An educational programme featuring early music. On August 27, 1521, in the Hainaut Condé-sur-l’Escaut, composer Josquin des Prez died. This year marks the 500th anniversary of his death. We’ll commemorate that with a seven-part series about his lives and compositions. Today, we’ll start with the introductory first part.
We’ll hear motets, chansons, and the ‘Miserere mei Deus’ in this first part.
Josquin Lebloitte dit Desprez (ca. 1450 – 1521)
1 Ave Maria gratia plena virgo serena
Cantica Symphonia conducted by Giuseppe Maletto
(CD: “Stabat Mater – Marian motets and instrumental songs”. Glossa GCD P31909, 2020)
2 Misericordias Domini
Weser-Renaissance conducted by Manfred Cordes
(CD: “De profundis – Psalm settings – motets”. CPO 777 588-2, 2012)
3 Nymphes des bois
4 Plus nulz regrets
Ensemble Clément Janequin conducted by Dominique Visse
(CD: “Septiesme livre de chansons”. Ricercar RIC423, 2021)
5 Psalm 50: Miserere mei Deus
Capella Amsterdam conducted by Daniel Reuss
(CD: “Miserere mei Deus – Funeral motets & deplorations”. Harmonia Mundi HMM 902620, 2018)
6 Alma Redemptoris Mater / Ave Regina
7 Illibata Dei virgo nutrix
Weser Renaissance conducted by Manfred Cordes
(CD: “Missa Ave Maris Stella”. CPO 777 590-2, 2011)
8 Fortuna desperata
Cantica Symphonia conducted by Giuseppe Maletto
(CD: “Stabat Mater – Marian motets and instrumental songs”. Glossa GCD P31909, 2020)
