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Composer:
Giovanni Palestrina

Artist(s):
Huelgas Ensemble

Conductor:
Paul Van Nevel

Background: This CD was recorded in the Museum of Water located in the Convento dos Barbadinhos in Lisbon. It was an ideal place to compare and contrast the three major styles of the Renaissance: the strict classical counterpoint of the Roman school (Palestrina), the ripe fruit of the Franco-Flemish style (Lassus), and flamboyant English Late Gothic (Ashewell).

Thomas Ashewell, the third composer on this CD, is an eminent illustration of the 'splendid isolation' English polyphony maintained from trends on the continent. Born around 1478 and dying some time after 1513, Ashewell is in fact a precursor of the other two. He was cantor at Durham Cathedral, where his versatility is shown by the fact that he taught plainchant, polyphony, faburden, discant, organ and 'countre' (the improvisation of a melody over an existing melodic line). Only two complete works by Ashewell are extant, one of which is the Missa 'Ave Maria' for six voices.

CATALOGUE NR: HMC901922
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 07-Jan-2008

COMPOSER: Giovanni Palestrina  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: La Quinta Essentia
TRACKS: Missa Ut re mi fa sol la (Palestrina). Missa Tous les regretz (Lassus). Missa Ave Maria (Ashewell).
CONDUCTOR: Paul Van Nevel
ARTISTS: Huelgas Ensemble      

- Jan-2008 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Mar-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'The Huelgas Ensemble here produce a really amazing range of sounds, full and rich and yet wonderfully translucent.'

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