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Alexander Agricola: Missa In Myne Zyn / Snellings, Capilla Flamenca
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Alexander Agricola: Missa In Myne Zyn / Snellings, Capilla Flamenca

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Composer
AGRICOLA, ALEXANDER
Artist
Snellings, Capilla Flamenca
Format
CD
Label
Ricercar
Released
Oct 12, 2010
Catalog #
RIC306
UPC
5400439003064

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AGRICOLA Missa In myne Zyn. In minen sin. Sy j’aime mon amy. Pater meus agricola est. Regina caeli. ANON Bien soiez venu. In mynen zin • Dirk Snellings, dir; Capilla Flamenca • RICERCAR RIC 306 (59:50 Text and Translation)


Alexander Agricola (1456?–1506) is characterized in the notes to this disc as a mannerist. It is curious to see a late-15th-century composer receiving the same categorization as contemporaries of Ciconia at the end of the 14th century and contemporaries of Gesualdo at the end of the 16th century. This end-of-century phenomenon hardly occurred during the Gay 90s (Mahler the Mannerist?). On an earlier disc ( Fanfare 23: 1), Paul van Nevel referred in the same vein to the “secret labyrinth” of the composer’s music. His disc assembled a Mass made up of single movements of five of Agricola’s settings, with the Agnus Dei taken from the Mass heard here. (He called it a “Missa Guazzabuglio,” which I would have recognized as “mishmash” if I had looked it up.)


This new version is quite a contrast to its first complete recording under János Bali, who on two CDs gave us the composer’s four Masses on secular cantus firmi (29:1 for the later one). Both directors use adult male voices (van Nevel put two women on the top line), but Bali had an ensemble of 13 voices, while Dirk Snellings uses one voice to a part. Instead of presenting the Mass straight through, Snellings tries to put it into some kind of context, though not a liturgical one. The preliminary tracks include the Dutch tune and the composer’s polyphonic elaboration of it, while two tracks characterized as Vespers include an instrumental piece and a Regina caeli . The Mass is interleaved with Agricola’s instrumental versions of songs by Binchois, Ockeghem, and Frye. This arrangement offers more variety than sense.


This is rightly called the most extended of Agricola’s Masses, for at nearly 40 minutes without a Kyrie (assumed to have been written but lost) it ranks with Obrecht’s Missa Maria zart in length. The vocal ensemble contrasts with Bali’s small choir, but this does not put Bali at a disadvantage. If you have the latter already, you may decide that it is sufficient. Still, Snellings does consistent good work and this disc is a credit to him and his singers.


FANFARE: J. F. Weber

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 In minen zin 02:15
    Track
    1
    Title
    In minen zin
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Alexander Agricola
    Ensemble
    Capilla Flamenca
  2. 2 Si j'aime mon amy 00:59
    Track
    2
    Title
    Si j'aime mon amy
    Duration
    00:59
    Composer
    Alexander Agricola
    Ensemble
    Capilla Flamenca
  3. 3 Bien soiez venu - Alleluya mi faul canter [Colombina MS 5-1-43] 01:13
    Track
    3
    Title
    Bien soiez venu - Alleluya mi faul canter [Colombina MS 5-1-43]
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Capilla Flamenca
  4. 4 In minen zin 01:47
    Track
    4
    Title
    In minen zin
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Capilla Flamenca
  5. 5 Missa, "In myne zin": Gloria 09:12
    Track
    5
    Title
    Missa, "In myne zin": Gloria
    Duration
    09:12
    Composer
    Alexander Agricola
    Ensemble
    Capilla Flamenca
  6. 6 Comme femme 02:23
    Track
    6
    Title
    Comme femme
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Alexander Agricola
    Ensemble
    Capilla Flamenca
  7. 7 Missa, "In myne zin": Credo 10:17
    Track
    7
    Title
    Missa, "In myne zin": Credo
    Duration
    10:17
    Composer
    Alexander Agricola
    Ensemble
    Capilla Flamenca
  8. 8 D'ung aultre amer 01:51
    Track
    8
    Title
    D'ung aultre amer
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Alexander Agricola
    Ensemble
    Capilla Flamenca
  9. 9 Missa, "In myne zin": Sanctus 09:18
    Track
    9
    Title
    Missa, "In myne zin": Sanctus
    Duration
    09:18
    Composer
    Alexander Agricola
    Ensemble
    Capilla Flamenca
  10. 10 Tout a par moy 02:54
    Track
    10
    Title
    Tout a par moy
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Alexander Agricola
    Ensemble
    Capilla Flamenca
  11. 11 Missa, "In myne zin": Agnus Dei 07:36
    Track
    11
    Title
    Missa, "In myne zin": Agnus Dei
    Duration
    07:36
    Composer
    Alexander Agricola
    Ensemble
    Capilla Flamenca
  12. 12 Pater meus agricola est 06:49
    Track
    12
    Title
    Pater meus agricola est
    Duration
    06:49
    Composer
    Alexander Agricola
    Ensemble
    Capilla Flamenca
  13. 13 Regina coeli 03:07
    Track
    13
    Title
    Regina coeli
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Alexander Agricola
    Ensemble
    Capilla Flamenca