{"product_id":"2448197","title":"Graindelavoix\/bjorn Schmelzer - Ex Nihilo [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn their newest recording for Glossa, Graindelavoix and Bjorn Schmelzer present a fascinating array of Renaissance motets based on the theological concept of creatio ex nihilo, creation out of nothing, as exemplified in the mystery of the Incarnation, the idea of God becoming a man. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWell-known pieces like Josquin Desprez's Praeter rerum seriem are combined with less famous works by the same composer, and very fine contributions by Obrecht, Ockeghem, Ribera and Wert.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBjorn Schmelzer bases his intriguing approach to the performance of these pieces on a 1561 quote by the Flemish Protestant pedagogue Johannes Molanus: '[Mensural polyphony] is a singing without sense or content, in which the voices are resounding emptily in so-called proses, motets, and artificial songs in foreign languages, ornamented for the delectation of the ears, which have no meaning that could be understood even by the singers themselves.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd Schmelzer himself adds: 'Polyphony owes its existence to the bizarre articulation of a voidn, aarticulation that is itself void of content and meaning. [...] In no way polyphony improves intelligibility orcontributes to a greater understandnig of the liturgical texts, having in fact the reverse effect...'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 19th album of Graindelavoix on Glossa will for sure please the ensemble's ever-increasing base of followers, and again constitutes a groundbreaking contribution to intelligent and exciting performance of ancient repertory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJosquin Desprez: Praeter rerum seriem\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eO admirabile commercium\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuando natus est\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRubum quem viderat\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGerminavit radix Jesse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEcce Maria genuit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eO virgo virginum\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacob Obrecht: Salve Regina\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohannes Ockeghem: Alma redemptoris mater\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacob Obrecht: Salve Regina\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBernardino de Ribera: Vox in Rama\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiaches de Wert: Vox in Rama\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54419504103809,"sku":"2448197","price":17.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/8424562321199.jpg?v=1750562105","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/2448197","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}