Ensemble De Caeli

Stephen Rice, The Brabant Ensemble - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa Ad coenam Agni (2013)

Stephen Rice, The Brabant Ensemble - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa Ad coenam Agni (2013)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 286 Mb | Total time: 70:37 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | CDA67978 | Recorded: 2012

The Brabant Ensemble, better known for uncovering works by forgotten composers such as Dominique de Phinot, turns to a giant of the Renaissance—perhaps the most celebrated name of the period. Yet within Palestrina’s huge output there are many hidden gems, lacking both recordings and modern performing editions, and it is from among these that the ensemble’s director Stephen Rice has chosen the repertoire for this album. A Mass—Missa Ad coenam Agni, from Palestrina’s first book of Mass-settings—is included, plus antiphons, motets and five Eastertide Offertories. Each work is, as Stephen Rice states in his typically informative booklet notes, ‘a finely crafted addition to the liturgy’.
Capella de la Torre - Vidi Speciosam: A Lady Mass From The 16th Century (2018) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz]

Capella de la Torre, Tiburtina Ensemble - Vidi Speciosam: A Lady Mass From The 16th Century (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 65:21 minutes | 1,12 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

The present recording reconstructs the sound of a Marian Mass in a Spanish convent towards the end of the 16th century: plainchant performed by women’s voices alternates with polyphonic works featuring a combination of women’s voices and instruments, together with a number of instrumental movements.
Huelgas Ensemble - The Magic of Polyphony (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Huelgas Ensemble - The Magic of Polyphony (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 02:38:38 minutes | 2,6 GB
Classical | Label: Deutsche harmonia mundi, Official Digital Download

The Belgian Huelgas Ensemble under the direction of its founder Paul Van Nevel has been setting standards with its recordings of vocal music.
Paul Van Nevel, Huelgas Ensemble - The Magic of Polyphony (2020)

Paul Van Nevel, Huelgas Ensemble - The Magic of Polyphony (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 634 Mb | Total time: 02:38:38 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi | # 19075970012 | Recorded: 2019

The general trend in recordings of Renaissance polyphony has been toward typing music to specific surroundings: royal festivities, religious feast days, and the like. This collection by the Huelgas Ensemble goes in the other direction, providing three CDs' worth of music ranging from the medieval era to Anton Bruckner, with most of the pieces falling into some stretch of the High Renaissance. The music was recorded, beautifully, in a Romanesque church near Dijon in 2018, and the program is unified loosely by a set of general guidelines for the selections at that event: the music emphasized "unknown repertoire, undeservedly obscure composers, and experiments that fall outside the scope of the normal concert season."
The Hilliard Ensemble - Ockeghem, Josquin Desprez, de la Rue, Lassus [8CDs] (2012)

The Hilliard Ensemble - Ockeghem, Josquin Desprez, de la Rue, Lassus 8CDs (2012)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1,87 Gb | Total time: 08:12:01 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato ‎| # 50999 602532 2 4 | Recorded: 1984-1990

From Ockeghem born around 1420 to Lassus dead in 1594 via Josquin des Prés, this 8-CD collection presents almost two centuries of masterworks from one of the most extraordinary musical school, that could be compared to the Italian Renaissance in architecture or painting. The Hilliard Ensemble, founded by Paul Hillier in 1974 has championed this music with all the virtues of their instantly recognizable style and with a clarity and cleanness of timbre that are matchless.
Stephen Rice, The Brabant Ensemble - Cristóbal de Morales: Magnificat, Motets, Lamentations (2008)

Stephen Rice, The Brabant Ensemble - Cristóbal de Morales: Magnificat, Motets, Lamentations (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 303 Mb | Total time: 72:39 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67694 | Recorded: 2007

Morales was the first Spanish composer to achieve true international fame, and was described by contemporaries as ‘the light of Spain in music’. Although he is relatively well-represented in recordings, a few pieces have attracted the attention of performers at the expense of the majority of his output. This recording aims to begin filling that gap by presenting works which are so far underexposed, yet which are of extremely high quality.
Tómas Luis de Victoria (1548–1611) - Sacred Works - Ensemble Plus Ultra, Michael Noone (2011) {10CD Set Deutsche Grammophon}

Tómas Luis de Victoria (1548–1611) - Sacred Works - Ensemble Plus Ultra, Michael Noone (2011) {10CD Set Deutsche Grammophon}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (image)+CUE+LOG -> 2.86 Gb | MP3 @320 -> 1.56 Gb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi -> 28 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2011 Deutsche Grammophon / ARCHIV Produktion | 0289 477 9747
Classical / Renaissance / Choral

Although the large box and the Sacred Works title might lead you to expect a complete collection of Tomás Luis de Victoria's sacred music, that's not what it is, and in fact some famous pieces, such as the Requiem in six parts, are not included. Instead, conductor Michael Noone lists the criteria for inclusion as follows: the collection focuses on works Victoria composed in Madrid, works that are preserved in manuscripts, works or versions of works that have never been recorded, and works involving an organ or winds, or written in sections that alternate with chant.
Nicolas Bucher, Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique Vellard - Nicolas de Grigny, Nicolas Lebègue: Écrire le temps (2020)

Nicolas Bucher, Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique Vellard - Nicolas de Grigny, Nicolas Lebègue: Écrire le temps (2020)
FLAC tracks +booklet | 02:39:13 | 739 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: HORTUS

Trace unique d’un génie discret et trop tôt disparu, le Livre d’orgue de Nicolas de Grigny est un chef-d’œuvre incontournable du dixseptième siècle français. Magnifiée par son alternance liturgique et historique avec le plain-chant et rythmée par les motets de son maître Lebègue, cette musique somptueuse se déploie avec faste et émotion et met en valeur le lyrisme et le caractère bien trempé de l’orgue de l’abbatiale Saint-Robert de La Chaise-Dieu.
The Brabant Ensemble & Stephen Rice - Obrecht: Missa Grecorum & Motets (2017)

The Brabant Ensemble & Stephen Rice - Obrecht: Missa Grecorum & Motets (2017)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 304 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 181 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:14:13
Classical, Choral, Sacred | Label: Hyperion Records

Stephen Rice and The Brabant Ensemble uncover more Renaissance treasures: Jacob Obrecht’s name may now be less familiar than those of some of his Flemish contemporaries, yet in his lifetime he was considered second only to Josquin.
Stephen Rice & The Brabant Ensemble - Brumel: Missa de beata virgine & Motets (2014) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Stephen Rice & The Brabant Ensemble - Brumel: Missa de beata virgine & Motets (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 63:50 minutes | 1.01 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

The Brabant Ensemble continues its exploration of hidden gems of the Renaissance with an album of music by Antoine Brumel, famous for his ‘Earthquake’ Mass but otherwise barely known today. Conductor Stephen Rice has assembled an intriguing collection of works including the Missa de beata virgine, a work suffused with plainsong but in which the voices are used almost percussively, making rhythm the driving force of the piece. The Christmas motet Nato canunt omnia is one of the most remarkable musical works of the period.