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Stratton Bull, Cappella Pratensis - Jacob Obrecht: Missa Maria zart (2023)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Stratton Bull, Cappella Pratensis - Jacob Obrecht: Missa Maria zart (2023)

Stratton Bull, Cappella Pratensis - Jacob Obrecht: Missa Maria zart (2023)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 324 Mb | Total time: 64:54 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Challenge Records | # CC72933 | Recorded: 2022

Jacob Obrecht’s Missa Maria zart is an extraordinary work, both literally, as probably the longest extant Mass of the Renaissance, taking an hour to perform, and in the more general meaning of the word. It is recognised as one of the most ambitious artistic creations of its time; some have claimed that it defies description. The director of Cappella Pratensis, Stratton Bull mentioned his interest in the complexities of Renaissance mensural notation and the difficulties that modern-day ensembles sometimes experience in interpreting it. Although several recordings of this Mass already existed, few if any had succeeded in doing justice to its subtle system of mensuration signs and use of notation generally.

Cappella Pratensis & Stratton Bull - Missa Maria Zart (2023)

Posted By: delpotro
Cappella Pratensis & Stratton Bull - Missa Maria Zart (2023)

Cappella Pratensis & Stratton Bull - Missa Maria Zart (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 290 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 149 Mb | 01:04:52
Classical, Sacred, Choral | Label: Challenge Classics

Jacob Obrecht’s Missa Maria zart is an extraordinary work, both literally, as probably the longest extant Mass of the Renaissance, taking an hour to perform, and in the more general meaning of the word. It is recognised as one of the most ambitious artistic creations of its time; some have claimed that it defies description. The director of Cappella Pratensis, Stratton Bull mentioned his interest in the complexities of Renaissance mensural notation and the difficulties that modern-day ensembles sometimes experience in interpreting it. Although several recordings of this Mass already existed, few if any had succeeded in doing justice to its subtle system of mensuration signs and use of notation generally. A symposium was held in 2018 and the resulting performance duly took place, but plans for a recording were postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This had the welcome if unintended consequence of permitting several other live performances before the recording sessions in September 2022: the interpretation that Cappella Pratensis commits to disc is well ‘lived in’.

Cappella Pratensis, Stratton Bull - Josquin Desprez: Missa Ave Maris Stella (2014)

Posted By: tirexiss
Cappella Pratensis, Stratton Bull - Josquin Desprez: Missa Ave Maris Stella (2014)

Cappella Pratensis, Stratton Bull - Josquin Desprez: Missa Ave Maris Stella (2014)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 60:16 | 267 MB
Genre: Classical, Sacred | Label: Challenge | Catalog: CC 72632

The Missa Ave Maris Stella, with its lyrically reverential mood and long duo and trio passages, is among Josquin Desprez's most popular masses, and the listener can choose from among recordings by top Renaissance a cappella vocal groups. This one by the Netherlands ensemble Cappella Pratensis presents itself as hyperauthentic. Backed by a booklet essay from Josquin specialist Jennifer Bloxam, the group purports to re-create the practices, discourse, and atmosphere that would have attended a performance of the mass in the papal chapel around the year 1500.

Stratton Bull, Cappella Pratensis - The Den Bosch Choirbooks vol. 3: Apostola apostolorum (2022)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Stratton Bull, Cappella Pratensis - The Den Bosch Choirbooks vol. 3: Apostola apostolorum (2022)

Stratton Bull, Cappella Pratensis - The Den Bosch Choirbooks vol. 3: Apostola apostolorum - Champion: Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 375 Mb | Total time: 76:52 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Challenge Records | # CC72879 | Recorded: 2021

The relatively rare Masses that celebrate saints other than the Virgin Mary were usually composed in response to an individual’s or an institution’s particular devotional interest. There is good reason to believe that Nicolas Champion composed his Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena expressly for Margaret of Austria, whose devotion to Mary Magdalene is well known. Champion (c. 1475-1533) worked for the Habsburg-Burgundian chapel from 1501 to 1524; this Mass was probably written between 1507 and 1515.

Stratton Bull, Cappella Pratensis - The Den Bosch Choirbooks, Vol.2: Ezekiel's Eagle (2021)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Stratton Bull, Cappella Pratensis - The Den Bosch Choirbooks, Vol.2: Ezekiel's Eagle (2021)

Stratton Bull, Cappella Pratensis - The Den Bosch Choirbooks, Vol.2: Ezekiel's Eagle - A Renaissance Brotherhood celebrates St John the Evangelist (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 299 Mb | Total time: 60:14 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Challenge Records | # CC72878 | Recorded: 2020

At the dawn of the Renaissance the southern Dutch city of ’s-Hertogenbosch, with its abundance of churches and monasteries, was also referred to as “Little Rome”. Central to this religious scene was the Brotherhood of Our Illustrious Lady (Illustre Lieve Vrouwe Broederschap), founded in 1318. This devotional organization, which counted among its members the famous painter Hieronymus Bosch, invested considerably in recruiting and employing the best singers and organists for its chapel, which performed a wide variety of polyphonic music. No fewer than nine choirbooks with this repertoire are still preserved by the confraternity.

Cappella Pratensis and Stratton Bull - Apostola apostolorum (2022)

Posted By: ciklon5
Cappella Pratensis and Stratton Bull - Apostola apostolorum (2022)

Cappella Pratensis and Stratton Bull - Apostola apostolorum (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:16:51 | 343 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Cappella Pratensis

The relatively rare Masses that celebrate saints other than the Virgin Mary were usually composed in response to an individual’s or an institution’s particular devotional interest. There is good reason to believe that Nicolas Champion composed his Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena expressly for Margaret of Austria, whose devotion to Mary Magdalene is well known. Champion (c. 1475-1533) worked for the Habsburg-Burgundian chapel from 1501 to 1524; this Mass was probably written between 1507 and 1515.