Recording

Guillaume Du Fay: The Tenor Masses

Les messes à teneur

  • A landmark recording of Du Fay’s four late masses: Se la face ay pale, L’homme armé, Ecce ancilla domini, and Ave regina celorum.
  • Close miking recreates the intimate experience of standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Renaissance singers.
  • Distinguished by lively tempi, dynamic phrasing, and rhythmic energy.
  • A generous two-CD set with a lavish booklet, including color images and liner notes in four languages.

Track list

CD 1

  1. 1 Se la face ay pale — Guillaume Du Fay 2:53

Missa Se la face ay pale

  1. 2 Kyrie 3:09
  2. 3 Gloria 7:57
  3. 4 Credo 7:41
  4. 5 Sanctus 5:43
  5. 6 Agnus Dei 4:11

Missa L’homme armé

  1. 7 Kyrie 3:47
  2. 8 Gloria 7:17
  3. 9 Credo 10:58
  4. 10 Sanctus 8:04
  5. 11 Agnus Dei 5:38

CD 2

Missa Ecce ancilla Domini / Beata es Maria

  1. 1 Kyrie 5:12
  2. 2 Gloria 4:57
  3. 3 Credo 8:10
  4. 4 Sanctus 5:55
  5. 5 Agnus Dei 3:58
  1. 6 Ave regina celorum — anonymous plainchant 1:47
  2. 7 Ave regina celorum III — Guillaume Du Fay 7:13

Missa Ave regina celorum

  1. 8 Kyrie 5:40
  2. 9 Gloria 6:22
  3. 10 Credo 8:57
  4. 11 Sanctus 6:47
  5. 12 Agnus Dei 5:09
Michael BarrettTenor
Carolann BuffSoprano
Mary GerbiSoprano
Bradford GleimBaritone · Artistic Advisor Lawrence JonesTenor
David McFerrinBass
Jesse RodinDirector
Steven SophTenor
Paul Max TiptonBaritone