{"title":"Johannes Ockeghem","description":"\u003cp\u003e1410–1497. composer. in the Franco-Flemish Polyphony tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeading figure of early Renaissance polyphony; famous for complex contrapuntal technique especially in the Missa prolationum. Small product count reflects niche early music market rather than obscurity among musicologists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSignature works:\u003c\/em\u003e Missa prolationum, Missa De plus en plus, Requiem (Missa pro Defunctis), Missa L'homme armé, Prenez sur moi vostre exemple.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"blue-heronockeghem-complete-songs-vol-2","title":"Ockeghem: Complete Songs, Vol. 2 \/ Metcalfe, Blue Heron","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohannes Ockeghem (c. 1420-1497) was one of the most celebrated musicians of the fifteenth century and one of the greatest composers of all time. He was every bit the equal of J.S. 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His two dozen songs set French lyric poetry in the courtly forms of his era—rondeau, virelai, and ballade—to exquisitely crafted polyphony in which all voices are granted equally beautiful and compelling melodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis CD is the companion to Blue Heron’s 2019 release, Johannes Ockeghem: Complete Songs, Volume 1, which was named to the Bestenliste of the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik and acclaimed in Gramophone as “performances of absolute clarity, beautifully in tune, beautifully balanced and beautifully recorded”; Early Music enthused that “the Boston-based ensemble is at its finest—a summit quite sublime.… The group’s extraordinary rapport with the music is evident everywhere in the recording; each melodic line is not only clear and precise but also imbued with obvious affection.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBesides twelve of Ockeghem’s songs, the disc includes two related works (Gilles Binchois’s Pour prison, quoted by Ockeghem in his song La despourveue, and Johannes Cornago’s Qu’es mi vida, arranged by Ockeghem) and an anonymous instrumental arrangement of Ockeghem’s Je n’ay dueil. The CD booklet contains complete texts and translations, and notes by music historian Sean Gallagher and Blue Heron’s artistic director, Scott Metcalfe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Heron Renaissance Choir","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46012728049898,"sku":"645312499656","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/4322754-3182210.jpg?v=1778212142"},{"product_id":"ockeghem-masses-2-the-sound-and-966133","title":"Ockeghem: Masses 2 \/ The Sound and the Fury","description":"\u003ctable\u003e  \u003ctbody\u003e  \u003ctr\u003e  \u003ctd\u003eThis is The Sound and the Fury's second album with masses by Johannes Ockeghem. The composer develops his art from the contrast between different modes as well as the contrapuntal combination of identical melodies. Despite the complicated compositional techniques used, the overwhelmingly emotional experience of Ockeghem's music continues to fascinate even after 500 years. The Sound and the Fury was founded in 2005. An Anglo-German vocal group convening in Brixen and Vienna, the ensemble specializes entirely in performance of renaissance polyphony of the Franco-Flemish school.\u003c\/td\u003e  \u003c\/tr\u003e  \u003c\/tbody\u003e  \u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Fra Bernardo","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46013000220906,"sku":"4260307430078","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/4018097-2766997.jpg?v=1778268188"},{"product_id":"ockeghem-masses-vol-2-beaty-farm-290055","title":"Ockeghem: Masses, Vol. 2 \/ Beaty Farm","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor a long time, Johannes Ockeghem (ca. 1420-1497) was one of the most famous Unknown Persons in music history. There is no doubt about his position as the most important representative of the second generation of Franco-Flemish composers. But what its effect actually was and how its artistic development can be described, there was a long lack of clarity about it, which has only been somewhat cleared up in recent decades thanks to intensive research and discographic exploration. The FRA BERNARDO recording of the Masses with the vocal ensemble Beauty Farm is undoubtedly an impressive way of illustrating the significance of Ockeghem.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fra Bernardo","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46013123789034,"sku":"4260307433734","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/3760198-2526335.jpg?v=1778270000"},{"product_id":"johannes-ockeghem-les-chanson-359781","title":"Johannes Ockeghem: Les Chanson \/ Jesse Rodin, Cut Circle [2 CDs]","description":"\u003cimg src=\"\/graphics\/features\/gramophone_choice.jpg\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Intimacy, intensity, passion—this album explores the unfamiliar idea that fifteenth-century songs might cause us to sigh, weep, or laugh out loud. In bringing to life a world in which crying in public was not just acceptable but required, we have to take seriously the crushing despair of a line like “My only sorrow is that I am not dead,” or the undisguised sarcasm of “This is how she chopped and cooked me up.” In Johannes Ockeghem’s roughly two dozen songs we find not only unparalleled compositional prowess, but feelings that range from happiness to loss, anger to despair, and bitterness to merriment. The album’s all-vocal, fully texted, close-mic’d performances are rooted in a flexible, full-blooded vocal technique that aims to capture the music’s technical brilliance and emotional depth.","brand":"Musique en Wallonie","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46013307748586,"sku":"5425008319957","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/3847040-2607706.jpg?v=1778250331"},{"product_id":"ockgehem-masses-beauty-farm-77385","title":"Ockgehem: Masses \/ Beauty Farm","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith his compositions Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1420-1497) had a major influence on the music of the fifteenth century. For example it may have been Ockegham, who founded the long tradition of the artistic compositions of the chanson L’homme arme. In addition to his famous mass for four voices, the German-Belgian ensemble Beauty Farm also interprets the Missa quinti toni for three voices. Beauty Farm specializes in the interpretation of works from the early Renaissance. Their recordings have been described as “extraordinarily sensitive.” Beauty Farm is made up of members of top international ensembles such as La Capilla Flamenca, Huelgas Ensemble, Vox Luminis, Collegium Vocale Gent, and Cinquecento. 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So if you can’t get enough of this Mass, here is your ideal answer. As variations on a theme, as it were, it’s a fascinating and rewarding exercise. The performances are excellent; one for the collection.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e -- Gramophone [2\/2008]\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aeon","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46027376853226,"sku":"3760058367537","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/1348497_5792eeae-799b-45f9-a26b-88781cbc7031.jpg?v=1778338044"},{"product_id":"ockeghem-missa-mi-mi-stewart-capella-pratensis-60148","title":"Ockeghem: Missa Mi-Mi \/ Stewart, Capella Pratensis","description":"\u003cp\u003eMore than any others of the time, the works of Johannes Ockeghem are considered to have marked the summit of the entire development of polyphonic structures during the Middle Ages. His works, although few in number, are supreme examples of creative thought. 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