Josquin: Masses - Hercules Dux Ferrarie, D'ung aultre amer Faysant - The Tallis Scholars

With this ninth and final release in their Josquin Mass cycle, Peter Phillips and The Tallis Scholars come to three of his greatest works. Although all three Masses come roughly from his early middle age, together they form a perfect showcase for a genius who felt challenged to make each setting different. - The Tallis Scholars' Josquin Mass cycle may have spanned the longest period of any project in the history of recorded music, with over 33 years having elapsed between the first album in the series which won the Gramophone Record of the Year Award in 1987 and this final instalment.

‘Timeless music, beautifully sung, impeccable phrasing and intonation, and we've become used to the high quality of the recordings over the years—that luminous sense of space and depth. Well, it's taken them over 33 years to finish the project, but that's it—complete. Eighteen masses by Josquin, nine volumes ending with the three masterpieces on this final recording. A major achievement in time for Josquin's 500th anniversary next year’ (BBC Record Review)

Composer: Despres, Josquin (c.1440-1521)

Missa Hercules Dux Ferrarie[27'20]
1
Kyrie I[1'06]

2
Christe[0'45]

3
Kyrie II[0'55]

4
Gloria in excelsis Deo[1'54]

5
Qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere[2'04]

6
Credo in unum Deum[2'53]

7
Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto[1'45]

8
Et in Spiritum Sanctum[2'21]

9
Sanctus[1'24]

10
Pleni sunt caeli[1'28]

11
Osanna I[1'05]

12
Benedictus[1'04]

13
Osanna II[1'08]

14
Agnus Dei I[2'25]

15
Agnus Dei II[2'05]

16
Agnus Dei III[2'58]

Missa D'ung aultre amer[17'43]

17
Kyrie I[0'55]

18
Christe[0'38]

19
Kyrie II[0'39]

20
Gloria[1'58]

21
Credo in unum Deum[2'24]

22
Et resurrexit tertia die[1'53]

23
Sanctus[1'45]