Guillaume Dufay: Missa Ecce Ancilla Domini - A 15th Century Mass from the Cathedral of Cambrai /Ensemble Gilles Binchois * Vellard

Guillaume Dufay (Artist), Dominique Vellard (Artist), Ensemble Gilles Binchois (Artist), Pascal Bertin (Artist), Jean Nirouet (Artist), Akira Tachikawa (Artist), Raphael Boulay (Artist), Edmund Brownless (Artist), Christophe Einhorn (Artist), Antoine Guerber (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 9, 2001)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: EMI Classics Imports
• ASIN: B00000DNF8
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #451,739 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Missa Ecce Ancilla Domini: Introitus

2. Missa Ecce Ancilla Domini: Kyrie

3. Missa Ecce Ancilla Domini: Gloria

4. Missa Ecce Ancilla Domini: Collecta

5. Missa Ecce Ancilla Domini: Epistola

6. Missa Ecce Ancilla Domini: Graduale

7. Missa Ecce Ancilla Domini: Alleluia

8. Missa Ecce Ancilla Domini: Evangelium

9. Missa Ecce Ancilla Domini: Credo

10. Missa Ecce Ancilla Domini: Offertorium

11. Missa Ecce Ancilla Domini: Sanctus

12. Missa Ecce Ancilla Domini: Agnus Dei

13. Missa Ecce Ancilla Domini: Communio

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5.0 out of 5 stars Peace of mind, November 4, 2005

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This review is from: Guillaume Dufay: Missa Ecce Ancilla Domini - A 15th Century Mass from the Cathedral of Cambrai /Ensemble Gilles Binchois * Vellard (Audio CD)

During the period 1450 - 1550, church music became increasingly interesting intellectually (complex polyphonic procedures) and by late renaissance finally more emotionally expressive too. Dufay stands in the beginning of this development and seems more close to what we today might label a meditative approach to religious music. The polyphony here is interesting enough to keep your concentration; the music is sufficiently calming to settle your mind and permit you to go into a deeper state of experience. This mass is too engaging to be considered meditation music, but it is still deeply relaxing. I can't help imagining myself staying completely alone on a remote mountain farm, burning wood at the antique fireplace as the first snow of winter silently drifts in the chill air outside the walls of ancient timber and I have no other business than putting another log into the fire.
Ensemble Gilles Binchois and its conductor/singer Dominique Vellard are legends in early music performance. I think that the more early and more sacred the music, the better they sound. They have won a lot of prices for their numerous recordings, of which many are not available anymore. Lending this CD makes me anxious...