Description

Chamber Chorus – Mass: Notre-Dame (Machaut) / LP

C 10-10507-08(8)

Product Details

Art Director: Valentin Nesterov
Label: Melody – Stereo 33 C 10-10507-08(8)
Country: USSR
Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo

Overview

Under the direction of Valentin Nesterov, the Chamber Chorus delivers a splendid performance of works ranging from German folk songs to the highly revered Mass: Notre-Dame by Guillaume de Machaut. This album showcases a variety of vocal traditions and languages, offering renditions of madrigals, villanelles, and a sacred mass in German, Italian, English, and Latin.

On Side 1, the chorus performs a mix of lively madrigals and folk tunes from the Renaissance period, including compositions by notable figures like L. Senfl, L. Marenzio, and T. Morley. The charm of these pieces is in their intricate vocal harmonies and emotional expressiveness. The second side is entirely dedicated to Machaut's Mass: Notre-Dame, a masterpiece of medieval sacred music, presented with precision and reverence in its full liturgical form.

Track Listing:

Side 1:
- German Folk Song (L. Senfl)
- Madrigaletto (L. Marenzio, unknown author)
- Villanella (B. Donato, unknown author)
- Madrigal (T. Morley, unknown author)
- Song (M. Franck, unknown author)
- Cantina (S. Scheidt, unknown author)
- Madrigal (F. Pilkington, unknown author)
- Madrigal (H. Purcell, unknown author)
Side 2:
- Mass: Notre-Dame (Guillaume de Machaut)
  - I. Kyrie (In German)
  - II. Gloria (In Latin)
  - III. Credo (In Latin)
  - IV. Sanctus (In Latin)
  - V. Agnus Dei (In Latin)
  - VI. Ite, missa est (In Latin)