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This
program explores the music of the master Josquin as well as the
generation of composers who flourished after his death.
The CD features works by Josquin, Gombert, and the rich polyphony
of the six-voice Requiem of Jean Richafort, an unjustly neglected work
that was likely composed for the death of Josquin.
CD includes a 12-page booklet featuring texts, translations, and
notes.
Critical
acclaim for Josquin and the Lost Generation:
“The
vitality of the early music movement is nowhere better demonstrated than
by the emergence of Vox,
an a cappella ensemble based in Ann Arbor, MI”
All
Media Guide (www.allmusic.com)
“If
we're ever to reach a point where the masterpieces of Renaissance music
become as familiar to the general public as are the Michelangelo
sculptures that people flock to see, it is groups like Vox
that will make it so. An
auspicious debut.”
All
Media Guide (www.allmusic.com)
“The
real appeal of this recording is in the warmth and expressiveness of the
singers, and in the group's creamy ensemble blend.”
Notes:
Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association
“Richafort's
six-voice Requiem, most likely composed for the death of Josquin,
occupies a major part of the CD. It is well worth the space:
Both the stately, solemn music and its exceptional realization justify
the label 'unjustly neglected'.”
Ann
Arbor News
"Throughout,
the singing is pure and richly nuanced..."
Ann
Arbor News
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