Composer: Loyset Compère, Josquin Despres, Cyrillus Kreek, Pierre de la Rue, Andrew Smith, Adrian Willaert
Performer: New York Polyphony
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: BIS
Catalogue: BIS2277
Release: 2021
Size: 1,03 ПИ
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Compère: Crux triumphans
Josquin: Magnus es tu, Domine
02. II. Tu pauperum refugium
03. Smith: Salme 55
Willaert: Pater noster & Ave Maria
04. I. Pater noster
05. II. Ave Maria
06. Kreek: Taaveti laulud
Compère: Officium de Cruce
07. Pt. 1, In nomine Jesu
08. Pt. 2, Adoramus te Christe
09. Pt. 3, Patris sapientia
10. Pt. 4, Hora prima
11. Pt. 5, Crucifige clamitant
12. Pt. 6, Hora sexta
13. Pt. 7, Hora nona
14. Pt. 8, De cruce deponitur
15. Pt. 9, Hora completorii
16. Rue: O salutaris hostia
Resonating across more than five centuries, expressions of personal piety and prayer fill these works by a quartet of Franco-Flemish composers, all born in the 15th century, and their modern-day colleagues, Estonian Cyrillus Kreek (1889-1962) and British-Norwegian Andrew Smith (born 1970).
For those familiar with the vocal ensemble New York Polyphony and its previous acclaimed releases on BIS, this exploration of the intersection of ancient and modern music is far from surprising: the group is known for its innovative programming. On “And the sun darkened” the four members follow Josquin’s celebrated motet Tu pauperum refugium with Andrew Smith’s setting of Psalm 55 – composed for NYP, it is a lament which nevertheless closes with an expression of confidence in God’s justice.
Sung in Estonian another biblical psalm is heard in Kreek’s Taaveti laul 22 (“David’s 22nd Song”), the text “My God, why have you forsaken me” is preparing the listener for the work that has given the recording its title. Officium de Cruce by Loyset Compère is a setting of a 14th-century hymn which follows the episodes of the Passion in a continuously flowing musical narrative: from the betrayal of Christ to his death – when the sun darkened – and entombment.