| View Larger Image | Ottaviano dei Petrucci: Harmonice Musices Odhecaton | Audio CDAlexander Agricola (Composer), Anonymous (Composer), French Anonymous (Composer), Antoine Brumel (Composer), Antoine Busnois (Composer), Philippe Caron (Composer), Johannes Ghiselin (Composer), Heinrich Isaac (Composer), Jean Japart (Composer), Josquin Desprez (Composer), Erasmus Lapicida (Composer), Jacob Obrecht (Composer), Marbrianus de Orto (Composer), Johannes de Pinarol (Composer), Crispin van Stappen (Composer), Johannes de Stokem (Composer), Hayne van Ghizeghem (Composer), Fretwork (Composer)
| List Price: | $21.98 | |
| | Binding: | Audio CD | | Format: | Import | | Studio: | Harmonia Mundi Fr. | | Release Date: | February 12, 2002 | | Sales Rank: | 358,475th |
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Disc: 1
- Track 1: La Spagna, for 3 voices (Odhecaton C)
- Track 2: Fors seulement, for 4 voices
- Track 3: Fors seulement, chanson for 4 voices
- Track 4: Fors seulement, chanson for 4 voices
- Track 5: Tandernaken, chanson for 3 voices
- Track 6: Tandernaken � 3, for 3 instrumental parts
- Track 7: Si sumpsero, motet for 3 voices
- Track 8: Se congie pris, for 4 voices (Odhecaton C)
- Track 9: Numqua fue pena major, for 4 voices (Odhecaton C)
- Track 10: La morra, song for 3 voices
- Track 11: Tartara, chanson for 3 voices
- Track 12: J'ay pris amours (i), chanson for 4 voices
- Track 13: J'ay pris amours, chanson for 4 voices
- Track 14: Ave Maria gratia plena, for 4 voices
- Track 15: Stat ein meskin, chanson for 4 voices (also attrib. Isaac)
- Track 16: Brunette, chanson for 5 voices
- Track 17: Adieu mes amours, song for 4 parts
- Track 18: Le serviteur, rondeau for 4 voices (attributed)
- Track 19: Si dedero, motet for 3 voices
- Track 20: Hellas que pourra devenir
- Track 21: Je suis d'Alemagne, for 5 voices (Odhecaton C)
- Track 22: Vray dieu d'amours / Sancte Joannes baptista / Ora pro nobis, quodlibet chanson for 5 voices
- Track 23: Favus distillans, for 3 voices
- Track 24: Dit le Bourgignon
- Track 25: Fortuna desperata, for 4 voices
- Track 26: Fortuna Desperata
- Track 27: Basies moy, canon for voices for 6 parts
- Track 28: La Bernardina, song for 3 parts
- Track 29: De tous biens plaine, chanson
- Track 30: Beati pacifici, for 4 voices (after De tous biens playne)
- Track 31: De tous biens playne a 4
- Track 32: De tous biens pleine, motet for 4 parts
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 4 reviews)
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A wonderful CD indeed by Sator (Sydney, Australia)  5 Stars
July 02, 2005
Few people are aware that Petrucci developed printed music and he was responsible for the printed dissemination of many works of composers of the Prima Prattica. Represented here on this CD are works by virtually every really major composer of this time including Isaac, Josquin, Agricola, Obrecht and Brumel - only de la Rue and Gombert seem to be at all missing. The idea of recording them is a brilliant one and Fretwork really make their instruments sing with the lovely rich tone characteristic of a chest of viols. I agree that these works may require multiple listens to fully appreciate but with their contrapunctal intricacies, they contain great depth and beauty that are richly rewarding - reminiscent of the Art of Fugue or the Musical Offering of Bach. The comparison is all the more apt when you consider that Bach would have had many of these composers, especially Josquin, held up to him as models from which to learn the art of counterpoint.
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Unmissable recital of early music on early strings by Kenneth Rooney (Ireland) 5 Stars
February 12, 2005
This is a marvellous disc, one which sustains, indeed demands repeated listening. It could well be the best thing the veteran fretwork viol ensemble have ever done. These are not dance pieces but songs without words - instrumental arrangements of the Franco-Flemish polyphonic art-songs of the fifteenth century - compiled and arranged by an early sixteenth printer (the first music printer ever in fact), and played on viols which aproximate those used c 1600.
Fretwork outdo themsleves, playing these pieces with an an almost violin- like crispness and precision of attack, and producing a silverly, "throaty" sonority characteristic of viols. In a generous 70 minute+ programme, they skillfully alternate pieces in 3 parts with those scored up to a full 6. This is, if not music expressly intended to 'move' to, then music of gravity and emotion, the distillation of what even in the 1500's was seen as a pioneering age for art music, to be listened to in the same breath as the late Beethoven quartets.
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Great instrumental performance by Dr. Marion G. Ceruti (San Diego, CA United States)  4 Stars
October 08, 2002
I like this CD very much. The only thing that I can say that is bad about it is that it does not have any singing - it has all instrumentals. The beauty of this genre is not readily aparent at first exposure. The tunes are not as "catchy" as those in the frottola genre. However, after several sessions of listening to it, the subtle beauty begins to grow and reveal itself, like a vine growing on a tree trunk. These works are really quite exquisite once you get to know them, lovely like flowers on a vine. The composers are an excellent representation of the genre. I recommend it to singers who have the sheet music and want to use a recording as a study tool. Dr. Marion Ceruti, mezzosoprano
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an acquired taste... by Kenneth J. Luurs (Oak Park, IL USA)  3 Stars
February 19, 2002
Sorry to say, this music is not my cup of tea. It seems a bit dull and unobtrusive, rarely toe tapping in any shape or form. After a time, I found myself wanting to put on something else. Still, the music is well performed by one of the great early instrument ensembles. I do enjoy music for viols, but this music just may be a bit too "early" for me. If you appreciate this genre, you might wish to audition prior to purchase.
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