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- Original Release Date: 20 Oct 1996
- Format - Music: MP3
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| Song Title | Time | Price | |||
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| 1. Introït "Suscepimus" | 4:59 | Not Available | |||
| 2. Kyrie | 10:11 | Not Available | |||
| 3. Gloria | 5:59 | Not Available | |||
| 4. Graduel "Suscepimus Deus misericordiam tuam" | 5:09 | Not Available | |||
| 5. Alleluia "Adorabo ad templum sanctum" | 2:54 | Not Available | |||
| 6. Credo | 9:39 | Not Available | |||
| 7. Offertoire "Diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis" | 2:34 | Not Available | |||
| 8. Préface "Vere dignum et justum est" | 2:40 | Not Available | |||
| 9. Sanctus | 4:50 | Not Available | |||
| 10. Agnus Dei | 3:27 | Not Available | |||
| 11. Communion "Responsum accepit Symeon" | 2:52 | Not Available | |||
| 12. Ite Missa est / Deo gratias | 1:20 | Not Available |
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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Purists may throw their hand up at Peres's apparently free hand in the phrasing and tempo of this, Machaut's (and arguably the Medieval world's) most famous work, but the gentle pace and Arab-styled melismas on the choral sections make for compelling listening. By dint of the age of the piece, there could never be a version of the Messe de Notre Dame one could describe as 'definitive' and this one squats like a toad of a distinctly different colour among the dozen or so recordings available, but it is beautifully performed - and recorded - by the Ensemble Organum. Recommended simply as an example of just how unusual and sumptuous medieval polyphony can be.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This disc elicited a good deal of musicological huffing and puffing, some of it very knowledgeable, some rather less so but still perceptive, and opinions remain sharply divided. Some of the arguments for the supposed authenticity, or lack of it, underlying the performance choices made here are plausible, others highly conjectural. As it is very difficult to know to what degree performance of this music could feasibly have been influenced by Corsican or Moorish singing, in the end one must simply decide if it sounds artistically appropriate and aesthetically pleasing sung this way.
My instinct is that there is a gross disjuncture between the raw notation and the vocal style adopted. The braying, groaning, sliding and warbling melismata which characterise the interpretation here by the Ensemble Organum seem to me to be to odds with the slender flame-like intensity of the essentially spiritual thrust of what is, after all, a mass. It's all too fussy, too self-regarding and, actually, rather samey once one has got used to the idiom. I am not necessarily saying that only the hooty, choir-boy purity of a modern Oxbridge chapel choir will do, but their way is surely more incongruous. If I want to hear medieval liturgical polyphony sung in traditional Corsican style, I shall turn to the wonderful Barbara Furtuna Ensemble - and for Machaut in what I suspect is a mode closer to his intentions, I return to the bargain Naxos disc by the Oxford Camerata.
My instinct is that there is a gross disjuncture between the raw notation and the vocal style adopted. The braying, groaning, sliding and warbling melismata which characterise the interpretation here by the Ensemble Organum seem to me to be to odds with the slender flame-like intensity of the essentially spiritual thrust of what is, after all, a mass. It's all too fussy, too self-regarding and, actually, rather samey once one has got used to the idiom. I am not necessarily saying that only the hooty, choir-boy purity of a modern Oxbridge chapel choir will do, but their way is surely more incongruous. If I want to hear medieval liturgical polyphony sung in traditional Corsican style, I shall turn to the wonderful Barbara Furtuna Ensemble - and for Machaut in what I suspect is a mode closer to his intentions, I return to the bargain Naxos disc by the Oxford Camerata.
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Ensemble Organum always provide some fascinating interpretations, and this is no exception. Here Machaut's mass is given a strong Corsican flavour in its vocal ornamentation (not Arab, as another reviewer here suggested) - the distinctive melismatic patterns characteristic of that island's song are instantly recognisable. Indeed some of the performers here are also to be heard on Ensemble Organum's Corsican chant from Franciscan manuscripts as well as Polyphonic chants of Corsica.
It's a shame though that the sleeve notes do not contain any explanation as to the thinking behind such a choice of interpretation. Undoubtedly this one is unlikely to be authentic (not that you can demonstrate that any one is more likely than any other, as with any early music), but just sit back and enjoy, as always, beautiful singing from Ensemble Organum.
It's a shame though that the sleeve notes do not contain any explanation as to the thinking behind such a choice of interpretation. Undoubtedly this one is unlikely to be authentic (not that you can demonstrate that any one is more likely than any other, as with any early music), but just sit back and enjoy, as always, beautiful singing from Ensemble Organum.
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