P. De Manchicourt, C. De Morales, Etc / Nordic Voices

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
July 1, 2007
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MANCHICOURT MORALES CLEMENS
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Nordic Voices
    • PERFORMER
      NORDIC VOICES
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 01, 2007
    • UPC
      095115505021
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHSA 5050
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Regees terrae congregati sunt

      Composer: Pierre de Manchicourt

      Ensemble: Nordic Voices

      Performer: Ebba Rydh

    2. II. Et venientes invenerunt puerum

      Composer: Pierre de Manchicourt

      Ensemble: Nordic Voices

      Performer: Ebba Rydh

    3. I. Reguba caeli, laetare

      Composer: Cristóbal de Morales

      Ensemble: Nordic Voices

      Performer: Ebba Rydh

    4. II. Resurrexit sicut dixit

      Composer: Cristóbal de Morales

      Ensemble: Nordic Voices

      Performer: Ebba Rydh

    5. I. Laudate Dominum, omnes gentes

      Composer: Pierre de Manchicourt

      Ensemble: Nordic Voices

      Performer: Ebba Rydh

    6. II. Plaudite ergo, omnes gentes

      Composer: Pierre de Manchicourt

      Ensemble: Nordic Voices

      Performer: Ebba Rydh

    7. I. O magnum mysterium

      Composer: Jacobus Clemens non Papa

      Ensemble: Nordic Voices

      Performer: Marianne Beate Kielland

    8. II. Domine, audivi auditum tuum

      Composer: Jacobus Clemens non Papa

      Ensemble: Nordic Voices

      Performer: Marianne Beate Kielland

    9. Hei mihi, Domine

      Composer: Francisco Guerrero

      Ensemble: Nordic Voices

      Performer: Marianne Beate Kielland

    10. I. Ego sum qui sum

      Composer: Nicolas Gombert

      Ensemble: Nordic Voices

      Performer: Marianne Beate Kielland

    11. II. Tulerunt Dominum meum

      Composer: Nicolas Gombert

      Ensemble: Nordic Voices

      Performer: Marianne Beate Kielland

    12. O Virgo viginum

      Composer: Pierre de Manchicourt

      Ensemble: Nordic Voices

      Performer: Marianne Beate Kielland

    13. I. Exaltata est sancta Dei Genitrix

      Composer: Cristóbal de Morales

      Ensemble: Nordic Voices

      Performer: Marianne Beate Kielland

    14. II. Virgo Prudentissima

      Composer: Cristóbal de Morales

      Ensemble: Nordic Voices

      Performer: Marianne Beate Kielland

    15. Missa Reges Terrae: Agnus Dei

      Composer: Pierre de Manchicourt

      Ensemble: Nordic Voices

      Performer: Marianne Beate Kielland




REGES TERRAE • Nordic Voices • CHANDOS 5050 (Hybrid multichannel SACD: 48:52 Text and Translation)


MANCHICOURT Reges terrae. Laudate Dominum. O virgo virginum. Missa Reges terrae: Agnus Dei. MORALES Regina caeli. Exaltata est. CLEMENS NON PAPA O magnum mysterium. GUERRERO Hei mihi Domine. GOMBERT Ego sum qui sum


This collection of 16th-century polyphony is subtitled “Music from the time of Charles V,” but only one of the composers, Gombert, ever worked at the imperial chapel. His motet was recorded recently by Philip Cave (24:1). But all of them moved in the orbit of Spain and the Low Countries that constituted the emperor’s stamping ground. Manchicourt is the central person here, his selections distributed throughout the program. Two of his motets were included in Paul van Nevel’s disc (21:1), and the third was on Edith Ho’s second disc (30:3), but his Missa Reges terrae has not been recorded complete. Guerrero’s motet was included in a program by James O’Donnell (21:3). The two motets by Morales are not common, for while Exaltata est was made by Wolfgang Schäfer (13:3), the Regina caeli is not the same as a setting made by James O’Donnell (17:3). A real find is Clemens non Papa’s motet, which also seems to be a first recording, sadly overlooked until now.


The ensemble of six mixed voices was formed in Norway a decade ago. They give strong interpretations of the music. The moods are varied and the group is involved throughout. There were two sessions two years apart, with a change of mezzos in the process, but the credits are detailed and the ensemble is pictured once with each mezzo. While we hear so many discs from the provinces focused on local repertoire, this is a refreshing example of Norwegians singing repertoire from another part of Europe. It arouses curiosity about their next program.


FANFARE: J. F. Weber
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