Josquin: Motets & Mass movements
David Stuart (bass), The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice
The ensemble’s sound is clean and ingenuous throughout: boyish sopranos and altos are balanced by fresh-voiced tenors and basses, intonation is nigh flawless, the recording limpid. Stephen Rice...
Josquin: Motets & Mass movements
David Stuart (bass), The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice
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The ensemble’s sound is clean and ingenuous throughout: boyish sopranos and altos are balanced by fresh-voiced tenors and basses, intonation is nigh flawless, the recording limpid. Stephen Rice...
About
Biographical and musicological certainties may be in short supply in the life and work of Josquin, but there’s no gainsaying the magnificence of the music recorded here: a programme of shorter works, most in unusual guise, to celebrate his 500th anniversary.
Contents and tracklist
- The Brabant Ensemble
- Stephen Rice
- The Brabant Ensemble
- Stephen Rice
- The Brabant Ensemble
- Stephen Rice
- The Brabant Ensemble
- Stephen Rice
- The Brabant Ensemble
- Stephen Rice
- The Brabant Ensemble
- Stephen Rice
- The Brabant Ensemble
- Stephen Rice
- The Brabant Ensemble
- Stephen Rice
- David Stuart (bass)
- The Brabant Ensemble
- Stephen Rice
- The Brabant Ensemble
- Stephen Rice
Awards and reviews
March 2021
The ensemble’s sound is clean and ingenuous throughout: boyish sopranos and altos are balanced by fresh-voiced tenors and basses, intonation is nigh flawless, the recording limpid. Stephen Rice and his singers subtly capture the emotional and spiritual gamut of these works...Rice’s detailed liner notes, which include a summary of the scholarly debates surrounding the spurious works, wrap up this treasurable anniversary disc.
March 2021
The performances are clear and legible but a touch over-cautious; in the longer pieces, rival versions pull off faster tempos to better effect...A qualified recommendation, then; but this rarely heard Josquin has much to tell us.