El León de Oro Peter Phillips Marco Antonio García de Paz - La Hèle: Missa Praeter rerum seriem & Works by Manchicourt, Payen & Rogier [CD]

A collection of works representative of a school of Flemish composers living in Madrid towards the end of the Renaissance and all employed by Philip II of Spain, who held composers from the Low Countries in particularly high regard.

La Hèle's Mass, here receiving its first complete recording, is a major discovery.

"From Machincourt's ravishingly luminous Osculatur me to the mellow soundworld of Payen's Virgo prudentissima, revelations abound" – BBC Music Magazine ****

"The great strength of this recording is the transparency of its textures, which allows the parts to come through individually while preserving the monumentality that such a scoring obviously motivates – all the more remarkable given the size of the choir, which is large by modern standards in this repertoire (nearly 40-strong)" – Gramophone

"The performances by the properly substantial (34-voice) ensemble El León de Oro is close to an English cathedral style, with a clean, perfectly blended, rather light sound even in the more somber low-range pieces. […] Renaissance buffs and general listeners alike will find worthwhile new material on this album" – AllMusic

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"The group's honourary director is Peter Phillips and something of the silvery polish of his ensemble The Tallis Scholars seems to have rubbed off here." - BBC Music Magazine

"His Missa Praeter Rerum Seriem (which is based on a motet by Josquin and receives its first complete recording on this album) is followed here by a selection of motets by other Flemish composers" – Presto Music

Missa Praeter rerum seriem I. Kyrie

II. Gloria

III. Credo

IV. Sanctus

V. Benedictus

VI. Agnus Dei I

VII. Agnus Dei II

Osculetur me I. Osculetur me osculo oris sui

II. Trahe me post te

Emendemus in melius

II. Peccavimus cum patribus nostris

Regina caeli I. Regina caeli laetare

II. Resurrexit, sicut dixit

Virgo prudentissima

Cantantibus organis

Regina caeli

• Genre: Classical
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 34571284392
• Release Date: May 31, 2025

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