Polyphony

Graindelavoix & Björn Schmelzer - Ex Nihilo: Polyphony Out of the Order of Things (2024)

Graindelavoix & Björn Schmelzer - Ex Nihilo: Polyphony Out of the Order of Things (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks, digital booklet) - 384 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 169 MB
1:12:54 | Classical | Label: Glossa

On their newest recording for Glossa, Graindelavoix and Bjorn Schmelzer present a fascinating array of Renaissance motets based on the theological concept of creatio ex nihilo, creation out of nothing, as exemplifed in the mystery of the Incarnation, the idea of God becoming a man. Well- known pieces like Josquin Desprez's Praeter rerum seriem are combined with less famous works by the same composer, and very fne contributions by Obrecht, Ockeghem, Ribera and Wert. Bjorn Schmelzer bases his intriguing approach to the performance of these pieces on a 1561 quote by the Flemish Protestant pedagogue Johannes Molanus: "[Mensural polyphony] is a singing without sense or content, in which the voices are resounding emptily in so-called proses, motets, and artifcial songs in foreign languages, ornamented for the delectation of the ears, which have no meaning that could be understood even by the singers themselves."

A Christmas Present from Polyphony  Music

Posted by dino63 at Dec. 16, 2008
A Christmas Present from Polyphony

A Christmas Present from Polyphony
FLAC+Cue+Log | Scans | 1 CD | 235 MB
Classical Choral | hyperion | 2004
Diskantores & Niels Berentsen - Hollandse Fragmenten [Early Dutch Polyphony] (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Diskantores & Niels Berentsen - Hollandse Fragmenten [Early Dutch Polyphony] (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 66:14 minutes | 1,18 GB
Classical | Label: MUSO, Official Digital Download

Precious little Dutch polyphonic music survives from the middle ages. Whatever is left consists of fragments of manuscripts, now kept at the university libraries of Utrecht, Leiden and Amsterdam, dating from around 1400.
Choir of King's College, Cambridge - Early English Polyphony: From the Eton Choirbook to Thomas Tallis (2021)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir Stephen Cleobury & Sir Philip Ledger - Early English Polyphony: From the Eton Choirbook to Thomas Tallis (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 502 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 284 Mb | 02:03:01
Classical, Sacred, Choral | Label: Warner Classics

When King’s College, Cambridge was founded by King Henry VI in 1441, careful provision was made for a choral foundation of sixteen men and sixteen choristers to sing daily services in the Chapel. English worshippers of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries were generous when it came to music, making regular donations and bequests to churches and monasteries, so that masses could be sung for the salvation of their souls. It is no coincidence that the music of this era should therefore have reached new heights of richness and complexity; indeed, England was home to some of the most elaborate polyphony composed anywhere in Europe.
Israel Golani - In the Garden of Polyphony (French Renaissance Music for Lute and Guitar) (2021)

Israel Golani - In the Garden of Polyphony (French Renaissance Music for Lute and Guitar) (2021)
FLAC tracks | 1:07:58 | 250 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Solaire Records

Im 16. Jahrhundert entfachte die Laute eine Leidenschaft, die sich mit der Wirkung der elektrischen Gitarre in den 1970ern vergleichen lässt. Auf seinem zweiten Album begibt sich Lautenist und Gitarrist Israel Golani auf eine Reise in die Renaissance. Im Gepäck: Einige der wunderbarsten Werke, die jemals für seine Instrumente geschrieben wurden. Um sein Ziel zu realisieren, stellte er in enger Zusammenarbeit mit Frank Bungarten seine Technik um und arbeitete an einigen der Stücke über mehrere Jahre. Das Ergebnis war es wert. “In the Garden of Polyphony” versetzt die Hörerin mitten in eine Zeit radikaler Veränderungen: Die Integration von Harmonien in die Musik der Kirche und Königshäusern, die Durchdringung von Heiligem und Profanem, der Aufstieg der Laute zum führenden Instrument seiner Zeit. Überall in Europa schnellte die Nachfrage nach Partituren in die Höhe, Komponisten ließen sich durch Chansons und Folk-Musik inspirieren und stießen dabei auf den womöglich ersten Pop-Crossover der Musikgeschichte. Indem sie die Lieder von der Straße holten, erschufen sie einen Stil, der zugleich kunstvoll und eingängig war, komplex und gradlinig, intellektuell stimulierend und zugleich eine Einladung zum Tanz. Für Golani steht das Album für seine beiden großen kreativen Lieben: Die menschliche Stimme und die Laute. Es ist bezeichnend, dass der ursprüngliche Titel dieser Veröffentlichung “Le Luth qui chante” lautete – die singende Laute. Das mag ein hoher Anspruch sein. Hier aber kommt er ihm immer wieder bemerkenswert nah. “In the Garden of Polyphony” wurde aufgenommen von dem renommierten Produzenten Dirk Fischer.

African Polyphony and Polyrhythm: Musical Structure and Methodology  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by ChrisRedfield at July 9, 2014
African Polyphony and Polyrhythm: Musical Structure and Methodology

Simha Arom - African Polyphony and Polyrhythm: Musical Structure and Methodology
Published: 2004-12-02 | ISBN: 0521616018, 2735103781, 052124160X | PDF | 700 pages | 25 MB
Cappella Mariana & Vojtěch Semerád - Flemish Polyphony in Central Europe: Works by Tourout, Isaac & Weerbeke (2024)

Cappella Mariana & Vojtěch Semerád - Flemish Polyphony in Central Europe: Works by Tourout, Isaac & Weerbeke (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:05:07 | 252 Mb
Genre: Classical

With this recording, Vojtěch Semerád and the Cappella Mariana continue their exploration of the Central European musical culture of the 15th and early 16th centuries. Initially focussing exclusively on the unknown Flemish composer Johannes Tourout (PAS1124), this second album also features works by his contemporaries Gaspar van Weerbeke and Heinrich Isaac.

African Polyphony and Polyrhythm: Musical Structure and Methodology  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by Free butterfly at July 27, 2020
African Polyphony and Polyrhythm: Musical Structure and Methodology


African Polyphony and Polyrhythm: Musical Structure and Methodology
by Simha Arom

ISBN: 0521616018 | 700 pages | PDF | December 2, 2004 | English | 25 Mb

Bo Holten, Ars Nova - Portuguese Polyphony (1995)  Music

Posted by ArlegZ at July 27, 2022
Bo Holten, Ars Nova - Portuguese Polyphony (1995)

Bo Holten, Ars Nova - Portuguese Polyphony (1995)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 246 Mb | Total time: 63:20 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.553310 | Recorded: 1992

This is a gorgeous collection of unaccompanied sacred pieces from the masterly Ars Nova, under the inspired direction of Bo Holten. The honeyed tones of the choir infuse this music with such glory, in all its forms, that even a heart of stone might feel the divine reaching out, reflecting the pain, suffering, but also the absolute sense of compassion to all who hear it. Wonderfully warm and comforting (healing?) music, superbly sung. This cd comes with full text for the pieces, production is excellent, and you get access to all these riches for a trifle.
New York Polyphony - Lamentationes (2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

New York Polyphony - Lamentationes (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 56:36 minutes | 1.00 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

Renaissance music from Spain has come to mean the works of composers such as Tomás Luís de Victoria or Francisco Guerrero rather than their predecessors. But composers such as Francisco de Peñalosa – who died in 1528, the same year that Guerrero was born – were musicians of genuine imagination and skill, whose work often shows a formidable individuality.