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Bonefont - Missa pro mortuis | Cypres CYP1682

Bonefont - Missa pro mortuis

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Label: Cypres

Cat No: CYP1682

Barcode: 5412217016821

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 10th July 2020

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About

In perpetual search of unpublished works and forgotten composers, Paul Van Nevel invites us to discover a Requiem Mass for five voices, composed in 1556 by Simone de Bonefont, canon and cantor at Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral. The Missa pro mortuis can be considered as one of the highlights of polyphonic vocal style, encompassing all the characteristics of Franco-Flemish techniques of the period. The richness of de Bonefont’s polyphonic writing and his mastery of counterpoint are truly astonishing. True to form, the Huelgas Ensemble honours this unpublished score with a powerful interpretation, delivering music of incredible luminous tranquility.

The programme also includes four compositions by Franco-Flemish masters – that de Bonefont may well have heard – on one of the most profound texts of the Gregorian repertoire: Media vita in morte sumus (‘In the midst of life we are in death’).

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