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Sayve: Ad Vesperas / Ensemble Polyharmonique, Concerto Imperiale
Musique en Wallonie

Sayve: Ad Vesperas / Ensemble Polyharmonique, Concerto Imperiale

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Details

Composer
Lambert de Sayve
Artist
Alexander, Fabien, Schneider, Concerto Imperiale, Moulaert
Format
CD
Label
Musique en Wallonie
Released
Oct 14, 2022
Catalog #
MEW2201
UPC
5425008322018

About

In the 17th century the city of Liège, capital of an enormous diocese and of a principality within the Empire, was described as a “priests’ paradise” on account of its imposing cathedral, its seven collegiate churches, about thirty parish churches, and its numerous abbeys and monasteries. This recording does more than justice to two manuscript which provides rare evidence of the polyphonic repertoire in use by the Liège religious orders in the first half of the 17th century: Grand livre de chœur de Saint-Lambert and Livre d’orgue des frères croisiers. The fifty-odd 4- to 8-part motets assembled in the Grand livre de chœur are by the hand of Liège composers from the first half of the 17th century who, with the exception of Gilles Hayne, were all active at the cathedral. These motets illustrate the permanence of the rite in honor of the patron saint of the diocese, Bishop Lambert, and other acts of devotions in favor in Liège at the time. Following the traditional format of the evening office, the vespers presented here alternate psalms and antiphons and end with a Magnificat with a particularly rich tonal texture. Sayve’s Magnificat for double chorus, preserved in the national library at Ljubljana, here receives its first recording. Drawing on extant sources of composers who all maintained a link with Liège, the Polyharmonique and Concerto Imperiale ensembles, under the direction of Alexander Schneider et Fabien Moulaert, here offers a program remarkable for its great stylistic and musical coherence.

Tracklist 25 tracks

  1. 1 Toccata 01:40
    Track
    1
    Title
    Toccata
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Andrea Gabrieli
    Performer
    Fabien Moulaert
  2. 2 Deus in adjutorium 00:59
    Track
    2
    Title
    Deus in adjutorium
    Duration
    00:59
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Polyharmonique
    Conductor
    Alexander Schneider
  3. 3 Ave Maria 01:03
    Track
    3
    Title
    Ave Maria
    Duration
    01:03
    Composer
    Gilles Henry Hayne
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Polyharmonique, Concerto Imperiale
    Conductor
    Fabien Moulaert
  4. 4 Dixit dominus à 8 03:58
    Track
    4
    Title
    Dixit dominus à 8
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Mateo Romero
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Polyharmonique, Concerto Imperiale
    Conductor
    Fabien Moulaert
  5. 5 In odorem unguentorum 00:20
    Track
    5
    Title
    In odorem unguentorum
    Duration
    00:20
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Polyharmonique
    Conductor
    Alexander Schneider
  6. 6 Laetatus sum in his à 8 04:20
    Track
    6
    Title
    Laetatus sum in his à 8
    Duration
    04:20
    Composer
    Lambert de Sayve
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Polyharmonique, Concerto Imperiale
    Conductor
    Fabien Moulaert
  7. 7 Cum essem parvula 00:26
    Track
    7
    Title
    Cum essem parvula
    Duration
    00:26
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Polyharmonique
    Conductor
    Alexander Schneider
  8. 8 O gloriosa mater 02:40
    Track
    8
    Title
    O gloriosa mater
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Lambert Coolen
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Polyharmonique, Concerto Imperiale
    Conductor
    Fabien Moulaert
  9. 9 Fantasia 03:22
    Track
    9
    Title
    Fantasia
    Duration
    03:22
    Composer
    Peter Philips
    Performer
    Fabien Moulaert
  10. 10 Salve matrona nobilissima Anna 03:09
    Track
    10
    Title
    Salve matrona nobilissima Anna
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Henri de Remouchamps
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Polyharmonique, Concerto Imperiale
    Conductor
    Fabien Moulaert
  11. 11 Speciosa facta es 00:21
    Track
    11
    Title
    Speciosa facta es
    Duration
    00:21
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Polyharmonique
    Conductor
    Alexander Schneider
  12. 12 Nisi dominus à 8 04:09
    Track
    12
    Title
    Nisi dominus à 8
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    Lambert de Sayve
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Polyharmonique, Concerto Imperiale
    Conductor
    Fabien Moulaert
  13. 13 Beata mater 00:31
    Track
    13
    Title
    Beata mater
    Duration
    00:31
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Polyharmonique
    Conductor
    Alexander Schneider
  14. 14 O dulcissima mater à 8 02:25
    Track
    14
    Title
    O dulcissima mater à 8
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Lambert Coolen
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Polyharmonique, Concerto Imperiale
    Conductor
    Fabien Moulaert
  15. 15 Dignare me 00:41
    Track
    15
    Title
    Dignare me
    Duration
    00:41
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Polyharmonique
    Conductor
    Alexander Schneider
  16. 16 Lauda, Ierusalem, Dominum à 8 03:27
    Track
    16
    Title
    Lauda, Ierusalem, Dominum à 8
    Duration
    03:27
    Composer
    Lambert de Sayve
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Polyharmonique, Concerto Imperiale
    Conductor
    Fabien Moulaert
  17. 17 O admirabile commercium 03:39
    Track
    17
    Title
    O admirabile commercium
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Lambert de Sayve
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Polyharmonique, Concerto Imperiale
    Conductor
    Fabien Moulaert
  18. 18 Echo fantasia 09:33
    Track
    18
    Title
    Echo fantasia
    Duration
    09:33
    Composer
    Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
    Performer
    Fabien Moulaert
  19. 19 Beatam me 00:28
    Track
    19
    Title
    Beatam me
    Duration
    00:28
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Polyharmonique
    Conductor
    Alexander Schneider
  20. 20 Magnificat à 8 04:57
    Track
    20
    Title
    Magnificat à 8
    Duration
    04:57
    Composer
    Lambert de Sayve
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Polyharmonique, Concerto Imperiale
    Conductor
    Fabien Moulaert
  21. 21 Concede nos famulos 01:09
    Track
    21
    Title
    Concede nos famulos
    Duration
    01:09
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Polyharmonique
    Conductor
    Alexander Schneider
  22. 22 Benedicamus Domino 00:52
    Track
    22
    Title
    Benedicamus Domino
    Duration
    00:52
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Polyharmonique
    Conductor
    Alexander Schneider
  23. 23 Salve Regina à 8 08:03
    Track
    23
    Title
    Salve Regina à 8
    Duration
    08:03
    Composer
    Léonard Hodemont
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Polyharmonique, Concerto Imperiale
    Conductor
    Fabien Moulaert
  24. 24 Ecce panis angelorum à 8 03:43
    Track
    24
    Title
    Ecce panis angelorum à 8
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Lambert Coolen
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Polyharmonique, Concerto Imperiale
    Conductor
    Fabien Moulaert
  25. 25 Tantum ergo 03:01
    Track
    25
    Title
    Tantum ergo
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Lambert Coolen
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Polyharmonique, Concerto Imperiale
    Conductor
    Fabien Moulaert