Josquin Desprez: Adieu, mes amours (Chansons)

On this CD:

1. Douleur me bat, song for 5 parts
Composed by Josquin Desprez
Performed by Les Elements Ensemble

2. Adieu mes amours, song for 4 parts
Composed by Josquin Desprez
Performed by Les Elements Ensemble

3. Plusieurs regretz, song for 5 parts
Composed by Josquin Desprez
Performed by Les Elements Ensemble

4. Petite camusette, song for 6 parts
Composed by Josquin Desprez
Performed by Les Elements Ensemble

5. Mille regretz, song for 5 parts
Composed by Josquin Desprez

6. Mille regretz, song for 5 parts
Composed by Josquin Desprez
Performed by Claude Deboves

7. En non saichant, song for 5 parts (doubtful)
Composed by Josquin Desprez

8. J'ay bien cause de lamenter, song for 5 parts (doubtful)
Composed by Josquin Desprez

9. Nymphes, nappés/Circumdederunt me, song for 6 parts
Composed by Josquin Desprez
Performed by Les Elements Ensemble

10. Ile fantazies de Joskin, for instruments for 3 parts
Composed by Josquin Desprez
Performed by Les Elements Ensemble

11. La plus des plus, song for 3 parts
Composed by Josquin Desprez
Performed by Les Elements Ensemble

12. Plus n'estes ma maistresse, song for 4 parts (poss. spurious)
Composed by Josquin Desprez

13. Cueurs desolez, song for 5 parts
Composed by Josquin Desprez
Performed by Dominique Visse, Les Elements Ensemble

14. Plaine de dueil, song for 5 parts
Composed by Josquin Desprez
Performed by Les Elements Ensemble

15. Fortuna desperata, song for 3 parts (poss. spurious)
Composed by Josquin Desprez
Performed by Les Elements Ensemble

16. Faulte d'argent, song for 5 parts
Composed by Josquin Desprez

17. Coeur langoreulx, song for 5 parts
Composed by Josquin Desprez
Performed by Les Elements Ensemble

18. Fors seulement, song for 6 parts
Composed by Josquin Desprez
Performed by Claude Deboves

19. Je me complains, song for 5 parts
Composed by Josquin Desprez
Performed by Les Elements Ensemble

20. Se congié prens, song for 6 parts
Composed by Josquin Desprez
Performed by Les Elements Ensemble

21. Tenez moy on voz bras, song for 6 parts
Composed by Josquin Desprez
Performed by Les Elements Ensemble

22. El grillo, song for 4 parts
Composed by Josquin Desprez

23. Si j'ay perdu mon amy, song for 3 parts
Composed by Josquin Desprez
Performed by Les Elements Ensemble

24. Parfons regretz, song for 5 parts
Composed by Josquin Desprez

25. Vous l'arez, s'il vous plaist, song for 6 parts
Composed by Josquin Desprez
Performed by Les Elements Ensemble

26. Allegez moi, song for 6 parts
Composed by Josquin Desprez

27. Nymphes des bois/Requiem aeternam/Deploration de la Mort de Jehan Ockeghem, lament for 5 parts
Composed by Josquin Desprez

Tracks:

I. Secular Songs: Scaramella Va Alla Guerra (Villotta) - James Bowman/Martyn Hill/Paul Elliott/Geoffrey Shaw
I. Secular Songs: Allegez Moy, Doulce Plaisant Brunette: I. Original Six-Part Chanson - James Bowman/Martyn Hill/Paul Elliott/Rogers Covey-Crump/Geoffrey Shaw/Maurice Bevan
I. Secular Songs: Allegez Moy, Doulce Plaisant Brunette: 2. Duet Version (Anon Early 16thC) - Nigel North/James Tyler
I. Secular Songs: El Grillo E Buon Cantore (Frottola) - James Bowman/Martyn Hill/Paul Elliott/Geoffrey Shaw
I. Secular Songs: Donna Di Dentro Della Tua Casa (Quodlibert) - Sally Dunkley/Rosemary Hardy/David James/Martyn Hill/Paul Elliott/Leigh Nixon/John Potter...
I. Secular Songs: De Tous Biens Plaine (Rondeau): 1. Original Three-Part Chanson With Additonal Si.. - James Bowman/Nigel North/Trevor Jones/Oliver Brookes/Christopher Hogwood
I. Secular Songs: De Tous Biens Plaine (Rondeau): 2. Four-Part Instrumental Version (Josquin) ... - David Munrow/Oliver Brookes/Trevor Jones/James Tyler
I. Secular Songs: De Tous Biens Plaine (Rondeau): 3. Three-Part Instrumental Version I - Nigel North/James Tyler/Oliver Brookes/Christopher Hogwood
I. Secular Songs: De Tous Biens Plaine (Rondeau): 4. Three-Part Instrumental Version II - David Munrow/Robert Spencer/Oliver Brookes/Christopher Hogwood
I. Secular Songs: Du Tout Plongiet - Fors Seulement L'attente (After Johannes Ockeghem) (Rondeau) - Martyn Hill/Geoffrey Shaw/Trevor Jones/Oliver Brookes
I. Secular Songs: Mijn Morken Gaf Mij Een Jonck Wijff (Quodlibet) - Charles Brett/Martyn Hill/Geoffrey Shaw/Terry Edwards
I. Secular Songs: Johannes Ghiselin (Verbonnet): Fl Early 16th C: Ghy Syt Die Wertste Boven Al - Charles Brett/Martyn Hill/Paul Elliott/Geoffrey Shaw
I. Secular Songs: Ein Frohlich Wesen: 1. Original Three-Part Chanson - James Bowman/Martyn Hill/Geoffrey Shaw/David Munrow/Robert Spencer/Nigel North
I. Secular Songs: Ein Frohlich Wesen: 2. Keyboard Solo Version - Christopher Hogwood
I. Secular Songs: Ein Frohlich Wesen: 3. Four-Part Chanson - James Bowman/Martyn Hill/Paul Elliot/Geoffrey Shaw/Michael Laird/Roger Brenner/Alan Lumsden...
I. Secular Songs: Prenz Sur Moi Vostre Exemple Amoureux (Cannon a 3) - James Bowman/Martyn Hill/Geoffrey Shaw
I. Secular Songs: Ma Bouche Rit (Virelai) - James Bowman/James Tyler/Nigel North/James Tyler/Robert Spencer/Christopher Hogwood
I. Secular Songs: Guillaume Se Va Chaufer - James Bowman/Charles Brett/Geoffrey Shaw/Nigel North/Christopher Hogwood/Andrew Van Der Beck/...
I. Secular Songs: Adieu Mes Amours: 1. Original Four-Part Chanson From Petrucci's Harmonice - Martyn Hill/Trevor Jones/Nigel North/Christopher Hogwood
I. Secular Songs: Adieu Mes Amours: 2. Keyboard Solo Version (Anon 16thC) - Christopher Hogwood
I. Secular Songs: Fortuna Desperata: 1. Original Three-Part Chanson - James Bowman/Martyn Hill/Geoffrey Shaw
I. Secular Songs: Fortuna Desperata: 2. Six-Part Version (Agricola) - James BowmanMartyn Hill/Geoffrey Shaw/Trevor Jones/Nigel North/Oliver Brookes
I. Secular Songs: Fortuna Desperata: 3. Three-Part Instrumental Version - David Munrow/Eleanor Slaon/Nigel North/James Tyler/Robert Spencer

Tracks:

II. Mass Movts: Kyrie From Missa Sine Nomine (i)a3 - Martyn Hill/Geoffrey Shaw/Terry Edwards
II. Mass Movts: Gloria From Missa 'Et Ecce Terrae Motus' - Martyn Hill/James Bowman/Charles Brett/David James/Paul Elliott/Rogers Covey-Crump/Leigh Nixon...
II. Mass Movts: Credo Super 'De Tous Biens' - Martyn Hill/James Bowman/Charles Brett/Paul Elliott/Leigh Nixon/John Potter/Geoffrey Shaw/...
II. Mass Movts: Sanctus From Missa 'Ave Sanctissima Maria' - Martyn Hill/James Bowman/Charles Brett/Paul Elliott/Geoffrey Shaw/Maurice Bevan
II. Mass Movts: Agnus Dei From Missa 'La Bassadanza' - Martyn Hill/James Bowman/Charles Brett/Paul Elliott/Leigh Nixon/John Potter/Geoffrey Shaw/...
III. Motets: Haec Deum Caeli - Martyn Hill/James Bowman/Charles Brett/Paul Elliott/Geoffrey Shaw
III. Motets: O Bone Jesu - Martyn Hill/James Bowman/Paul Elliott/Geoffrey Shaw
III. Motets: De Profundis a 5 - Martyn Hill/James Bowman/Paul Elliott/Geoffrey Shaw/Terry Edwards
III. Motets: Benedicta Es Caelorum Regina - Martyn Hill/Charles Brett/Paul Elliott/John Potter/Geoffrey Shaw/Maurice Bevan
III. Motets: Nesciens Mater Virgo Virum - Martyn Hill/James Bowman/Charles Brett/David James/Paul Elliott/John PotterTerry Edwards/...
III. Motets: Inviolata Integra Et Casta Es Maria - Martyn Hill/James Bowman/Charles Brett/Paul Elliott/Rogers Covey-Crump/Leigh Nixon/John Potter...
III. Motets: Intemerata Dei Mater - Martyn Hill/Paul Elliott/Geoffrey Shaw/Terry Edwards/Maurice Bevan
III. Motets: Laudemus Nunc Dominium - Martyn Hill/Charles Brett/David James/Paul Elliott/Leigh Nixon/John Potter/Ian Thompson/...
III. Motets: Ave Sanctissima Maria - Martyn Hill/James Bowman/Charles Brett/Paul Elliott/Geoffrey Shaw/Terry Edwards

Customer Reviews:

Holds Its Own After Three Decades.......2005-05-08

Virgin’s David Munrow Edition was issued to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the unfortunate passing of this amazing man who influenced the British early music scene at the beginning of the seventies like no other – as musicologist, music journalist, musical instrument collector and, of course, as performer. “The Art of the Netherlands” was originally a 3-LP collection, one of the last that Munrow made, having been recorded in London’s Abbey Road studios in February and April 1975. As might be expected from such a collection, it offers an overview of the creative efforts of the Dutch-Flemish school of composition between approx. 1450 and 1550. The first of the two CDs is devoted entirely to secular songs by Josquin Desprez, Heinrich Isaac, Hayne van Ghizeghem (with arrangements by Alexander Agricola), Antoine Brumel, Johannes Ghiselin, Jacob Obrecht, Johannes Ockeghem and Antoine Busnois – most of these names will be familiar to those who love the choral music of this age, but of the songs here presented, only a few are commonly performed. Munrow’s performance practice, using countertenors and a whole array of mediaeval and renaissance instruments as accompaniment, could raise an eyebrow today, a more puristic approach being generally preferred, but the result is definitely worth hearing, with some excellent singing by James Bowman and a team of up to fourteen singers. The sound quality is excellent, although the stereo panorama does not appear to be as broad as on some other Munrow discs.

The second of the two CDs is divided between a composite mass that Munrow has put together from movements by Johannes Tinctoris, Brumel, Josquin, Pierre de la Rue and Isaac, and a series of sacred and Marian motets by Obrecht, Compère, Josquin, Jean Mouton, Ockeghem, Obrecht and La Rue (with alternative ascriptions in some cases and complemented by the usual anonymi). This second disc is strictly vocal without instrumental accompaniment, something that is not only historically accurate but also makes for absolute clarity in listening. Munrow’s choir is made up of men only except on one single track where he uses two sopranos; the voices are superb and enable one to revel in this delightful music. The way bass Terry Edwards maintains the deep tessitura in some of the motets is, I find, particularly impressive. Of course, there are plenty of recordings around today (in the meantime 30 years have passed) with this kind of music sung by mixed choirs (Tallis Scholars, the Sixteen) in impeccable performances, but Munrow and his all-male team are still able to hold their own after all these years.

Josquin Desprez: Missa Fortuna Desperata

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Josquin Desprez: Missa Fortuna Desperata

Manufacturer: Gaudeamus
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Josquin dez Prez: Missa Faisant Regretz; Motets

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Release Date: 2001-07-24

Tracks:

Busnois: Fortuna Desperata
Des Prez: Missa Fortuna Desperata: Kyrie
Des Prez: Missa Fortuna Desperata: Gloria
Des Prez: Missa Fortuna Desperata: Credo
Des Prez: Missa Fortuna Desperata: Sanctus and Benedictus
Des Prez: Missa Fortuna Desperata: Agnus Dei
Des Prez: La Plus Des Plus
Des Prez: Bergerette Savoysienne
Des Prez: Adieu Mes Amours
Des Prez: Consideres Mes Incessantes/Fortuna
Isaac: Bruder Conrat/Fortuna
Senfl: Herr Durch Dein Cluet/Pange Lingua/Fortuna
Anonymous: Fortuna Zibaldone
Greiter: Passibus Ambiguis/Fortuna

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Josquin: Master of Musicians

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Ottaviano dei Petrucci: Harmonice Musices Odhecaton

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A wonderful CD indeed
Unmissable recital of early music on early strings
Great instrumental performance
an acquired taste...

Ottaviano dei Petrucci: Harmonice Musices Odhecaton

Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
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Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2002-02-12

Customer Reviews:

A wonderful CD indeed.......2005-07-02

Few people are aware that Petrucci developed printed music and he was responsible for the printed dissemination of many works of composers of the Prima Prattica. Represented here on this CD are works by virtually every really major composer of this time including Isaac, Josquin, Agricola, Obrecht and Brumel - only de la Rue and Gombert seem to be at all missing. The idea of recording them is a brilliant one and Fretwork really make their instruments sing with the lovely rich tone characteristic of a chest of viols. I agree that these works may require multiple listens to fully appreciate but with their contrapunctal intricacies, they contain great depth and beauty that are richly rewarding - reminiscent of the Art of Fugue or the Musical Offering of Bach. The comparison is all the more apt when you consider that Bach would have had many of these composers, especially Josquin, held up to him as models from which to learn the art of counterpoint.

Unmissable recital of early music on early strings .......2005-02-12

This is a marvellous disc, one which sustains, indeed demands repeated listening. It could well be the best thing the veteran fretwork viol ensemble have ever done. These are not dance pieces but songs without words - instrumental arrangements of the Franco-Flemish polyphonic art-songs of the fifteenth century - compiled and arranged by an early sixteenth printer (the first music printer ever in fact), and played on viols which aproximate those used c 1600.
Fretwork outdo themsleves, playing these pieces with an an almost violin- like crispness and precision of attack, and producing a silverly, "throaty" sonority characteristic of viols. In a generous 70 minute+ programme, they skillfully alternate pieces in 3 parts with those scored up to a full 6. This is, if not music expressly intended to 'move' to, then music of gravity and emotion, the distillation of what even in the 1500's was seen as a pioneering age for art music, to be listened to in the same breath as the late Beethoven quartets.

Great instrumental performance.......2002-10-09

I like this CD very much. The only thing that I can say that is bad about it is that it does not have any singing - it has all instrumentals. The beauty of this genre is not readily aparent at first exposure. The tunes are not as "catchy" as those in the frottola genre. However, after several sessions of listening to it, the subtle beauty begins to grow and reveal itself, like a vine growing on a tree trunk. These works are really quite exquisite once you get to know them, lovely like flowers on a vine. The composers are an excellent representation of the genre. I recommend it to singers who have the sheet music and want to use a recording as a study tool. Dr. Marion Ceruti, mezzosoprano

an acquired taste..........2002-02-20

Sorry to say, this music is not my cup of tea. It seems a bit dull and unobtrusive, rarely toe tapping in any shape or form. After a time, I found myself wanting to put on something else. Still, the music is well performed by one of the great early instrument ensembles. I do enjoy music for viols, but this music just may be a bit too "early" for me. If you appreciate this genre, you might wish to audition prior to purchase.

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Odhecaton A: Les Flamboyants

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Josquin Desprez: Salve regina; In te Domini speravi

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Josquin Desprez: Salve regina; In te Domini speravi

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Josquin Desprez: Adieu, mes amours (Chansons)

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Marvelous!
Fabulous viol ensemble too!
500 Years Later, Josquin Still Moves Us

Josquin Desprez: Adieu, mes amours (Chansons)

Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi
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Josquin Desprez: Motets & Chansons

ASIN: B000027O25
Release Date: 1992-02-12

Tracks:

Douleur Me Bat
Adieu Mes Amours
Plusieurs Regretz
Petite Camusette
Mille Regretz
Mille Regretz
En Non Saichant
J'Ay Bien Cause
Nimphes, Nappes
Ile Fantazies
La Plus Des Plus
Plus N'Estes Ma Maistresse
Cueurs Desolez
Plaine De Dueil
Fortuna Desperata
Faulte D'Argent
Cueur Langoreulx
Fors Seulement
Je Me Complains
Si Congie Prens
Tenez Moy En Vos Bras
El Grillo
Si J'Ay Perdu Mon Amy
Parfons Regretz
Vous L'Arez S'Il Vous Plaist
Allegez Moy
Deploration Sur La Mort De Johannes Ockeghem (Nymphes Des Bois)

Customer Reviews:

Marvelous! .......2006-12-13

This album gives you Josquin's songs in a pure, unfiltered, powerful experience. The songs are mostly dark, both in the text and in music. (Example: The first song's title, "Douleur me bat" = Pain strikes me).
Yet, Josquin's harmonies are heart-rending , and the more you pay attention to how the various voices interact, the more wonder-struck will you be. It is so sublimely beautiful, that it hurts.
This is music of yearning, shadows and reverence.
To me it has provided life-changing experiences (in plural!). Highly recommended!

Fabulous viol ensemble too!.......2004-04-23

I have two copies of this CD. Dominiqe Visse and the Ensemble Clement Janequin have the viol ensemble Les Elements play with them and they have about 5 tracks of their own. These are some of the best versions of these pieces available. Yes there are some flaws - it sound like something clunks against one of the viols on one track, but they are truly sublime interpretations of these well known pieces. Give it a try. I have only found one other recording of Les Elements. Do other reviewers know of any?

500 Years Later, Josquin Still Moves Us.......2000-12-20

This is a lovely recording of the chansons of the Renaissance Flemish composer Josquin Desprez--but not all are sung. Alternating with the vocal selections are instrumental versions for solo lute or viol consort, which instruments also double some of the singing. The resultant timbral variety is very nice, and the effect is very much as a musical evening in the Renaissance was likely to be. The tone quality of the Ensemble Clement Janequin is wonderful, deep and rich, but appropriately so. Only very rarely do the higher voices devolve into the "hooting" quality all too often heard when performers strive too hard for purity of tone without vibrato. And I would have given this 5 stars, but the perfectionist in me noticed a few moments where intonation was not what it should be in a studio recording. Casual listeners will likely not notice, as they are minor flaws indeed; and certainly the CD is well worth hearing in spite of them. Particularly notable are the performances of the well-known El Grillo and Deploration sur la mort de Johannes Ockeghem. I am surprised that this CD does not have translations of the texts; this seems a real shame, especially given the important relationship between the text and music, and the liner notes are rather slim. But for the music contained within, I strongly recommend this recording.