Texte paru dans: / Appeared in: * BBC Music Magazine (06/2015)
Hyperion
CDA68088
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Reviewer: Kate Bolton
One of the countless
Franco-Flemish composers who nurtured the landscape of Italian music in the
15th and 16th centuries, Jacquet of Mantua played out over three decades of
his career, from 1527 until his death in 1863, at the Gonzaga court in
Mantua. As maestro di capella of the city's cathedral, his primary output
was sacred.
Largely because of the lack of
modern editions of his work, Jacquet has not fared well in commercial
recordings; yet this disc reveals a composer whose music, at its best, touches
the sublime. Specially edited for this performance, the Missa Surge Petre is
lusciously scored for six parts, each of them lucidly etched in this beautifully
shaped account. In the final Agnus Dei, the voices float in an air of such
serene stillness that time seems for a while suspended.
Among the
numerous motets included here are O vos omnes—peppered with expressive
dissonances, hauntingly sung—a delicate and intimate Ave Maria, and O
pulcherrima inter mulieres, a bittersweet setting from the Song of Songs. With
its striking opposition of resonant, low voices and soaring sopranos, the
concluding work, Domine, non secundum peccata nostra, creates a truly ethereal
effect, enhanced by the effortless singing of this matchless vocal ensemble.
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