O Rosa Bella

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Label
Brilliant Classics
Release Date
August 2, 2019
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BEDYNGHAM DUNSTABLE JOYE
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Ensemble Dionea, Ensemble Nova Alta
    • PERFORMER
      Gavignin, Monteiro, Zenatti, Maronese, Maffioletti, Filippo
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 02, 2019
    • UPC
      5028421955292
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI95529
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. O rosa bella, JD 54

      Composer: John Dunstable

      Ensemble: Ensemble Dionea, Nova Alta

    2. O rosa bella o dulz anima mia

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Ensemble Dionea, Nova Alta

    3. Missa super, "O Rosa bella": Kyrie

      Composer: Gilles Joye

      Ensemble: Ensemble Dionea, Nova Alta

      Performer: Andrea Gavagnin, Jonatas Monteiro, Stefano Maffioletti, Nicola di Filippo, Matteo Zenatti, Enrico Maronese

      Conductor: Claudia Caffagni

    4. O rosa bella

      Composer: Alan Hert

      Ensemble: Ensemble Dionea, Nova Alta

    5. Alius discantus super, "O rosa bella"

      Composer: Johannes Ockeghem

      Ensemble: Ensemble Dionea, Nova Alta

    6. Gymel O Rosa Bella o tu mi Maria

      Composer: Johannes Bedyngham

      Ensemble: Ensemble Dionea, Nova Alta

    7. Gloria

      Composer: Gilles Joye

      Ensemble: Ensemble Dionea, Nova Alta

      Performer: Andrea Gavagnin, Jonatas Monteiro, Stefano Maffioletti, Nicola di Filippo, Matteo Zenatti, Enrico Maronese

      Conductor: Claudia Caffagni

    8. Credo

      Composer: Gilles Joye

      Ensemble: Ensemble Dionea, Nova Alta

      Performer: Andrea Gavagnin, Jonatas Monteiro, Stefano Maffioletti, Nicola di Filippo, Matteo Zenatti, Enrico Maronese

      Conductor: Claudia Caffagni

    9. O rosa bella

      Composer: John Dunstable

      Ensemble: Ensemble Dionea, Nova Alta

    10. O rosa bella, "Concordancie O rosa bella cum aliis tribus ut posuit bedingham et sine hiis non concordant"

      Composer: Johannes Bedyngham

      Ensemble: Ensemble Dionea, Nova Alta

    11. Sanctus

      Composer: Gilles Joye

      Ensemble: Ensemble Dionea, Nova Alta

      Performer: Andrea Gavagnin, Jonatas Monteiro, Stefano Maffioletti, Nicola di Filippo, Matteo Zenatti, Enrico Maronese

      Conductor: Claudia Caffagni

    12. Agnus Dei

      Composer: Gilles Joye

      Ensemble: Ensemble Dionea, Nova Alta

      Performer: Andrea Gavagnin, Jonatas Monteiro, Stefano Maffioletti, Nicola di Filippo, Matteo Zenatti, Enrico Maronese

      Conductor: Claudia Caffagni

    13. O rosa bella, "Concordancie O rosa bella cum aliis tribus ut posuit bedingham et sine hiis non concordant"

      Composer: Johannes Bedyngham

      Ensemble: Ensemble Dionea, Nova Alta

    14. Gymel O Rosa Bella o tu mi Maria

      Composer: Johannes Bedyngham

      Ensemble: Ensemble Dionea, Nova Alta


'O Rosa Bella' is the title of two popular 15th-century chansons, the earlier composed by Johannes Ciconia and the latter originally attributed to John Dunstable, but now to John Bedyngham. The text is based on a poem written by Leonardo Giustiniani (1300-1446): 'O lovely rose, My sweet soul; Let me not die In courtly love.' More than 20 works were based on this popular theme by composers including Johannes Ockeghem, and a Mass attributed to Gilles Joye. Born around 1420, in the Belgian town of Courtai, Joye worked as a singer and lived beyond his means. Having taken up a prestigious ecclesiastical post in Bruges, he was sent by the church fathers on a pilgrimage in order to atone for misdemeanors, but he continued to accumulate debts which compelled him to sell all his possessions; he died in penury. The song which Joye took as the basis for his Mass circulated widely during the 15th century; by a curious coincidence, Rosabella was also the name of Joye's lover with whom he lived openly (and imprudently). The recording follows performance practice of the time by using only male voices doubled by instruments for the two Masses and mixed voices for the Chansons. The chosen instrumentation includes shawm, slide trumpet, sackbut, cornetto, recorder, lute, gothic harp and psaltery: an authentic but richly colored ensemble. Although there are previous recordings of the Mass and the chansons, all the music recorded here has been newly transcribed from original sources by two of it's performers, Min J. Kim and David Brutti. The recording took place in the Umbrian church of San Francesco in Trevi, where the original organ survives, dating from 1508, and thus retaining a sound-world that resembles one known to the likes of Dunstable and Joye.