Flos virginum: Motets of the 15th Century

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ANONYOUS / DUFAY / BRASSART / MARTINI
Flos virginum: Motets of the 15th Century
David Erler (counter-tenor) / Stimmwerck

[ CPO / CD ]

Release Date: Tuesday 1 March 2016

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Here, Stimmwerck, the ingenious German vocal quartet, sets out on exciting and unknown paths of European musical history. The recording, featuring late medieval motets and songs by Brassart, Martini, Roullet and anonymous composers from various manuscript sources, offers an in-depth cross section of early vocal music in which the joie de vivre and profound piety of that epoch are uniquely experienced.

"Stimmwerck's approach is refreshingly straightforward: these are considered, elegantly executed interpretations, delivered without frills - demonstration, if any were needed, that all that this music requires is that it be sung well. The carol-like Novus annus, for example, is immediately engaging, the quartet's bright timbre complementing its lilting loveliness." Gramophone Magazine, October 2015

Tracks:

anonymous:
Anima mea liquefacta est
O propugnator
Ave mundi spes - In Gottes Namen
Dies est laetitiae
O beata infantia
Advenisti desiderabilis
Christus surrexit

Brassart:
O rex Fridrice - In tuo adventu

Dufay:
Missa Sancti Georgii: Alleluia

Martini, Johannes:
Flos virginum