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Johannes Ockeghem: The Songs (Les Chansons)

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Released: September 2020 (double album)
Musique en Wallonie
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Intimacy, intensity, passion—this album explores the unfamiliar idea that fifteenth-century songs might cause us to sigh, weep, or laugh out loud. In bringing to life a world in which crying in public was not just acceptable but required, we have to take seriously the crushing despair of a line like “My only sorrow is that I am not dead,” or the undisguised sarcasm of “This is how she chopped and cooked me up.”

In Johannes Ockeghem’s roughly two-dozen songs we find not only unparalleled compositional prowess, but feelings that range from happiness to loss, anger to despair, and bitterness to merriment. The album’s all-vocal, fully texted, close-miked performances are rooted in a flexible vocal technique that aims to capture the music’s technical brilliance and emotional depth.

“Don’t pass up this monument of the early Renaissance. It is a highlight of the year.” –Fanfare
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Nymphes des bois/Requiem (Josquin)
Ma maistresse
Presque transi
L’autre d’antan
Ma bouche rit
¿Qu’es mi vida, preguntays?
Baisies moy
D’ung aultre amer
Quant de vous seul
Je n’ay deuil (à 3)
Les desléaulx
Tant fuz gentement resjouy
S’elle m’amera/Petite camusette
Je n’ay deuil (à 4)
Aultre Venus
Fors seulement l’attente
Fors seullement contre/Fors seulement l’attente
O rosa bella
La despourveue
Se vostre cuer
Prenez sur moy
Ung aultre l’a
Il ne m’en chault
Mort, tu as navré

Track List

Disc One
1
Nymphes des bois/Requiem (à 5)
Josquin des Prez
2
Ma maistresse
Johannes Ockeghem
3
Presque transi
Ockeghem
4
L'autre d’antan
Ockeghem
5
Ma bouche rit
Ockeghem
6
¿Qu’es mi vida, preguntays? (à 4)
Ockeghem
7
Baisies moy
Ockeghem
8
D'ung aultre amer
Ockeghem
9
Quant de vous seul
Ockeghem
10
Je n’ay dueil (à 3)
Ockeghem
11
Les desléaulx
Ockeghem
12
Tant fuz gentement resjouy
Ockeghem
Disc Two
1
S'elle m’amera/Petite camusette (à 4)
Ockeghem
2
Je n’ay dueil (à 4)
Ockeghem
3
Aultre Venus
Ockeghem
4
Fors seulement l'attente
Ockeghem
5
Fors seullement contre/Fors seulement l’attente
Ockeghem
6
O rosa bella (à 2)
Ockeghem
7
La despourveue
Ockeghem
8
Se vostre cuer
Ockeghem
9
Prenez sur moy
Ockeghem
10
Ung aultre l'a
Ockeghem
11
Il ne m’en chault
Ockeghem
12
Mort, tu as navré/Miserere (à 4)
Ockeghem

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