to this unique combination of reason and emotional power that this music remains timeless.

1. Motets: Salve Regina
Composer: Johannes Ockeghem
Artist(s): Laudantes Consort

2. Motets: Intemerata dei mater
Composer: Johannes Ockeghem
Artist(s): Laudantes Consort

3. Motets: Alma redemptoris mater
Composer: Johannes Ockeghem
Artist(s): Laudantes Consort

4. Missa Caput: Kyrie
Composer: Johannes Ockeghem
Artist(s): Laudantes Consort

5. Missa Caput: Gloria
Composer: Johannes Ockeghem
Artist(s): Laudantes Consort

6. Missa Caput: Credo
Composer: Johannes Ockeghem
Artist(s): Laudantes Consort

7. Missa Caput: Sanctus
Composer: Johannes Ockeghem
Artist(s): Laudantes Consort

8. Missa Caput: Agnus Dei
Composer: Johannes Ockeghem
Artist(s): Laudantes Consort

9. Requiem (excerpt): Introitus
Composer: Johannes Ockeghem
Artist(s): Laudantes Consort

10. Motets: To solus qui facis mirabilia
Composer: Josquin des Prez
Artist(s): Laudantes Consort

11. Motets: O Virgo prudentissima
Composer: Josquin des Prez
Artist(s): Laudantes Consort

12. Motets: De profondis clamavi
Composer: Josquin des Prez
Artist(s): Laudantes Consort

13. Motets: Ave Maria… Virgo Serena
Composer: Josquin des Prez
Artist(s): Laudantes Consort

14. Motets: Salve Regina
Composer: Josquin des Prez
Artist(s): Laudantes Consort

15. Motets: Déploration de la mort de Jehan Ockegem
Composer: Josquin des Prez
Artist(s): Laudantes Consort

16. Missa l’homme armé, NJE 6.3: 1. Kyrie
Composer: Josquin des Prez
Artist(s): Laudantes Consort

17. Missa l’homme armé, NJE 6.3: 2. Gloria
Composer: Josquin des Prez
Artist(s): Laudantes Consort

18. Missa l’homme armé, NJE 6.3: 3. Credo
Composer: Josquin des Prez
Artist(s): Laudantes Consort

19. Missa l’homme armé, NJE 6.3: 4. Sanctus
Composer: Josquin des Prez
Artist(s): Laudantes Consort

20. Missa l’homme armé, NJE 6.3: 5. Agnus Dei
Composer: Josquin des Prez
Artist(s): Laudantes Consort

21. Missa cum iucunditate: Kyrie
Composer: Pierre de la Rue
Artist(s): Henry’s Eight

22. Missa cum iucunditate: Gloria
Composer: Pierre de la Rue
Artist(s): Henry’s Eight

23. Missa cum iucunditate: Credo
Composer: Pierre de la Rue
Artist(s): Henry’s Eight

24. Missa cum iucunditate: Sanctus & Benedictus
Composer: Pierre de la Rue
Artist(s): Henry’s Eight

25. Missa cum iucunditate: Agnus Dei I
Composer: Pierre de la Rue
Artist(s): Henry’s Eight

26. Missa cum iucunditate: Agnus Dei II
Composer: Pierre de la Rue
Artist(s): Henry’s Eight

27. Missa cum iucunditate: Agnus Dei III
Composer: Pierre de la Rue
Artist(s): Henry’s Eight

28. Missa cum iucunditate: Absolve quae sumus, Domine
Composer: Pierre de la Rue
Artist(s): Henry’s Eight

1. Ave Maria
Composer: Johannes Ockegem
Artist(s): Henry’s Eight

2. O crux splendidor
Composer: Adrian Willaert
Artist(s): Henry’s Eight

3. Virgo Prudentissima
Composer: Heinrich Isaac
Artist(s): Henry’s Eight

4. Noe, Noe
Composer: Jean Mouton
Artist(s): Henry’s Eight

5. Nesciens Mater
Composer: Jean Mouton
Artist(s): Henry’s Eight

6. Lamentatio Jeremiae
Composer: Alexander Agricola
Artist(s): Egidius Kwartet

7. Mijn Hert Altijt Heeft Verlanghen
Composer: Pierre de la Rue
Artist(s): Egidius Kwartet

8. Mille regretz
Composer: Josquin des Prez
Artist(s): Egidius Kwartet

9. Scaramella
Composer: Josquin des Prez
Artist(s): Egidius Kwartet

10. Pater noster
Composer: Adrian Willaert
Artist(s): Nederlands Kamerkoor

11. O salutaris hostia
Composer: Pierre de la Rue
Artist(s): Nederlands Kamerkoor

12. Il viendra le jour désiré
Composer: Pierre de la Rue
Artist(s): Currende Consort, Capella Sancti Michaelis

13. Autant en emporte le vent
Composer: Pierre de la Rue
Artist(s): Currende Consort, Capella Sancti Michaelis

14. Fors seulement
Composer: Pierre de la Rue
Artist(s): Currende Consort, Capella Sancti Michaelis

15. Laudate dominum, omnes gentes
Composer: Pierre de la Rue
Artist(s): Currende Consort, Capella Sancti Michaelis

16. In Gottes Namen
Composer: Heinrich Isaac
Artist(s): Currende Consort, Capella Sancti Michaelis

17. In meinem Sinn
Composer: Heinrich Isaac
Artist(s): Currende Consort, Capella Sancti Michaelis

18. Ach, was will doch mein Herz
Composer: Heinrich Isaac
Artist(s): Currende Consort, Capella Sancti Michaelis

19. Alla battaglia
Composer: Heinrich Isaac
Artist(s): Currende Consort, Capella Sancti Michaelis

20. Mon père m’a donné mari
Composer: Heinrich Isaac
Artist(s): Currende Consort, Capella Sancti Michaelis

21. Es wollt eine Maeggdlein grasen gahn
Composer: Heinrich Isaac
Artist(s): Currende Consort, Capella Sancti Michaelis

22. Rorate, caeli
Composer: Heinrich Isaac
Artist(s): Currende Consort, Capella Sancti Michaelis

23. Virgo prudentissima
Composer: Heinrich Isaac
Artist(s): Currende Consort, Capella Sancti Michaelis

24. Missa de septem doloribus: Kyrie
Composer: Pierre de la Rue
Artist(s): Capilla Flamenca

25. Missa de septem doloribus: Gloria
Composer: Pierre de la Rue
Artist(s): Capilla Flamenca

26. Missa de septem doloribus: Credo
Composer: Pierre de la Rue
Artist(s): Capilla Flamenca

27. Missa de septem doloribus: Sanctus
Composer: Pierre de la Rue
Artist(s): Capilla Flamenca

28. Missa de septem doloribus: Agnus Dei
Composer: Pierre de la Rue
Artist(s): Capilla Flamenca

29. Missa sub tuum praesidium: Kyrie
Composer: Pierre de la Rue
Artist(s): Capilla Flamenca

30. Missa sub tuum praesidium: Gloria
Composer: Pierre de la Rue
Artist(s): Capilla Flamenca

31. Missa sub tuum praesidium: Credo
Composer: Pierre de la Rue
Artist(s): Capilla Flamenca

32. Missa sub tuum praesidium: Sanctus
Composer: Pierre de la Rue
Artist(s): Capilla Flamenca

33. Missa sub tuum praesidium: Agnus Dei
Composer: Pierre de la Rue
Artist(s): Capilla Flamenca

34. Ave virgo
Composer: Adrian Willaert
Artist(s): Currende Consort, Capella Sancti Michaelis

35. Lauda Ierusalem
Composer: Adrian Willaert
Artist(s): Currende Consort, Capella Sancti Michaelis

36. Douleur me bat
Composer: Adrian Willaert
Artist(s): Currende Consort, Capella Sancti Michaelis

37. Vecchie letrose
Composer: Adrian Willaert
Artist(s): Currende Consort, Capella Sancti Michaelis

38. Quante volte diss’io
Composer: Adrian Willaert
Artist(s): Currende Consort, Capella Sancti Michaelis

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The Mass, the motet, the chanson. These three genres make up the lion’s share of the polyphonic works in the Alamire manuscripts, a body of fifty often opulently illuminated manuscripts of Flemish origin; these were compiled between 1490 and approximately 1530 as a result of the contacts of the Burgundian-Habsburg princes with foreign rulers and religious brotherhoods. They were named after their copyist, one Petrus van der Hove, alias Alamire — his pseudonym spelt out in note names that he often used as his signature on a stave. Seven of these manuscripts are to be found in Belgium: one in the Archief en Stadsbibliotheek of the city of Mechelen, the only one of the seven that is still kept in the city of its creation, and six in Brussels in the Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, including the splendid chansonnier or song-book compiled by Margaret of Austria of works by herself and others (Ms. 228). The remaining manuscripts are valued just as highly abroad as in Belgium and are preserved in eleven other European libraries, principally those of Jena, Munich, the Vatican and Vienna.

It can be seen from the above how much store the composers of the Renaissance set by their combining beauty of sound, expression and symbolism with expert and highly skilled compositional techniques. Polyphony was known at that time as the ars perfecta, the perfect art: the word ars here still has its original meaning as the Latin translation of the Greek word technè, meaning learning or skill. Here it signifies the mastery of an extremely difficult technique of combining several vocal lines with each other in such a way that they form a perfect whole and are yet imparted with a deeper significance that goes beyond the simple experience of the senses. It is precisely thanks to this unique combination of reason and emotional power that this music remains timeless.