Binchois, Dufay, Dunstable, Power: Lux Laetitiae / La Reverdie
Details
- Composer
- Gilles Binchois, Guillaume Dufay, John Dunstable, Leonel Power
- Artist
- La Reverdie
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Arcana
- Released
- May 13, 2022
- Catalog #
- A526
- UPC
- 3760195735268
About
With Lux laetitiae, La Reverdie continues its discographical journey after the success of its most recent production devoted to Francesco Landini: from the Florence of the great blind composer of the fourteenth century, to the splendor of the Este court in fifteenth-century Ferrara! The program presents twelve pieces from an important codex that belonged to the court, in which fashionable composers such as Guillaume Dufay and John Dunstaple tried their hand at the motet genre. The performances combine six voices with a rich array of instruments and aim to reproduce the resplendent sound of the Este cappella at the time of Lionello and Borso, passionate patrons who attracted to Ferrara many talented artists charged with adorning the court with art, beauty and harmony. An exploration of the prolific tradition of the Marian cult which, from the twelfth century onwards, was manifested in an extraordinary wealth of musical forms and which, in the fifteenth century, resulted in grandiose compositions that can still captivate us today with their complexity and fascination.
REVIEWS:
[The] music presented here is neither dry nor academic. It’s drawn from a 15th-century codex that belonged to the Este court in Ferrara, which contains motets by an odd assortment of four composers: the Franco-Flemish masters Gilles Binchois and Guillaume Dufay, and the English composers Leonel Power and John Dunstaple; all four are important figures of the early Renaissance period. You’ll hear hints of ars nova in Dufay’s setting of Flos forum, and Power’s soft but powerful Salve Regina misericordie slowly builds a mesmerizing melody line and then adds harmony as the work progresses, to quietly spectacular effect. As always, the La Reverdie ensemble imbue everything they perform with a golden light. Highly recommended to all collections.
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Tracklist 12 tracks
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1 Ave regina celorum 04:26
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Ave regina celorum
- Duration
- 04:26
- Composer
- Gilles de Bins dit Binchois
- Ensemble
- La Reverdie
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2 Gaude virgo salutata - Virgo mater comprobaris 06:19
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Gaude virgo salutata - Virgo mater comprobaris
- Duration
- 06:19
- Composer
- John Dunstable
- Ensemble
- La Reverdie
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3 Specialis virgo 02:56
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Specialis virgo
- Duration
- 02:56
- Composer
- John Dunstable
- Ensemble
- La Reverdie
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4 Salve Regina Mater mire 04:51
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Salve Regina Mater mire
- Duration
- 04:51
- Composer
- John Dunstable
- Ensemble
- La Reverdie
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5 Quam pulchra es, JD 44 03:04
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Quam pulchra es, JD 44
- Duration
- 03:04
- Composer
- John Dunstable
- Ensemble
- La Reverdie
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6 Salve regina 10:22
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Salve regina
- Duration
- 10:22
- Composer
- Leonel Power
- Ensemble
- La Reverdie
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7 Gloriose virginis marie 02:02
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Gloriose virginis marie
- Duration
- 02:02
- Composer
- Leonel Power
- Ensemble
- La Reverdie
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8 Ave maris stella 05:46
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Ave maris stella
- Duration
- 05:46
- Composer
- Guillaume Dufay
- Ensemble
- La Reverdie
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9 Flos florum 05:20
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Flos florum
- Duration
- 05:20
- Composer
- Guillaume Dufay
- Ensemble
- La Reverdie
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10 Magnificat octavi toni 08:32
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Magnificat octavi toni
- Duration
- 08:32
- Composer
- Guillaume Dufay
- Ensemble
- La Reverdie
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11 Alma redemptoris mater 03:38
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Alma redemptoris mater
- Duration
- 03:38
- Composer
- Guillaume Dufay
- Ensemble
- La Reverdie
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12 Fulgens iubar ecclesie / Puerpera pura parens 10:11
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Fulgens iubar ecclesie / Puerpera pura parens
- Duration
- 10:11
- Composer
- Guillaume Dufay
- Ensemble
- La Reverdie