John Potter – Secret History: Josquin & Victoria (2017) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

John Potter – Secret History: Josquin & Victoria (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz  | Time – 01:08:31 minutes | 593 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download  | Booklet, Front Cover | © ECM New Series

The fact that Tomás Luis de Victoria was born in 1548, 27 years after Josquin des Prez’s death, must not lead the listener to assume this album presents “disparate” works of a composer from the early Renaissance on the one hand and of a second composer from the late Renaissance on the other. In those times, composers’ works were passed around – often as tablatures for lute and vihuela music – and most importantly, each interpreted them according to their own ideas (particularly because tablatures were unobtrusive regarding rhythms), their instrument’s abilities, and depending on whether they performed alone or in support of a singer… This CD offers a personal interpretation of the works of Victoria and Josquin, as imagined by the voices of singers John Potter and Anna Maria Friman, as well as the vihuelas of Ariel Abramovich, Lee Santana and Jacob Heringman. In order to better highlight the vividness of language in the Renaissance, the latter offers us half a dozen small instrumental “Preludes” scattered across the album, that he improvised in the style of the time, using snippets, accents, suggestions, turns as they were then used. Here is an excellent overhaul of the very concept of “historical authenticity”, as it always remains closely related to the time, instruments, instrumentalists, and the thousands of layers of possible interpretations of Renaissance music. 

Tracklist

1. Jean Mouton: Nesciens mater
2. Jacob Heringman: Prelude I
3. Tomás Luis de Victoria: Kyrie (from MissaSurge Propera)
4. Heringman: Prelude II
5. Victoria: Gloria (from MissaSurge Propera)
6. Heringman: Prelude III
7. Victoria: Credo (from MissaSurge Propera)
8. Heringman: Prelude IV
9. Victoria: Sanctus (from MissaSurge Propera)
10. Victoria: Benedictus (from MissaSurge Propera)
11. Heringman: Prelude V
12. Victoria: Agnus Dei (from MissaSurge Propera)
13. Anonymous: Inviolata (chant)
14. Josquin Desprez: Inviolata
15. J Desprez: Absalon, fili mi
16. Anonymous: Obsecro te (chant)
17. J Desprez: Obsecro te
18. J Desprez: Salve regina
19. Anonymous: Benedicta es (chant)
20. J Desprez: Benedicta es
21. J Desprez: Nymphes de Bois
22. Victoria: O magnum mysterium

Personnel
John Potter, voice
Anna Maria Friman, voice
Ariel Abramovich, alto, tenor and bass vihuelas
Jacob Heringman, tenor and bass vihuelas
Lee Santana, alto and tenor vihuelas
Hille Perl, viola da gamba (on tracks 21, 22)

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