Huelgas Ensemble Nevel: Missa Pro Mortuis - COMPACT DISCS

Huelgas Ensemble Nevel: Missa Pro Mortuis - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Missa Pro Mortuis

Artist:

Huelgas Ensemble Nevel

Label:

Cypres

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

5412217016821

Genre:

Classical

Release Date:

2020-05-08

Number of Discs:

1

In perpetual search of unpublished works and forgotten composers, Paul Van Nevel invites us to discover a Requiem Mass for five voices, composed in 1556 by Simone de Bonefont, canon and cantor at Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral. The Missa pro mortuis can be considered as one of the highlights of polyphonic vocal style, encompassing all the characteristics of Franco-Flemish techniques of the period. The richness of de Bonefont's polyphonic writing and his mastery of counterpoint are truly astonishing. True to form, the Huelgas Ensemble honors this unpublished score with a powerful interpretation, delivering music of incredible luminous tranquility. The programme also includes four compositions by Franco-Flemish masters - that de Bonefont may well have heard - on one of the most profound texts of the Gregorian repertoire: Media vita in morte summus (In the midst of life we are in death).

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