The King's Singers

Richafort: Requiem (Tributes to Josquin Desprez)

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Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212032626
Catnr: SIGCD 326
Release date: 01 March 2013
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Signum Classics
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0635212032626
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SIGCD 326
Release date
01 March 2013
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Few composers of any age have enjoyed the widespread admiration and unanimous praise of successive generations as Josquin Desprez. He is remembered as much for his own works as for his lasting influence on those of his contemporaries and students, demonstrated in many of the compositions in tribute of 'the master' featured in this programme. The programme's centrepiece is Jean Richafort's Requiem mass (missa pro defunctis), a tribute that employs several of Josquin's compositional devices.

Een eerbetoon aan Josquin Desprez
Maar weinig componisten uit welke periode dan ook hebben zoveel bewondering en lof van opeenvolgende generaties genoten als Josquin Desprez. Hij wordt beschouwd een van de grootste vernieuwers van muzikale compositie tijdens de Renaissancce, en zijn muziek heeft al ruim 500 jaar de tand des tijds doorstaan. Hij wordt zowel herinnerd om zijn eigen werken als om zijn blijvende invloed op de werken van zijn leerlingen en tijdgenoten, wat blijkt uit de vele composities die als eerbetoon aan de meester zijn opgedragen.

Dit programma, bedacht door de toonaangevende onderzoeker van oude muziek en dirigent David Skinner, bevat enkele van deze composities. Het centrale werk is Jean Richafort’s Requiem (missa pro defunctis), een eerbetoon waarin gebruik wordt gemaakt van verschillende middelen die Josquin inzette in zijn composities. De King’s Singers laten opnieuw hun veelzijdigheid en precisie horen.

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The King's Singers

THE KING’S SINGERS David Hurley - Countertenor Timothy Wayne-Wright - Countertenor Paul Phoenix - Tenor Christopher Bruerton - Baritone Christopher Gabbitas - Baritone Jonathan Howard - Bass Acclaimed for their life-affirming virtuosity and irresistible charm, The King’s Singers are in global demand. Their work – synonymous with the best in vocal ensemble performance – appeals to a vast international audience. They perform over 120 concerts each year, touring regularly to Europe, the United States, Asia and Australasia. The King’s Singers are admired for their musical excellence and recognised as consummate entertainers – a class act with a delightfully British sense of humour. Their generous spirit and magical ability to move audiences have remained constant since the group’s foundation in 1968. They have premiered more than 200 new works,...
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THE KING’S SINGERS David Hurley - Countertenor Timothy Wayne-Wright - Countertenor Paul Phoenix - Tenor Christopher Bruerton - Baritone Christopher Gabbitas - Baritone Jonathan Howard - Bass Acclaimed for their life-affirming virtuosity and irresistible charm, The King’s Singers are in global demand. Their work – synonymous with the best in vocal ensemble performance – appeals to a vast international audience. They perform over 120 concerts each year, touring regularly to Europe, the United States, Asia and Australasia. The King’s Singers are admired for their musical excellence and recognised as consummate entertainers – a class act with a delightfully British sense of humour. Their generous spirit and magical ability to move audiences have remained constant since the group’s foundation in 1968.
They have premiered more than 200 new works, including landmark compositions by Luciano Berio, György Ligeti, Krzysztof Penderecki, Toru Takemitsu, John Tavener, and most recently Eric Whitacre, James MacMillan, Francis Pott, Gabriela Lena Frank and Jake Heggie. They have also commissioned arrangements of everything from jazz standards to pop chart hits.
The King’s Singers are double Grammy® award-winning artists, honoured for their Signum Classics release, Simple Gifts, and again for their contribution to Eric Whitacre’s Light & Gold album on Decca. In June 2013 they were chosen as one of only two vocal ensembles to enter the Gramophone Hall of Fame, honoured for their unique discography of over 150 albums.
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