A History of Music, vol. 8

Messes et Motets de la Renaissance (1500-1600 / Renaissance Masses and Motets (1500-1600)
Musique sacrée de la Renaissance / Renaissance Sacred Music
Various performers
Harmonia Mundi "Century" HMX 290 8170 [CD]

Contents:

    La Messe, Apogée de la Polyphonie Franco-Flamande
    The Mass, the Peak of Franco-Flemish Polyphony

    Josquin Desprez: Missa "Pange Lingua"
  1. Kyrie
  2. Gloria

    3. Pierre de La Rue: Missa "L'Homme armé"
  3. Kyrie
  4. Gloria

    5. Clément Janequin: Messe "La Bataille"
  5. Credo

    6. Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina: Missa "Viri Galilaei"
  6. Gloria
  7. Agnus Dei I
    Agnus Dei II

    8. William Byrd: Mass for 4 Voices
  8. Kyrie
  9. Gloria

    10. Claudio Monteverdi: Missa "In illo tempore"
  10. Sanctus
  11. Benedictus

    12. La Renaissance du Motet
    The Renaissance Motet

    Josquin Desprez
  12. Motet: Salve Regina

    13. Thomas Tallis
  13. Salvator mundi

    14. Roland de Lassus: Hieremiae prophetae lamentationes
  14. Lamentatio tertia, tertii Diei (Sabbato sancto, Lectio III)

    15. Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina
  15. Motet: Viri Galilaei

    16. Carlo Gesualdo
  16. Ave, dulcissima Maria

    17. Chansons et Psaumes de la Réforme
    Songs and Psalms of the Reformation

    Paschal de l'Estocart
  17. Réveillez vous chacun fidèle

    18. Roland de Lassus
  18. Quand mon mari s'en va dehors

    19. Claude Goudimel
  19. Apres avoir constamment attendu

    20. Claudin de Sermisy
  20. Tant que vivray en aege florissant

    21. Thomas Tallis
  21. Third Tune for Archbishop Parker's Psalter: "why fum'th in sight"
  22. Eighth Tune for Archbishop Parker's Psalter: "Tallis' Cannon"

Playing time: 76' 39"

Compilation:
Harmonia Mundi "Century" HMX 290 8163 / 72 [CDx10] Century I: Toute la Musique Ancienne - Ancient Music

Excerpts:
[1]-[2] Harmonia Mundi HMC 1239 [LP] Josquin: Missa Pange lingua
[3]-[4] Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1296 [CD] La Rue: Messa L'Homme armé
[5] Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1536 [CD] Janequin: Messes La Bataille / L'Aveuglé Dieu
[6]-[7], [15] Harmonia Mundi HMC 1388 [CD] Palestrina: Missa Viri Galilaei - Motet - Magnificat
[8]-[9] Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7723 [CD] Byrd: The Three Masses
[10]-[11] Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1355 [CD] Monteverdi: Missa "In illo tempore" / Messa a quattro voci
[12] Harmonia Mundi HMC 1243 [LP] Josquin: Stabat Mater and Motets
[13], [21]-[22] Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7154 [CD] Tallis: Lamentations, Motets, String Music
[14] Harmonia Mundi HMC 1299 [LP] Lassus: Lamentations of Jeremiah
[16] Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1320 [CD] Gesualdo: Sabbati Sancto - Responsoria
[17]-[20] Harmonia Mundi HMC 1672 [CD] Psaumes et Chansons de la Réforme

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Pierre-F. Roberge