Gombert - Missa Media Vita

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Gombert - Missa Media VitaOpis:Biographical details on Nicolas Gombert are scant. Born shortly before 1500, probably in southern Flanders, there is some evidence that he was a pupil of Josquin Desprez. As a member of the chapel choir of Charles V in Spain from 1526 onwards he travelled the Empire widely. He seems to have been an unofficial court composer, and contemporaries praised him as one of the most outstanding masters. He bridges the generations between Josquin and the latest masters of renaissance polyphony, Lassus and Palestrina, his remarkable output including masses, motets, chansons and eight sets of Magnificats.

Gombert's six-part motet Media Vita is an undisputed masterwork, showing a characteristic tendency toward dark colours. Most obvious is the elaborate imitation technique relinquishing any unnecessary ornamentation, melodic word-painting or demonstrative structuring. The five-voice Missa Media Vita is based on this motet, each movement beginning with the initial material and borrowing several details from the former piece. This new recording is The Hilliard Ensemble's 22nd ECM album. The collaboration between the world-famous English a cappella group and ECM began in 1986 with Arvo Pärt's 'Arbos' and led to acclaimed artistic achievements and great successes in old and new music alike, especially their vastly popular projects with improvising saxophonist Jan Garbarek, 'Officium' and 'Mnemosyne'. With the present Gombert disc the Hilliards, augmented by tenor Andreas Hirtreiter and bass Robert Macdonald, continue their comprehensive research into Medieval and Renaissance polyphony that has included works by Perotin, Machaut, Gesualdo, Lassus and others. Recorded 2002 Personnel: The Hilliard Ensemble: David James - (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump - (tenor), Steven Harrold - (tenor), Andreas Hirtreiter - (tenor), Gordon Jones - (baritone), Robert Macdonald - (bass)Autor:The Hilliard EnsembleNośnik:Audio CDPłyt:Język: English: Published; EnglishData wydania: 2008-12-19Waga: 0.18 gramWysokość: 0.6 cmSzerokość: 5 cmDługość: 5.6 cmNew Store StockUWAGA: Kupując produkt na tej aukcji zgadzasz się na wydłużony termin realizacji wysyłki (10-14 dni roboczych). Podany towar pochodzi z zagranicznego magazynu, stąd wydłużony czas realizacji który podany jest obok.