Portuguese Polyphony

Portuguese Polyphony
Ars Nova Ensemble - Bo Holten
Naxos 8.553310

Contents:

    Manuel Cardoso (1566-1650)
  1. Lamentatio
  2. Magnificat secundi toni

    3. Duarte Lobo (c.1565-1646)
  3. Audivi vocem de caelo
  4. Pater peccavi

    5. Filipe de Magalhães (c.1571-1652)
  5. Vidi aquam

    6. Missa O Soberana luz
  6. Kyrie
  7. Gloria
  8. Credo
  9. Sanctus
  10. Benedictus
  11. Agnus Dei
  12. Commissa mea pavesco

    13. Manuel da Fonseca (fl.c.1540)
  13. Beata viscera

    14. Bartolomeo Trosylho (c.1500-c.1567)
  14. Circumdederunt me

    15. Pedro de Escobar (c.1465-1535)
  15. Clamabat autem mulier

Playing time: 63'

Recording date: October 1992

Cardoso, Lobo & Magalhães were all students of Manuel Mendes (c.1547-1605) at Évora cathedral. Pedro de Escobar was famous in an earlier period, and only recently identified as of Portuguese origin.

The present collection is highly recommended, regardless of price, as an introduction to this repertory.

Some other recordings by this ensemble:

Lassus: Lagrime di San Pietro
Ars Nova Ensemble - Bo Holten
Naxos 8.553311
Winds and Voices at the Court of Christian III
Ars Nova / Copenhagen Cornets and Sackbutts - Bo Holten
Da Capo 8.224029
Josquin: Missa de Beata Virgine
w/Motets & Chansons
Ensemble Ars Nova - Bo Holten
Kontrapunkt 32110
Sacred Music From The Court Of Christian IV
Ensemble Ars Nova - Bo Holten
Kontrapunkt 32100
Gombert: Sacred Music
Vocal Group Ars Nova - Bo Holten
Kontrapunkt 32038
La Rue: Missa l'Homme armé / Gombert: Motets
Ensemble Ars Nova - Bo Holten
Kontrapunkt 32008
Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah / Motets / Keyboard works
Ars Nova Ensemble - Bo Holten / Mortensen (harpsichord)
Kontrapunkt 32003
La Rue: Requiem / Wert: Motets
Ensemble Ars Nova - Bo Holten
Kontrapunkt 32001
Byrd: Motets
Vocal Group Ars Nova - Paul Hillier
VAN 01
Obrecht: Church Music
Vocal Group Ars Nova - Paul Hillier
VAN 02
Taverner & Tudor Music II
Gloria tibi Trinitas
Ars Nova Copenhagen - Paul Hillier
Da Capo 8.226056
Schütz: Weihnachtshistorie / Auferstehungshistorie
Ars Nova Copenhagen - Paul Hillier
Da Capo 8.226058
Schütz: Die Sieben Worte Jesu Christe am Kreuz
Ars Nova Copenhagen - Paul Hillier
Da Capo 8.226093
Ockeghem: Missa pro defunctis / Sorenson: Fragments of Requiem
Ars Nova, Copenhagen - Paul Hillier
Dacapo 6.220571

In addition, there have been several recordings devoted to genres outside of early music.

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Todd M. McComb