Huelgas Ensemble – The Magic of Polyphony (2020) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

The Belgian Huelgas Ensemble under the direction of its founder Paul Van Nevel has been setting standards with its recordings of vocal music. Their new album “The Magic of Polyphony” is a 3 album set celebrating the magical vocal polyphony that flourished in Europe during the Middle Ages and Renaissance featuring many unknown pieces by anonymous and unjustly forgotten composers, but also those by the great masters of polyphony – among others, Orlandus Lassus, Nicolas Gombert, Cipriano de Rore, Pierre de Manchicourt and Pierre de la Rue. The recordings were made during the concerts given by Paul Van Nevel and his ensemble at their own Festival de Pentecôte 2019 in a small village called Talant in France. The highlights of the six concerts are featured on this album.

Tracklist

1. Huelgas Ensemble – Bel Acueil, rondeau à 3
2. Huelgas Ensemble – Obligo sopra Ave Maris Stella à 4
3. Huelgas Ensemble – Triste depart, chanson à 5
4. Huelgas Ensemble – Sanctus “Sub tuum presidium” à 4
5. Huelgas Ensemble – Tres dous compains, chasse à 3
6. Huelgas Ensemble – Miserere michi Domine: Agnus Dei à 8
7. Huelgas Ensemble – Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae à 8
8. Huelgas Ensemble – De Lamentatione Jeremiae Prophetae à 8
9. Huelgas Ensemble – In exitu Israel organum purum à 2
10. Huelgas Ensemble – Sanctus Vineus à 4
11. Huelgas Ensemble – Io piango o filli, madrigal à 5
12. Huelgas Ensemble – Andreas Christi famulus, motet à 8
13. Huelgas Ensemble – Que null’étoile sur nous; chanson à 3 & 5
14. Huelgas Ensemble – Missa Dominicalis: Agnus Dei à 4
15. Huelgas Ensemble – Voi ch’ascoltate, madrigal à 5
16. Huelgas Ensemble – Missa Tempore Paschali: Agnus Dei à 6 & 8
17. Huelgas Ensemble – Cum martelli, ballatà à 3
18. Huelgas Ensemble – Virga Jesse in E Minor, WAB 52, motet à 4
19. Huelgas Ensemble – Il m’est si grief, rondeau à 3
20. Huelgas Ensemble – Dissimulare etiam sperasti à 5, 6 & 7
21. Huelgas Ensemble – Vox in Rama, motet à 4
22. Huelgas Ensemble – Faulte d’argent, chanson à 8
23. Huelgas Ensemble – O Radix Jesse, isorhythmic motet à 4
24. Huelgas Ensemble – Ach Elselein, liebes Elselein, chanson à 2
25. Huelgas Ensemble – Tota pulchra es, perpetuum mobile à 5
26. Huelgas Ensemble – Ce qu’on fait à quatimini, rondeau à 3
27. Huelgas Ensemble – Regina Caeli, motet à 12
28. Huelgas Ensemble – Pis ne me peult venir, chanson à 5
29. Huelgas Ensemble – Lamentationes feria sexta in parasceve à 5: I. Lamentatio prima
30. Huelgas Ensemble – Lamentationes feria sexta in parasceve à 5: II. Lamentatio secunda
31. Huelgas Ensemble – Lamentationes feria sexta in parasceve à 5: III. Lamentatio tertia