Carpentras: Lamentations du Prophète Jérémie

On this CD:

1. Lamentations Du Prophete Jeremie for soloists & chorus Jeudi Saint: Lectio Prima
Composed by Carpentras (Elzear Genet)
Performed by A Sei Voci, A Sei Voci, Bernard Fabre-Garrus, Regis Oudot, Philippe Balloy, Bernard Dehont

2. Lamentations Du Prophete Jeremie for soloists & chorus Jeudi Saint: Lectio Secunda
Composed by Carpentras (Elzear Genet)
Performed by A Sei Voci, A Sei Voci, Bernard Fabre-Garrus, Regis Oudot, Philippe Balloy, Bernard Dehont

3. Lamentations Du Prophete Jeremie for soloists & chorus Jeudi Saint: Lectio Tertia
Composed by Carpentras (Elzear Genet)
Performed by A Sei Voci, A Sei Voci, Bernard Fabre-Garrus, Regis Oudot, Philippe Balloy, Bernard Dehont

4. Lamentations Du Prophete Jeremie for soloists & chorus Vendredi Saint: Lectio Prima
Composed by Carpentras (Elzear Genet)
Performed by A Sei Voci, A Sei Voci, Bernard Fabre-Garrus, Regis Oudot, Philippe Balloy, Bernard Dehont

5. Lamentations Du Prophete Jeremie for soloists & chorus Vendredi Saint: Lectio Secunda
Composed by Carpentras (Elzear Genet)
Performed by A Sei Voci, A Sei Voci, Bernard Fabre-Garrus, Regis Oudot, Philippe Balloy, Bernard Dehont

6. Lamentations Du Prophete Jeremie for soloists & chorus Vendredi Saint: Lectio Tertia
Composed by Carpentras (Elzear Genet)
Performed by A Sei Voci, A Sei Voci, Bernard Fabre-Garrus, Regis Oudot, Philippe Balloy, Bernard Dehont

7. Lamentations Du Prophete Jeremie for soloists & chorus Samdei Saint: Lectio Prima
Composed by Carpentras (Elzear Genet)
Performed by A Sei Voci, A Sei Voci, Bernard Fabre-Garrus, Regis Oudot, Philippe Balloy, Bernard Dehont

8. Lamentations Du Prophete Jeremie for soloists & chorus Samdei Saint: Lectio Secunda
Composed by Carpentras (Elzear Genet)
Performed by A Sei Voci, A Sei Voci, Bernard Fabre-Garrus, Regis Oudot, Philippe Balloy, Bernard Dehont

9. Lamentations Du Prophete Jeremie for soloists & chorus Samdei Saint: Lectio Tertia
Composed by Carpentras (Elzear Genet)
Performed by A Sei Voci, A Sei Voci, Bernard Fabre-Garrus, Regis Oudot, Philippe Balloy, Bernard Dehont

Tracks:

Rex pacificus, by Anonymous
Benedicta es, by Josquin des Prez
Omnis pulchritudo Domini, by Adreas de Silva
Tua est potentia, by Jean Mouton
Lamentatio Jeremie, by Elzear Genet
Inviolata, integra et casta es, by Costanzo Festa
Enixa est puerpera, by Adriaan Willaert
Virgo salutiferi, by Josquin des Prez
Pater noster / Ave Maria, by Costanzo Festa
Conditor alme siderum, by Costanzo Festa

Amazon.com

It's hardly surprising that the 16th-century popes who commissioned Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescoes wanted equally magnificent music for the services there; on this superb (and superbly illustrated) disc, you'll find sumptuous motets from the Vatican Library's splendidly illuminated music manuscripts of the period. Of the composers represented, only Josquin des Prez is well-known today, but Jean Mouton and Adriaan Willaert (among others) won't disappoint. Most striking are those works that use canon (where a voice follows exactly what a previous voice has sung, as in a round): for example, in Josquin's five-voice Virgo salutiferi, the tenor and soprano sing in canon the old chant melody for the Ave Maria; Costanzo Festa's remarkable Inviolata, integra et casta has two four-voice choirs in canon, one following the other first an octave higher, then a fifth above, then a fourth. The New York-based choir Pomerium has a smooth delivery reminiscent of the Tallis Scholars, but with a grainier sound that keeps the voices distinctly audible; conductor Alexander Blachly makes no overt statements with dynamics or tempo, but maintains a steady sense of momentum and the various voices' ebb and flow. In more than 20 years of recording, this group has never sounded better. --Matthew Westphal

Customer Reviews:

CD for the ages.......1999-11-09

Perhaps the finest disc that Blachly/Pomerium have yet produced (and that is REALLY saying something). Simply put: 'to die for.'