Ottaviano Dei Petrucci: Harmonice Musices Odhecaton [Import]

Ottaviano Petrucci (Composer), Johannes Ghiselin (Composer), Antoine Brumel (Composer), Jacob Obrecht (Composer), Erasmus Lapicida (Composer), Alexander Agricola (Composer), Heinrich Isaac (Composer), Marbrianus de Orto (Composer), Johannes de Stokem (Composer), Josquin Desprez (Composer), Antoine Busnois (Composer), Firminius Caron (Composer), Jean Japart (Composer), Johannes de Pinarol (Composer), Hayne van Ghizeghem (Composer), Crispin van Stappen (Composer), Fretwork (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Fretwork
• Composer: Ottaviano Petrucci, Johannes Ghiselin, Antoine Brumel, Jacob Obrecht, Erasmus Lapicida, et al.
• Audio CD (September 9, 2008)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
• ASIN: B001927MKY
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #280,181 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful collection, September 27, 2011

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Sid Nuncius (London) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ottaviano Dei Petrucci: Harmonice Musices Odhecaton (Audio CD)

This is yet another wonderful reissue in HM's excellent Gold series. It is a collection of late-15th Century pieces by various great composers including Josquin, Obrecht and Isaac, set for viol consort. The exact provenance of the works and their arrangements is given in very interesting detail in the notes, and they form a fascinating, beautiful and varied programme.

Fretwork, as always, play superbly. They are a terrific ensemble with a long established reputation as one of the world's finest viol consorts. They play together with an effortless precision and the sound the make is lovely and often thrilling. Although the tone of the pieces of the time and of this collection is generally melancholy it never becomes turgid or depressing because the musicians invest it with real feeling, and what shines through is sheer beauty.

In short, this is an absolutely outstanding disc of wonderful music beautifully played, and I recommend it very warmly.