Ockeghem: Requiem

Ockeghem: Requiem

composed by Johannes Ockeghem, 1410-1497; conducted by Andrew Carwood; produced by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood; performed by The Clerks' Group (Gaudeamus), 1 hour 11 mins

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Field of Interest
Classical Music
Composer
Johannes Ockeghem, 1410-1497
Conductor
Andrew Carwood
Content Type
Music recording
Duration
1 hour 11 mins
Recording Engineer
Paul Proudman
Ensemble
The Clerks' Group
Format
Audio
Sub Genre
Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Chanson, Requiem, Gradual, Offertory
Label
Gaudeamus
Producer
Jonathan Freeman-Attwood
Date Recorded
1996-05-01
Review
Originally released in 1993, this exceptional recording of Johannes Ockeghem's Requiem has been reissued in Harmonia Mundi's Musique d'abord line with a change of packaging and a reduction of price. This Requiem is a beautiful example of the plainchant mass and is the earliest surviving polyphonic Mass for the Dead. It was most likely written in 1461 and originally consisted of the Introit, Kyrie eleison, Graduale, Tractus, and the Offertorium. All the other texts were probably sung in unembellished plainchant, following normal church practice. In this pre-Tridentine setting, the Requiem appears truncated, but to call this performance a reconstruction or a completion is not quite accurate since Ockeghem's work was as complete as he deemed necessary. However, to give this recording a semblance of completeness for modern listeners, Ockeghem's movements are presented within the liturgical context, with the Epistle, Gospel, Agnus Dei, and Libera Me sung by Marcel Pérès and Ensemble Organum in plainchant. The Sanctus and Communio, though, are provided as supplements to flesh out the work; attributed to Antonius Divitis, they follow Ockeghem's style using the same ornamented chant lines and fauxbourdons in the lower voices. Ensemble Organum's male voices blend well, are flexible, and make the contrapuntal lines quite transparent. In the Sanctus, they are joined by three members of Les Pages de la Chapelle, whose voices add a bright luster to the otherwise somber coloration of this work. ~ Blair Sanderson, All Music Guide
Subject
Classical Music, Music & Performing Arts, Renaissance, Renacimiento, Renascimento
Keywords and Translated Subjects
Renacimiento, Renascimento

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