Venite a laudare

Venite a laudare
Obsidienne - Emmanuel Bonnardot, dir.
Opus 111 OPS 30-158

Contents:

    Anon., Italy, 15th c.:
  1. Laude: Venite a laudare

    2. Guillaume Dufay:
  2. Kyrie

    3. Johannes Ciconia:
  3. Gloria: Spiritus et alme

    4. Alexandre Agricola:
  4. Credo: Je ne vis oncques la pareille

    5. Anon., Italy, 15th c.:
  5. Laude: Dal ciel venne messo novello (instr.)
  6. Laude: Stomme allegro e latioso
  7. Laude: Quando signor, Jesú
  8. Laude: Chi vòle lo mundo despraççere
  9. Laude: Benedeto ne sia lo çorno
  10. Laude: Salve regina de misericordia
  11. Laude: Cum desiderio vo cerchando
  12. Laude: Amor dolçe

    13. Anon., Italy, 14-15th c.:
  13. Sanctus

    14. Antoine Brumel:
  14. Motet: Mater Patris

    15. Josquin Desprez:
  15. Agnus Dei: Mater Patris

    16. Anon., Italy, 16th c.:
  16. Motet: Domine, ne in furore tuo
  17. Canon: Ave Maria

    18. Anon.:
  18. Rondeau: Kyrie

Playing time: 56' 12"

Performers:
Obsidienne [Bruno Bonhoure (tenor), Pierre Bourhis (tenor), Pierre Briaud (tenor), Olivier Germond (tenor), Barnabé Janin (tenor), Agostino Magro (tenor), Hervé Maillet (tenor), Emmanuel Bonnardot (baritone), Raphaël Picazos (baritone), Pierre Tessier (baritone), Daniel Sarda (bass), Jérome Verghade (bass), Florence Jacquemart (bagpipe), Hélène Moreau (psaltery), Emmanuel Bonnardot (vielle)] - Emmanuel Bonnardot, dir.

Recording site and date:
Saint Tiburce church, Sergines, France [07/1997]

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 459-96 (may 1999)
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 77/919-104 (october 1999)
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.): 23/1-394 (september/october 1999)
Goldberg (#-p.): 8-99 (fall 1999)

Comments:
Information from owned CD.

Pierre-F. Roberge

The laud of this era is a direct extension of the genre from medieval times. However, by this time, it is sometimes polyphonic and can reuse music from the courtly songs of the era. In addition, some of the famous composers of the time take part in setting lauds. The present recording demonstrates this connection particularly closely by constructing a program featuring many lauds together with some similarly inspired pieces in other genres.

Other recordings devoted primarily to the 15th century Italian laud:

O Yesu Dolce
Laudi italiane del quattrocento
Micrologus
Opus 111 30-169
O Vergin Santa non m'abbandonare
Laudi Veneziane e Fiorentine del XV e XVI secolo
Ensemble Daedalus
Accent 9289
O Stella matutina
Laude di Innocentius Dammonis (1508)
Laura Fabris / Ensemble Vocale Dodecantus / Consort Veneto - Marina Malavasi
Bongiovanni 5614

And another recording mixing the laud proper with more technical music on related themes, including from a somewhat earlier era:

O cieco mondo
Huelgas Ensemble - Paul Van Nevel
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77439

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Todd M. McComb