Josquin: Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae

Josquin: Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae, etc.

Hilliard Ensemble - Paul Hillier
EMI Reflexe 49960

Contents:

Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae

1. Kyrie
2. Gloria
3. Credo
4. Sanctus
5. Benedictus
6. Agnus Dei
7. Motet: Pater noster / Ave Maria
8. Gombert: Lugebat David Absalon
9. Motet: Miserere mei Deus
10. Motet: Tu solus qui facis mirabilia

Performers: David James, Rogers Covey-Crump, John Potter, Paul Hillier, Ashley Stafford, Robert Jones, Mark Padmore, Leigh Nixon, Paul Agnew, Gordon Jones, David Beavan

Playing time: 68'

Recording date: May 1989

Reviewed in:
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.): 14/1- (Sep/Oct 1990)

This recording presents some of Josquin's finest music, as well as a piece by one of his most important disciples, Nicolas Gombert (c.1500-1556). The mass is in an abstract style, with a cantus firmus derived from the name of the Duke of Ferrara. The other motets are among the most elaborate examples of the period.

This ensemble's earlier Josquin recording:

Josquin: Motets and Chansons

Hilliard Ensemble - Paul Hillier
Virgin Veritas Edition 61302

The two have been reissued together as Virgin Veritas 562 346.

A couple of programs by prominent English groups which feature a mass and a variety of accompanying material:

Josquin: Missa Ave maris stella

w/ Motets & Chansons
Taverner Consort & Choir - Andrew Parrott
EMI Reflexe 54659

Josquin: Missa Faisant regretz

Motetti de Passione, B
The Clerks' Group - Edward Wickham
AS&V Gaudeamus 302

A few other recent recordings of the Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae:

Josquin: Messes

Hercules, Dux Ferrariae / Chascun me crie... même Hercule
Métamorphoses / Biscantor - Maurice Bourbon
Ar Re-Se 2013

Josquin

Pomerium
Glissando 779 043

Josquin: Music for Ercole I d'Este

De Labyrintho - Walter Testolin
Stradivarius "Dulcimer" 33674

Josquin Desprez - Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariae

A Sei Voci - Bernard Fabre-Garrus
Astrée 8601

Finally, Hillier's later Josquin recording with a different ensemble:

Josquin Desprez: Missa de Beata Virgine / Jean Mouton: Motets

Theatre of Voices - Paul Hillier
Harmonia Mundi USA 907136

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