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Blue Heron Renaissance Choir

Ockeghem: Complete Songs, Vol. 2 / Metcalfe, Blue Heron

Contemporary Spiritual Serene Exotic Nostalgic
$21.99

Details

Composer
Johannes Ockeghem
Artist
Blue Heron
Format
CD
Label
Blue Heron Renaissance Choir
Released
May 03, 2024
Catalog #
BHCD1013
UPC
645312499656

About

Johannes 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. Bach in contrapuntal technique and profound expressivity, and like Bach able to combine the most rigorous intellectual structure with a beguiling sensuality. 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.

This 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.”

Besides 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.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 Prenez sur moi votre exemple amoureux 05:08
    Track
    1
    Title
    Prenez sur moi votre exemple amoureux
    Duration
    05:08
    Composer
    Johannes Ockeghem
    Ensemble
    Blue Heron
    Conductor
    Scott Metcalfe
  2. 2 Tant fuz gentement resjouy 03:37
    Track
    2
    Title
    Tant fuz gentement resjouy
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Johannes Ockeghem
    Ensemble
    Blue Heron
    Conductor
    Scott Metcalfe
  3. 3 Ung aultre l'a, n'en querés plus 04:58
    Track
    3
    Title
    Ung aultre l'a, n'en querés plus
    Duration
    04:58
    Composer
    Johannes Ockeghem
    Performer
    Sophie Michaux, Jason McStoots
    Ensemble
    Blue Heron
    Conductor
    Scott Metcalfe
  4. 4 Baisiés moy dont fort, ma maistresse 05:45
    Track
    4
    Title
    Baisiés moy dont fort, ma maistresse
    Duration
    05:45
    Composer
    Johannes Ockeghem
    Ensemble
    Blue Heron
    Conductor
    Scott Metcalfe
  5. 5 Pour prison ne pour maladie 06:25
    Track
    5
    Title
    Pour prison ne pour maladie
    Duration
    06:25
    Composer
    Gilles de Bins dit Binchois
    Performer
    Sophie Michaux
    Ensemble
    Blue Heron
    Conductor
    Scott Metcalfe
  6. 6 La despourveue et la bannye 08:29
    Track
    6
    Title
    La despourveue et la bannye
    Duration
    08:29
    Composer
    Johannes Ockeghem
    Performer
    Sophie Michaux
    Ensemble
    Blue Heron
    Conductor
    Scott Metcalfe
  7. 7 L'autre d'antan, l'autrier passa 03:17
    Track
    7
    Title
    L'autre d'antan, l'autrier passa
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Johannes Ockeghem
    Ensemble
    Blue Heron
    Conductor
    Scott Metcalfe
  8. 8 Ma bouche rit et ma pensée pleure 07:20
    Track
    8
    Title
    Ma bouche rit et ma pensée pleure
    Duration
    07:20
    Composer
    Johannes Ockeghem
    Performer
    Sophie Michaux, Jason McStoots
    Ensemble
    Blue Heron
    Conductor
    Scott Metcalfe
  9. 9 Presque transi, ung peu mains qu'estre mort 06:48
    Track
    9
    Title
    Presque transi, ung peu mains qu'estre mort
    Duration
    06:48
    Composer
    Johannes Ockeghem
    Ensemble
    Blue Heron
    Conductor
    Scott Metcalfe
  10. 10 Les desléaux ont la saison 03:20
    Track
    10
    Title
    Les desléaux ont la saison
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Johannes Ockeghem
    Performer
    Reginald L. Mobley, Aaron Sheehan
    Ensemble
    Blue Heron
    Conductor
    Scott Metcalfe
  11. 11 Je n'ay dueil que je ne suis morte 05:46
    Track
    11
    Title
    Je n'ay dueil que je ne suis morte
    Duration
    05:46
    Composer
    Johannes Ockeghem
    Ensemble
    Blue Heron
    Conductor
    Scott Metcalfe
  12. 12 J'en ay dueil (arr. for chamber ensemble) 03:55
    Track
    12
    Title
    J'en ay dueil (arr. for chamber ensemble)
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Johannes Ockeghem
    Ensemble
    Dark Horse Consort
  13. 13 Il ne m'en chault plus de nul ame 04:40
    Track
    13
    Title
    Il ne m'en chault plus de nul ame
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Johannes Ockeghem
    Performer
    Kim Leeds, Aaron Sheehan
    Ensemble
    Blue Heron
    Conductor
    Scott Metcalfe
  14. 14 Qu'es mi vida preguntays 04:08
    Track
    14
    Title
    Qu'es mi vida preguntays
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Johannes Cornago
    Ensemble
    Blue Heron
    Conductor
    Scott Metcalfe
  15. 15 Qu'es mi vida preguntays (arr. J. Ockeghem) 05:41
    Track
    15
    Title
    Qu'es mi vida preguntays (arr. J. Ockeghem)
    Duration
    05:41
    Composer
    Johannes Cornago
    Performer
    Sophie Michaux
    Ensemble
    Blue Heron
    Conductor
    Scott Metcalfe