Demantius: Vêpres de Pentecôte

Demantius: Vêpres de Pentecôte / Threnodiae
Huelgas Ensemble - Paul Van Nevel
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901705 [CD]
Harmonia Mundi HMA 195 1705 [CD]

Contents:

  1. Whitsun Vespers: I. Deus in adjunctorum a 5
  2. Whitsun Vespers: II. Dixit Dominus a 6
  3. Whitsun Vespers: III. Lauda Jerusalem a 6
  4. Whitsun Vespers: IV. Laudate Dominum a 6
  5. Whitsun Vespers: V. Laudate pueri a 6
  6. Whitsun Vespers: VI. Hymnus "Veni Sancte Spiritu" a 6
  7. Whitsun Vespers: VII. Magnificat a 3 & 5
  8. Whitsun Vespers: VIII. Benedicamus Domino a 6
  9. Threnodiae: I. Laß mich o Christ a 5
  10. Threnodiae: II. Aus tiefer Not a 5

Performers: Katelijne Van Laethem, Patricia Hardt, Nicola Wemyss, Ellen van Ham (cantus), Steve Dugardin, Marnix de Cat (altus), Christopher Kale, Marius Van Altena, Matthew Vine, Marcel Beekman (tenors), Lieven Termont (baritone), Stephan Macleod, Marc Busnel (basses);
An Van Laethem (violin), Piet Stryckers (viol), Matthieu Lusson (contrabass viol), Bart Coen, Peter De Clercq (recorders), Jean-Jacques Herbin (sackbut alto), Serge Guillou (tenor sackbut), Joost Swinkels (tenor & bass sackbuts), Mirella Ruigrok (bassoon), Marleen Leicher (cornetto)

Playing time: 47'

Recording date: September 1999 (Belgium); released: 2000

This program features music of Christophorus Demantius (1567-1643), an exact contemporary of Monteverdi.

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Todd M. McComb