O gemma lux

by Guillaume Dufay / Huelgas Ensemble / Paul Van Nevel

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The acclaimed Belgian choral group Huelgas Ensemble, directed by Paul Van Nevel, beautifully reconstructs the intricate polyphonic motets of early Renaissance composer Guillaume Dufay. The recording captures the staggering vocal clarity and deeply ethereal, mathematical precision of these 15th-century sacred compositions.

Genres

  • Renaissance Music
  • Choral
  • Motet

Tracklist

  1. Isorhythmic Motets: Vasilissa ergo gaude
  2. Isorhythmic Motets: O sancte Sebastiane - O martyr Sebastiane - O quam mira
  3. Isorhythmic Motets: O gemma, lux et speculum - Sacer pastor Barensium (Franco-Flemish Polyphony)
  4. Isorhythmic Motets: Apostolo glorioso - Cum tua doctrina - Andreas, Christi famulus
  5. Isorhythmic Motets: Rite majorem Jacobus - Artibus summis miseri
  6. Isorhythmic Motets: Ecclesie militantis - Sanctorium arbitrio - Bella canunt gentes
  7. Isorhythmic Motets: Balsamus et munda cera
  8. Isorhythmic Motets: Supremum est mortalibus
  9. Isorhythmic Motets: Nuper rosarum flores
  10. Isorhythmic Motets: Salve flos Tusce gentis - Vos nunc, Etrusce iubar
  11. Isorhythmic Motets: Magnanime gentes laudes - Nexus amicie Musa
  12. Isorhythmic Motets: Fulgens iubar ecclesiae dei - Puerpera, pura parens
  13. Isorhythmic Motets: Moribus et genere - Virgo, virga virens