Brumel: Missa Et ecde terrae motus/Lamentations/Magnificat secundi toni
On this CD:
1. Missa "Et Ecce Terrae Motus" for 12 Voices
Composed by Antoine Brumel
Performed by Tessa Bonner, Stephen Charlesworth, Charles Daniels, Simon Davies, Sally Dunkley, Donald Greig, Robert Harre-Jones, Adrianne Hill, Ruth Holton, Michael Lees, Jonathan Markham, Rufus Muller
2. Lamentations
Composed by Antoine Brumel
Performed by Charles Daniels, Simon Davies, Donald Greig, Michael Lees, Rufus Muller, Mark Padmore, Nigel Short, Francis Steele
3. Magnificat Secundi Toni for 4 voices
Composed by Antoine Brumel
Performed by Charles Daniels, Simon Davies, Sally Dunkley, Donald Greig, Rufus Muller, Mark Padmore, Nicolas Robertson, Nigel Short, Olive Simpson
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Something of a legend in its day, Brumel's famous "Earthquake" Mass (Et ecce terrae motus means "And behold, the earth shook," referring to the moment when Christ arose from the dead) is a monumental 12-voice setting for Easter. With so many voices, Brumel couldn't create much harmonic movement or even clearly audible melody (a wonderful soprano-tenor duet on "Osanna in excelsis" is an exception) and still follow the rules of Renaissance counterpoint; he kept the Mass interesting by using the massive effects so many voices can create and by creating ornate rhythmic interplay between the different voices. Peter Phillips takes the Mass at an ideal tempo, just slow enough to let the rhythms register rather than whizzing by in a blur; the Tallis Scholars' energetic performance lives up to the work's nickname. --Matthew Westphal
Brumel: Missa Et ecde terrae motus/Lamentations/Magnificat secundi toni, Music, Adrianne Hill, Ashley Stafford, Caroline Trevor, Michael Lees, Nigel Short, Robert Harre-Jones, Adrian Peacock, Donald Greig, Francis Steele, Jeremy White, Jonathan Markham, Stephen Charlesworth, Antoine Brumel, Deborah Roberts, Olive Simpson, Rachel Platt, Ruth Holton, Sally Dunkley, Angus Smith, Charles Daniels, Nicolas Robertson, Rufus Muller, Simon Davies, Tessa Bonner, Choral, Classical, Classical Music, Magnificat, Mass, Miscellaneous Vocal Music, Vocal
Brumel: Missa Et ecde terrae motus/Lamentations/Magnificat secundi toni
Music Review:
Recommended Music:
Power in the Darkness [Original recording remastered] [Import]
The Golden Essentials 1945-1948 [Import]
Vierne: Trois Improvisations/Durufle: Preludes/Suite,Op.5/Fugue,Op.12/Scherzo,Op.2