Cappella Pratensis, Stratton Bull
Release Date: 06 May 2022
Label: Challenge Classics
Packaging Type: Super Jewel Case (SACD)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 608917287929
Description
The third instalment in one of Challenge Classics most successful projects: five recordings of music drawn from the Den Bosch Choirbook. This volume contains Nicolas Champion's Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena which was composed in the early years of the 16th Century.
The relatively rare Masses that celebrate saints other than the Virgin Mary were usually composed in response to an individual's or an institution's particular devotional interest. There is good reason to believe that Nicolas Champion composed his Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena expressly for Margaret of Austria, whose devotion to Mary Magdalene is well known. Champion (c. 1475-1533) worked for the Habsburg-Burgundian chapel from 1501 to 1524; this Mass was probably written between 1507 and 1515.
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
"A fascinating exploration of performance practice and the role of improvisation in early music, but most important of all, the resulting recording is strikingly splendid."
"If I hear anything that pleases me more all year I shall be surprised." – GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE
"A fascinating exploration of performance practice and the role of improvisation in early music, but most important of all, the resulting recording is strikingly splendid." - Gramophone, Editor's Choice (July 2022)
Gaude Virgo! - Pierre de la Rue: Missa Cum jocunditate (CC72877)
'The five-part series about the Den Bosch choirbooks starts with a de la Rue-Mass of disarmingly high quality: sympathetically brought to life by Stratton Bull and Cappella Pratensis in the literal sense of the word.' - Klassik.com
Ezekiel's Eagle - Jean Mouton: Missa Tua est potentia (CC72789)
Gramophone Editor's Choice: 'Jean Mouton's music shaped and sung superbly.'
Tracklisting
The Counterpoints
Narratio Quartet
Aart Bergwerff
Roberto Prosseda
Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Dejan Lazic, Jan Willem de Vriend
Ton Koopman
Duo Saraswati
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Cappella Pratensis & Stratton Bull
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