La Rue: Missa Iste confessor domini

Missa Iste confessor domini
Works by La Rue, Paiva, Buus, Carreira
Musurgia Ensemble - João Francisco Távora
Coviello Classics 92603 [CD]

Contents:

  1. Missa Iste confessor Domini - Kyrie Ia
  2. Missa Iste confessor Domini - Kyrie Ib
  3. Missa Iste confessor Domini - Kyrie Ic
  4. Missa Iste confessor Domini - Christe Ia
  5. Missa Iste confessor Domini - Christe Ib
  6. Missa Iste confessor Domini - Christe Ic
  7. Missa Iste confessor Domini - Kyrie IIa
  8. Missa Iste confessor Domini - Kyrie IIb
  9. Missa Iste confessor Domini - Kyrie IIc
  10. Missa Iste confessor Domini - Gloria in excelsis Deo
  11. Missa Iste confessor Domini - Qui tollis peccata mundi
  12. Heliodor de Paiva (1502-1552): Verso do 4 Tom
  13. Missa Iste confessor Domini - Credo in unum Deum
  14. Missa Iste confessor Domini - Et incarnatus est
  15. Missa Iste confessor Domini - Et ascendit
  16. Jacques Buus: Ricercar sexto
  17. Missa Iste confessor Domini - Sanctus
  18. Missa Iste confessor Domini - Pleni sunt celi
  19. Missa Iste confessor Domini - Osanna I
  20. Missa Iste confessor Domini - Benedictus
  21. Missa Iste confessor Domini - Qui venit
  22. Missa Iste confessor Domini - In nomine Domini
  23. Missa Iste confessor Domini - Osanna II
  24. António Carreira (d.1599): Tento do 2 Tom por Gsolreut
  25. Anon: Iste confessor domini
  26. Missa Iste confessor Domini - Agnus Dei I
  27. Missa Iste confessor Domini - Agnus Dei II
  28. Missa Iste confessor Domini - Agnus Dei III

Performers: João Francisco Távora (recorders), Sofia Pedro (soprano), Luís Toscano (tenor), Robert Ehrlich (recorders), António Godinho (recorders), Emma Reynaud (recorders)

Playing time: 48'

Recording date: May 2025 (Portugal); released: 2026

The mass cycle survives from manuscript P-Cug MM 2 (Coimbra), as the main basis for this performance. However it also survives, apparently with some technical errors, with the title Missa O quam glorifica luce in manuscripts from Munich & Vienna, there attributed to Antoine Févin. Other than implicitly via the title, no definitive statement on this matter is offered.

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Todd M. McComb