Cheap Codex Speciálník (Music) (Alexander Agricola, Anonymous, Gregorian Chant, Gontrasek, Josquin Desprez, Petrus de Grudziadz, John Plummer, Johannes Touront) Price
CHEAP-PRICE.NET ’s Cheap Price
Here at Cheap-price.net we have Codex Speciálník at a terrific price. The real-time price may actually be cheaper — click “Buy Now” above to check the live price at Amazon.com.
| ARTIST: | Alexander Agricola, Anonymous, Gregorian Chant, Gontrasek, Josquin Desprez, Petrus de Grudziadz, John Plummer, Johannes Touront |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Ecm Records |
| FEATURES: | Original recording reissued |
| TYPE: | Chamber Music & Recitals, Choral, Choral Music, Classical, Classical Artists, Classical Music, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music, Motet, Sacred Choral Music, Western European Chant |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | Exordium quadruplate; Nate dei; Concrepet; Verbum caro, Tria sunt munera; Videntes stellam; Reges Tharsis, In natali domini, Sophia nascitur; O quam pulchra; Magi videntes, Congaudemus pariter; En lux immensa, Magnim miraculum, Nobis est natus, Salve mater gracie, Christus iam surrexit; Terra tremuit; Angelus domini; Surrexit Christus, Presulem ephebeatum, Paraneuma eructemus, Presidiorum erogatrix, Pneuma eucaristiarum; Veni vere illustrator; Dator eya; Paraclito tripudia, Terrigenarum plasmator, Pulcherrima rosa, Chorus iste, Bud' buohu chvala cest, O virens virginum, Kyrie Petite Camusette, Gloria Petite Camusette, Tota pulchra es, Credo Petite Camusette, Ave pura tu puella, Sanctus Petite Camusette, Ave Maria |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 028944780727 |
Related Products
Customer Reviews of Codex Speciálník
a mixed bag Like many of the Hilliard Ensemble's ECM discs, there is a passionlessness and stylistic homogeneity about much of the singing here that makes it quite an effort to get through much of this disc in one sitting. David James's affected countertenor in particular gets tiring on the ear. But the reason why this still gets 4 stars is that this is a fascinating collection of widely divergent pieces, from tangled Ars Nova polyphony through shimmeringly beautiful, more static mid-15th century pieces such as John Plummer's "Tota Pulchra Es" and the gorgeous anonymous "Magnum Miraculum", all the way through to the more familiar Renaissance masters like Josquin and Agricola. The Hilliards' reading of the Josquin warhorse "Ave Maria" is slow, empty and totally lacking forward momentum: you wonder why they bothered recording it if they were as bored with it as they sound. But they save their most vital performances for the astonishing anonymous "Missa Petite Camusette", which alone justifies the exorbitant ECM price. Whoever this composer was, it was no hack. The original Ockeghem melody is masterfully treated in rich, imitative textures, full of yearning melodic flourishes, and slow moving, but poised harmonies based on the cantus firmus. If you prefer your Renaissance polyphony artificially flavoured with Kenny G, stay well away from this disc. If you want a fascinating tour through the polyphonic backwaters of the Renaissance, get this.
Uninspiring
There is some beautiful music here, beautifully performed. The problem is that none of it is as truly haunting as such music can be at its best. Istead, the disc feels a bit too much like an academic exercise: going through an overly long selection of pieces without paying enough attention to the cumulative emotional effect.
If you are new to sacred early music this is not the place to start. For that, I would recommend "Perotin" also by the Hilliard Ensemble, or some Hildegard of Bingen (particularly "A Feather on the Breath of God"). For something a bit more challenging try "Mnemosyne" by the Hilliards with saxophonist Jan Garbarek.These will give you a much better sense of how a single disc from this genre can provide a moving listening experience.