L. Compere & Orlando Consort - Magnificat Motets & Chnasons (CD)

The Orlando Consort's third recording for Hyperion turns to the music of Loyset Compère, a composer the group first investigated some twenty years ago. In the intervening decades musicological research has elevated this composer from also-ran outsider to something of a trailblazer. For example, the wonderfully complex Magnificat recorded here, is now thought to predate the masterworks of Josquin by some fifteen years. A gorgeous selection of motets and chansons further charts this period of radical musical experimentation.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Magnificat Primi Toni
2. Tant Ay D'ennuy/O Vos Omnes
3. Dictes Moy Toutes Voz Pensées
4. Une Plaisant Fillette Ung Matin Se Leva
5. Vous Me Faites Morir D'envie
6. Ung Franc Archier
7. Ne Doibt on Prendre Quant on Donne
8. Au Travail Suis Sans Espoir de Confort
9. Mes Pensées Ne Me Lessent Une Heure
10. O Bone Jesu