#HuelgasEnsemble #PaulVanNevel
"#UtopiaTriumphans: #GreatPolyphony of the #Renaissance"
* SpemInAlium #Tallis
* Sanctus • AgnusDei #Porta
* QuiHabitat #Josquin
* DeoGratias #Ockeghem
* LaudateDominum #Manchicourt
* ExaudiMeDomine #Gabrieli
* EcceBeatamLucem #Striggio

https://youtube.com/channel/UCdbyolLfZpm8WT93SQ6nLqQ

multivoice works... rarely performed... incl are two extraordinary canons: Ockeghem's 36v Deo gratias and Josquin's 24v Qui habitat +relatively modest pieces for 13-16 voices by Porta&Gabrieli

The #BrabantEnsemble dir StephenRice
takes its name from the Duchy of Brabant, an area now forming parts of N Belgium & S Netherlands, from which the core of its rep is drawn...founded in 1998 by Rice in order to perform under-exposed sacred music of the mid-16thC... taking a leading role in the rehabilitation of composers Nicolas #Gombert Thomas #Crecquillon Pierre de #Manchicourt (recorded on #Hyperion ) also exploration of major figures #Lassus #Palestrina #Josquin

https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/a.asp?a=A1184

Pierre de #Manchicourt c.1510-1564 "#Masses"
FrancoFlemish, worked as Kapellmeister to Philip II in Madrid. Here, 4 masses incl "Missa de Domina"
"the influence of Ockeghem, ... paired imitation style of Josquin; ...the stylistic refinement, well-crafted melodic lines and pervasive imitation recall Gombert"

YouTube channel
https://youtube.com/channel/UCmsNiggtyT8iUGe-Vx5c5MQ?si=SFACMzIZtDNIOuEF
* Manchicourt: Masses
* Barbireau: Mass&Motets
* Tinctoris&Barbingant: Masses
* Gombert: Motets