Renaissance Am Rhein / Singer Pur

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Label
Oehms Classics
Release Date
November 16, 2010
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      DE CLEVE PEVERNAGE HAGIUS P
    • PERFORMER
      Singer Pur
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 16, 2010
    • UPC
      4260034868205
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      OC820
    • LABEL
      Oehms Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    Works ⌄

    1. Qualis est dilecta mea

      Composer: Petit Jean De Latre

      Ensemble: Singer Pur

    2. Tota pulchra es

      Composer: Nikolaus Zangius

      Ensemble: Singer Pur

    3. Laudes Vespertinae: Salve Regina

      Composer: Andreas Pevernage

      Ensemble: Singer Pur

    4. Oh Herr dein ohr mit gnaden

      Composer: Konrad Hagius

      Ensemble: Singer Pur

    5. Liber primus cantionum: O Dee cunctiparens

      Composer: Martin Peudargent

      Ensemble: Singer Pur

    6. Mirabilia testimonia tua, Domine

      Composer: Johannes de Cleve

      Ensemble: Singer Pur

    7. Es wel uns Gott genedig sein

      Composer: Johannes de Cleve

      Ensemble: Singer Pur

    8. Aachen Choirbook II: O Mors, quam amara

      Composer: Orlande de Lassus

      Ensemble: Singer Pur

    9. In craticula te Deum non negavi

      Composer: Johannes Mangon

      Ensemble: Singer Pur

    10. Comme la rose

      Composer: Petit Jean De Latre

      Ensemble: Singer Pur

    11. Sacrae cantiones: Hactenus a longo praestolor

      Composer: Jean de Castro

      Ensemble: Singer Pur

    12. Vien doux Hymenee

      Composer: Jean de Castro

      Ensemble: Singer Pur

    13. Etliche schöne teutsche geistliche und weltliche Lieder: Ein Einfalt zu dem Pfarrherr sprach

      Composer: Nikolaus Zangius

      Ensemble: Singer Pur

    14. Liederbuch des Arnt von Aich: Ein pauer gab seim son ein weib

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Singer Pur

    15. Si seulle estois

      Composer: Petit Jean De Latre

      Ensemble: Singer Pur




RENAISSANCE AM RHEIN • Singer Pur Ens • OEHMS OC 820 (66:39 Text and Translation)


Music of JEAN DE LATRE, ZANGIUS, PEVERNAGE, HAGIUS, PEUDARGENT, JOHANNES DE CLEVE, LASSUS, MANGON, CASTRO, ANON


The occasion for this recorded program was an exhibit in Bonn (just concluded) devoted to the art and culture of the Renaissance as it flourished in the lower Rhineland, from Liège and Aachen to Cologne, Düsseldorf, and Cleves. The program mixes seven Latin-texted works, some with unfamiliar texts, with eight secular songs in German or French. The works are mostly obscure, but certainly one of the most obscure is O Dee cunctipotens by Martin Peudargent (active at the court of Cleves), which the notes describe as “one of the few works [of his] that has not been released on CD.” Since I couldn’t find his name in any record catalog before this, this seemed strange, but it turns out that a full SACD of his music appeared on an obscure German label a couple of years ago. Petit Jean de Latre, who served in Liège, had a whole LP devoted to his sixth book of chansons ( Fanfare 7:4), but none of his three selections here duplicate that program. These composers are poorly represented on discs, nothing here being duplicated. Such names as Konrad Hagius and Johannes de Cleve are totally obscure. Even the single Lassus motet seems to be a first recording.


Singer Pur, graduates of the Regensburg choir school (with a soprano added), have been recording regularly. This is one of their more imaginative programs, interesting for its variety, the rarity of the selections, and the special occasion that resulted in its production. Pevernage’s Salve Regina is interesting for its alternation between the solemn chant setting and polyphony, considerably more than simply intoning the first phrase in chant. Lassus’s meditation on death, O mors quam amara , is exquisite. The program ends on a lighter note with two German songs, hard to appreciate fully in the German dialect without English (only the Latin texts are translated into German). The Bonn museum exhibit focused on art and culture as well as music, emphasizing the distinct character of the Renaissance in northern climes, inconsistent with the familiar Italian models. This program will not duplicate anything in your collection.


FANFARE: J. F. Weber