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Gombert -Masses & Motets - The Sound and The Furyi (3CD)


This album is an event - it really is - mostly because of the way it was recorded and performed. You just can't find anything else this satisfying for Gombert, who, many would say, is solidly in the top 10 of Renaissance composers.

I like the editions that Beauty Farm use. Mostly you notice that finally there are leading tones where phrases cadence, not just in the top voice on occasion or something. There are also dissonances from false relations. I wish I had the expertise to analyse these editions further with ease, so I'd have more to say. Overall, I'd make the observation that the singers appear to be mostly young people who seem to be interested in performing the music in keeping with new findings and understanding of musica ficta. They're not old people still stuck in the past with obsolete ideas about modal purity or something. I hope their forthcoming Ockeghem album is like this one in that respect, and hopefully they go on to record Josquin and Obrecht. Those composers could really benefit from Beauty Farm treatment.



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