Choral, Masses, Ockeghem (composer)
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The centrepiece here is Ockeghem's L'homme armé Mass. It may be one of his earliest Masses, dating perhaps from the early 1450s. It's also one of his most curious. For the most part it lies... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Top billing goes to the Requiem, Ockeghem's most widely recorded work, and perhaps his most enigmatic piece, stylistically very wide-ranging and diverse. Aesthetic judgement is hard to pass,... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1997, Winner - Early Music
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The Mass is enormous, even lacking a Kyrie, but the superb Capilla Flamenca, no strangers to this repertoire or to this composer, separate the sections with a series of motets and songs in exuberant,... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Early Music
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The landscape angle is slightly odd…Luckily some real landscaping can be heard in Hesdin’s motet ‘Parasti’ where the performers shape the form and contour the dynamics splendidly. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Early Music
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Sorensen achieves a convincing transition between the two styles, using the plainchant as a kind of mediation...Sorensen specifies the positioning of the choir and individual voices: the outstanding... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2012, Choral & Song Choice
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This is a recording that was waiting to happen: to do full justice to Ockeghem's famous Mass designed for performance 'on whatever tone you choose', you really need to hear several complete... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2008, Editor's Choice
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There is plenty of lovely piano-playing here, from a fleet-footed Bach Chromatic Fantasy to an architecturally conceived Isolde’s Liebestod, which is my personal highlight. The choices of repertoire... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2019
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Gramophone Awards, 1984, Winner - Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance)
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Basevi Codex, Music At the Court of Margaret of Austria
Dorothee Mields (performer), Boreas Quartett Bremen
The brilliant Dorothee Mields and the excellent Boreas Quartett Bremen take us on a fascinating musical journey through time and inspire us with their high art of interpretation, with a perfect... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Winner - Early Music
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