Ockeghem: Missa Prolationum

Ockeghem: Missa Prolationum / Marian Motets

Hilliard Ensemble - Paul Hillier
EMI "Reflexe" CDC7 49798

Reissued as: Virgin Veritas Edition 61484

Contents:

Missa Prolationum à 4

1. Kyrie eleison I
2. Christe eleison
3. Kyrie eleison II
4. Gloria
5. Credo
6. Sanctus
7. Pleni sunt coeli
8. Osanna
9. Benedictus
10. Agnus Dei I
11. Agnus Dei II/III
12. Alma redemptoris mater à 4
13. Salve regina à 4
14. Intemerata Dei mater à 5
15. Ave Maria à 4
16. Salve regina à 4

Performers: David James (alto), Ashley Stafford (alto), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), John Potter (tenor), Mark Padmore (tenor), Gordon Jones (baritone), Paul Hillier (bass), David Beavan (bass)

Playing time: 68'

Recording site and date:
Boxgrove Priory, Chichester, UK [04/1988];
Rel.: 1989

Excerpts:
[10] EMI Classics 0946 3 61524 2 4 Music of the Renaissance: The Da Vinci Collection

This is an all-male vocal performance. The Missa Prolationum is one of Ockeghem's most famous masses, constructed entirely in canon. As such, it is a unique example of the period and continued to be admired for its technical means for several decades.

This recording also includes Ockeghem's complete surviving motets, and indeed item #13 is now thought not to be by Ockeghem. These motets show a great formal imagination and contrapuntal prowess, yet remain accessible.

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