A sublime genius
Josquin Desprez died exactly 500 years ago. Tirelessly criss-crossing Europe from one court to another, he was one of the key figures of Franco-Flemish music in the Renaissance. To pay tribute to this major figure in the history of music, harmonia mundi has assembled here some of his most characteristic secular and sacred works. This richly illustrated CD-book places his career in the context of his effervescent times.

Disc 1

Missa de Beata Virgine (Missarum Josquin liber tertius, Ottaviano Petrucci,Fossombrone, 1514)

1Kyrie 3'47
2Gloria 8'01
3Credo 7'15
4Sanctus - Benedictus 5'47
5Agnus Dei 4'54
6Ave Maria
(Mottetti A, Ottaviano Petrucci, Venezia, 1502) 4'38
7Stabat mater dolorosa
(Mottetti de la corona, libro tertio, Ottaviano Petrucci, Fossombrone, 1519) 8'01
8Ave nobilissima creatura
(Mottetti de la corona, libro tertio, Ottaviano Petrucci, Fossombrone, 1519) 8'36
9Salve regina à 4
(Vatican, Cappella Sistina, ms. 42, c. 1503) 4'01
10Pater noster - Ave Maria
(Novum et insigne opus musicum, Hieronymus Formschneider, Nürnberg, 1537) 7'03
11De profundis - Requiem æternam
(Motetti libro secondo, Andrea Antico, Venezia, c.1521) 4'28
12Qui habitat à 24
(Cantiones triginta selectissimae, Ulrich Neuber, Nürnberg, 1568) 5'38
Disc 2

Missa Pange lingua
(Missæ tredecim quatuor vocum, Hieronymus Formschneider, Nürnberg, 1539)

1Introït 5'43
2Kyrie 2'42
3Gloria 4'57
4Graduel 6'04
5Alleluia 4'29
6Credo 7'03
7Offertoire 3'09
8Sanctus 6'33
9O Salutaris 1'02
10Agnus Dei 7'04
11Hymne 'Pange lingua' 2'44
In principio erat Verbum
(Secundus tomus novi operis musici, Hieronymus Formschneider, Nürnberg, 1538)

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