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Diabolus in Musica, Antoine Guerber When this reference version came out in 2004, it was awarded
both a ‘Choc’ of the Monde de la Musique and a ‘Diapason
d'or’ for the year. It fully reflects the very high quality
standards expected from the collaboration between between
Alpha and the ensemble Diabolus in Musica.
Guillaume Dufay [1400-74] was the most important
composer of the 15th century. He was widely recognised as
his works were performed during his many travels. At the end of his life he was considered as one of the
major artists in any field of his century, notwithstanding Brunelleschi, Charles D'Orléans, François Villon and
so many others. Se la face ay pale is the first of four masses written during his maturity. It marks the
resounding apotheosis of medieval music, while it also announces the dawn of the Renaissance. "Tackling so well-known a piece so successfully tempts superlatives." Gramophone Critics' Choice 2005 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Ensemble Diabolus In Musica, Antoine Guerber The programme centres on the impressive Christmas
response Descendit de Caelis, alternating long polyphonic melismas, probably by Pérotin, and Gregorian
melodies enriched with solo prose sections.The other pieces illustrate the possibilities that were being
explored by the composers of the Notre Dame School in the thirteenth century: from 1 to 4 parallel voices,
Pérotin being the first composer to write in 4 parts. “Diabolus in Musica go right to the heart of an exciting era of musical development when musicians were exploring the very essence of sound and the blending of sounds, rhythms and vocal timbres.” Gramophone Magazine | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | La Doce Acordance - The Sweet AccordChansons de trouvères (XIIe & XIIIe siècles)
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Diabolus In Musica, Antoine Guerber “Tackling so well-known a piece so successfully tempts superlatives.” Gramophone Magazine “Let us hope that, as with Munrow, Guerber's magnificent reading will inspire yet a further generation of musicians.” International Record Review | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Honi soit qui mal y pense !Polyphony of Royal English Chapels of the 14th Century
Diabolus in Musica, Antoine Guerber | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Carmina GallicaLatin songs of the 12th century
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Diabolus in Musica, Antoine Guerber (direction) The emblematic work of the gothic period, Guillaume de Machaut's Messe de Notre Dame is where music blossomed into polyphony, just as architecture gained height thanks to the use of the ribbed vault and flying-buttress. A quest for light, as in the cathedral in Reims, where Machaut was canon. | 
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Diabolus in Musica, Antoine Guerber Guillaume Dufay is one of the key representatives of the French
musical genius. His masterful work is a comprehensive and
brilliant apotheosis of the middle ages.
During his long career, the master from Cambrai gave us not only
an impressive series of motets and masses, but also more than 80
profane songs, gems of melodic, rhythmic and poetic creativity.
These small masterpieces show extreme refinement and an
extraordinary command of counterpoint.Whatever the form,
ballade, rondeau, bergerette or motet-song, the expression remains surprisingly natural and exquisitely simple.
Most of these songs hail lightness of mind, joy, optimism, modestly restrained amorous pleasure, though some are melancholic or dwell on more austere feelings. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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