The Art of the Netherlands

The Art of the Netherlands
The Early Music Consort of London - David Munrow
EMI (His Master's Voice) SLS 5049 (box) (LPs: OC 189 06202-4Q or ASD 3229-3231) [LPx3]
Seraphim SIC-6104 [quadrophonic LPx3]

Contents:

    Volume I Secular Songs (LP-1)

    Josquin Desprez
  1. Villotta: Scaramella va alla guerra

    2. Josquin Desprez / Anon., 16th c.
  2. Chanson: Allegez moy, doulce plaisant brunette
      Josquin Desprez
    1. Original six-part chanson

      2. Anon., 16th c.
    2. Lute duet

    3. Josquin Desprez
  3. Frottola: El grillo è buon cantore

    4. Heinrich Isaac
  4. Quodlibet: Donna di dentro della tua casa

    5. Hayne van Ghizeghem / Josquin Desprez / Alexander Agricola
  5. Rondeau: De tous biens plaine
      Hayne van Ghizeghem:
    1. Original three-part chanson

      2. Josquin Desprez:
    2. Four-part instrumental version

      3. Alexander Agricola:
    3. Three-part instrumental version I
    4. Three-part instrumental version II

    6. Antoine Brumel, adapt. from Johannes Ockeghem:
  6. Rondeau: Du tout plongiet / Fors seulement l'attente

    7. ----
    Anon., ca 1500
  7. Mijn morken gaf mij een jonck wijff

    8. Johannes Ghiselin (Verbonnet):
  8. Ghy syt die werste boven al

    9. Jacobus Barbireau / ascr. Paul Hofhaimer / Jacob Obrecht
  9. Ein fröhlich wesen
      Jacques Barbireau (or Jacob Isaac, or Jacob Obrecht):
    1. Original three-part chanson)

      2. Paul Hofhaimer (ascr.):
    2. Keyboard solo

      3. Jacob Obrecht:
    3. Four-part chanson

    10. Johannes Ockeghem
  10. Canon à 3: Prenez sur moi vostre exemple amoureux
  11. Virelai: Ma bouche rit

    12. Josquin Desprez:
  12. Guillaume se va

    13. Josquin Desprez / Anon., 16th c.
  13. Adieu mes amours
      Josquin Desprez
    1. Original four-part chanson

      2. Anon., 16th c.
    2. Keyboard solo version

    14. Antoine Busnois / Alexander Agricola / Josquin Desprez
  14. Fortuna desperata
      Antoine Brumel:
    1. Original three-part chanson

      2. Alexander Agricola:
    2. Six-part version

      3. Anon. (form. attr. to Josquin Desprez):
    3. Three-part instrumental version

    15. Volume II Instrumental Music (LP-2)

    Anon., late 15th c.
  15. Heth sold ein meisken garn om win

    16. Heinrich Isaac
  16. A la battaglia

    17. Anon., ca 1500
  17. T'Andernaken

    18. Hayne van Ghizeghem:
  18. A la audienche

    19. Antoine Brumel
  19. Vray Dieu d'amours

    20. Anon., early 16th c.
  20. Two lute dances
    1. Ain niederlandisch Runden Danz
    2. Ein Niderlendisch Tenzlein

    21. Anon., late 15th c.
  21. La guercia

    22. Alexander Agricola:
  22. Comme femme desconfortée

    23. Josquin Després:
  23. Vive le roy

    24. Anon. (form. ascr. to Josquin):
  24. La Spagna

    25. Jacob Obrecht
  25. Tsaat een meskin

    26. Anon., 16th c.
  26. Est-il conclu par un arrêt d'amour?

    27. Josquin Després / Francesco Spinacino
  27. La Bernadina
      Josquin Després
    1. Instrumental tricinium

      2. Spinacino:
    2. Lute duet
    28. ----

    Mass Movements

    Johannes Tinctoris: Missa "Sine nomine"
  28. Kyrie

    29. Antoine Brumel: Missa "Et ecce terrae motus"
  29. Gloria

    30. Josquin Desprez: Missa "De tous biens"
  30. Credo super

    31. Pierre de la Rue: Missa "Ave sanctissima Maria"
  31. Sanctus

    32. Heinrich Isaac: Missa "La bassadanza"
  32. Agnus Dei

    33. Volume III Motets (LP-3)

    Jacob Obrecht
  33. Motet: Haec Deum caeli

    34. Loyset Compère (or Juan Anchieta, or Francisco de Peñalosa)
  34. Motet: O bone Jesu

    35. Josquin Desprez
  35. Motet: De Profundis (à 5)
  36. Motet: Benedicta es caelorum regina

    37. Jean Mouton
  37. Motet: Nesciens mater virgo virum

    38. Anon. (form. attr. to Josquin Desprez)
  38. Motet: Inviolata, integra et casta es, Maria

    39. ----
    Johannes Ockeghem
  39. Motet: Intemerata Dei mater

    40. Jacob Obrecht
  40. Motet: Laudemus nunc Dominum

    41. Pierre de la Rue or Philippe Verdelot
  41. Motet: Ave sanctissima Maria

Performers:
The Early Music Consort of London
Sally Dunkley (soprano), Rosemary Hardy (soprano), James Bowman (counter-tenor), Charles Brett (counter-tenor), David James (counter-tenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), Paul Elliott (tenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Leigh Nixon (tenor), John Potter (tenor), Ian Thompson (tenor), Geoffrey Shaw (baritone), Maurice Bevan (baritone), Terry Edwards (bass), David Munrow (soprano recorder, treble recorder, alto recorder, bass recorder, tenor dulcian), Alan Lumsden (alto recorder, tenor sackbut), Andrew van der Beek (alto recorder, bass dulcian), Michael Laird (cornett), Roger Brenner (alto sackbut), Eleanor Sloan (treble rebec), Nigel North (tenor rebec, bass viol, lute), Trevor Jones (tenor rebec, bass rebec, bass viol), Oliver Brookes (fiddle, bass rebec, bass viol), James Tyler (tenor viol, guitar, lute), Robert Spencer (lute), Christopher Hogwood (harp, regal, organ), David Corkhill (tambourine), Peter Goodwin, Polly Waterfield
David Munrow, dir.

Playing time: ??' ??"

Recording site and date:
Abbey Road Studios, London, England [02 & 04/1975];
Rel.: 1976

Excerpts:
[1]-[3], [5]-[6], [9]-[11], [13]-[14], [18], [20], [22], [24], [26]-[32], [34]-[41] EMI Classics Reflexe CMS 764215 2 [CDx2] The Art of Netherlands
[1], [3], [11] EMI Classics 0946 3 61524 2 4 Music of the Renaissance: The Da Vinci Collection
[1]-[14], [28]-[41] Virgin Classics Veritas 7243 5 61334 2 6 [CDx2] The Art of Netherlands
[24] Virgin Classics 0946 356902 2 4 [CD] Music from the time of the Crusades (1096 - 1270).

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 217-27 (may 1977)
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 54/642-861 (nov. 1976)
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):

Comments:
Information from LPs (EMI).
One of Munrow's famous editions.... A well documented booklet (28 pp.).

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