no et me

The Tallis Scholars - Orlandus Lassus - Missa Osculetur Me
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC (tracks): 223 MB | Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Gimell Records # 454 918-2 | Country/Year: Europe 1989
Genre: Classical | Style: Renaissance, Choral, Sacred

"Although Orlandus Lassus (1532-1594) is perhaps the most celebrated late Renaissance composer, the few recordings of his music do not give an adequate impression of his achievement. His output was so diverse and so prolific it is hard to know where to begin. For the sacred music enthusiast, the obvious place is his Mass-settings, though these have long been considered inferior works…"

Agricola - Missa Malheur me bat, Missa In minen sin - A:N:S Chorus & János Bali (2001) {Hungaroton Classic HCD32011}
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© 2001 Hungaroton Classic | HCD 32011
Classical / Renaissance / Sacred / Early Music

First recording. .. or the more colloquial "s__t happens" is as good a translation of the phrase "malheur me bat" as any. It's the title of a chanson of the late 15th Century. The rest of the text hasn't survived. We can assume that the chanson was a love lament, but not with any certainty; it might have been a general statement of the woes of mortality. Written in the Phrygian mode (E to e with no flats of sharps), it does have a melodically woeful cast. Polyphony in the Phrygian mode was not unusual, but it always involved the compositional difficulty of avoiding the "tritone" (the interval from F-natural to B-natural), so that raising the F or lowering the B (a practice we call ficta) often disguises the modal quality of the music.

In 2000 the contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux became the first Canadian to win the First Prize as well as the Special Prize for Lieder at the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition in Belgium. She has recorded for numerous labels, and now enjoys an exclusive contract with the Naïve label, for which she has recorded the title roles in Vivaldi’s operas Griselda and Orlando furioso. Her first recital CD of French mélodies (L’Heure exquise) was much praised by the critics. In 2008 Naïve released a recording of Vivaldi sacred works in which she sings the famous Stabat Mater. This was followed by the same composer’s La fida ninfa. In 2009 Naïve released a recital of Schumann songs with the pianist Daniel Blumenthal and a programme of Vivaldi arias with the Ensemble Matheus under Jean-Christophe Spinosi.