Composer: Gilles Binchois, Guillaume Dufay, John Dunstaple, Leonel Power
Performer: La Reverdie
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Arcana
Catalogue: A526
Release: 2022
Size: 1.11 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Binchois: Ave regina celorum
02. Dunstaple: Gaude virgo salutata / Virgo mater comprobaris
03. Dunstaple: Specialis virgo
04. Dunstaple: Salve Regina Mater mire
05. Dunstaple: Quam pulchra es
06. Power: Salve Regina misericordie
07. Power: Gloriose virginis Marie
08. Dufay: Ave maris stella
09. Dufay: Flos Florum
10. Dufay: Magnificat octavi toni
11. Dufay: Alma Redemptoris Mater
12. Dufay: Fulgens iubar ecclesie Dei / Puerpera pura parens
With “Lux laetitiae”, La Reverdie continues its discographical journey after the success of its most recent production devoted to Francesco Landini, from the Florence of the great blind composer of the fourteenth century, to the splendour of the Este court in fifteenth-century Ferrara!
The programme presents twelve pieces from an important codex that belonged to the court, in which fashionable composers such as Guillaume Dufay and John Dunstaple tried their hand at the motet genre. The performances combine six voices with a rich array of instruments and aim to reproduce the resplendent sound of the Este cappella at the time of Lionello and Borso, passionate patrons who attracted to Ferrara many talented artists charged with adorning the court with art, beauty and harmony.
An exploration of the prolific tradition of the Marian cult which, from the twelfth century onwards, was manifested in an extraordinary wealth of musical forms and which, in the fifteenth century, resulted in grandiose compositions that can still captivate us today with their complexity and fascination.