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Notes and Editorial Reviews
This program of five motets and sixteen chansons is presented as a collection of the composer's six-part works. In fact, besides its acknowledged omission of Praeter rerum seriem, it ignores ten more six-part motets in the Smijers edition, of which The New Grove works-list downgrades four to the doubtful category (the others have more or less claim to authenticity, a big debate among Josquin scholars). On the other hand, only nine of the chansons are six-voice pieces, and one of those is doubtful.
The King's Singers, who have recently moved to their new label, offer music more rarefied than their usual popular collections, demonstrating an affinity with other Oxbridge graduates who currently dominate the English early-music
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scene. The six male voices are nicely balanced, as usual, and their idiomatic interpretations are quite satisfactory. The five-voiced lament for Ockeghem and the four-voiced Mille regretz are among the more familiar items, while O virgo prudentissima seems to be a first recording. The sound is clear, the notes by David Fallows are useful, and texts come with translation. This is a good addition to the Josquin shelf, hardly too crowded anyway.
-- J. F. Weber, FANFARE [5/1994]
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Works on This Recording
1.
Benedicta es, celorum regina by Josquin Des Préz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
King's Singers
Period: Renaissance
Written: by 1520; France
2.
Vous l'arez, s'il vous plaist by Josquin Des Préz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
King's Singers
Period: Renaissance
Written: France
3.
Vous ne l'aurez pas by Josquin Des Préz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
King's Singers
Period: Renaissance
Written: France
4.
A la mort by Josquin Des Préz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
King's Singers
Period: Renaissance
5.
O virgo virginum by Josquin Des Préz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
King's Singers
Period: Renaissance
6.
Nymphes, nappés by Josquin Des Préz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
King's Singers
Period: Renaissance
Written: France
7.
En l'ombre d'un buissonet by Josquin Des Préz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
King's Singers
Period: Renaissance
Written: France
8.
Regretz sans fin by Josquin Des Préz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
King's Singers
Period: Renaissance
Written: France
9.
Allégez moy, doulce plaisant brunette by Josquin Des Préz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
King's Singers
Period: Renaissance
Written: France
10.
Absolve, quaesumus, Domine/Requiem aeternam by Josquin Des Préz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
King's Singers
Period: Renaissance
Written: France
11.
Pour souhaitter by Josquin Des Préz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
King's Singers
Period: Romantic
Written: France
12.
Mille regretz by Josquin Des Préz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
King's Singers
13.
Se congié prens by Josquin Des Préz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
King's Singers
Period: Renaissance
Written: France
14.
Ce povre mendiant by Josquin Des Préz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
King's Singers
Period: Renaissance
15.
O virgo prudentissima by Josquin Des Préz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
King's Singers
Period: Renaissance
16.
Petite camusette by Josquin Des Préz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
King's Singers
Period: Renaissance
Written: France
17.
Nymphes des bois "La déploration de Johannes Ockeghem" by Josquin Des Préz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
King's Singers
Period: Renaissance
18.
En l'ombre d'un buissonet by Josquin Des Préz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
King's Singers
Period: Renaissance
Written: France
19.
Baisez moy, ma doulce amye by Josquin Des Préz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
King's Singers
Period: Renaissance
Written: France
20.
Pater noster by Josquin Des Préz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
King's Singers
Period: Renaissance
21.
Ave Maria by Josquin Des Préz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
King's Singers
Period: Renaissance
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