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Josquin des Prez; Nicolas Gombert; Jean Richafort.(Josquin and the Lost Generation)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)

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Josquin des Prez; Nicolas Gombert; Jean Richafort. Josquin and the Lost Generation. Vox Early Music Ensemble / Christopher Wolverton. Ancient Voice 001, 2004.

Regardless of whether the names of Nicolas Gombert and Jean Richafort are as shrouded in obscurity as the producers of this recording believe, new recordings of their music are always welcome, especially when they are sung and recorded as winningly as they are here. For this program the Vox Early Music Ensemble, which is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has selected one motet, Musae Jovis, by Gombert and the Requiem mass of Richafort. In order to illustrate the influence of Josquin on these two composers, their works are presented in combination with one of his motets (Benedicta es) and two of his secular chansons (Nimphes nappes and Faulte d'argent). The latter of the two chansons uses the melody Circumdederunt me as its cantus ...

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