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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.

“A passionate reading of [the] complete chansons.” –Medioevo (Italy)

“Destined to revolutionize the interpretation of Ockeghem’s songs.” –Le Soir (Belgium)

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Jonas Budris

Tenor

Sonja DuToit Tengblad

Soprano

Bradford Gleim

Baritone; Artistic Advisor

Lawrence Jones

Tenor

Paul Max Tipton

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Clare McNamara

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Jesse Rodin

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