Pierre de la Rue: Requiem; Antoine Brumel: Requiem

Antoine Brumel (Artist), Pierre de La Rue (Artist), The Clerk's Group (Artist), Edward Wickham (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 21, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Gaudeamus
• ASIN: B000BJRJ9U
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Track Listings

1. Requiem: Introit:Requiem aeternam

2. Requiem: Kyrie eleison

3. Requiem: Psalm: Sicut cervus

4. Requiem: Offertory: Domine Jesu Christe

5. Requiem: Sanctus & Benedictus

6. Requiem: Agnus Dei

7. Requiem: Communion: Luceat eis Domine

8. Missa pro defunctis, for 4 voices (Requiem Mass): Introit: Requiem aeternam

9. Missa pro defunctis, for 4 voices (Requiem Mass): Kyrie eleison

10. Missa pro defunctis, for 4 voices (Requiem Mass): Sequence: Dies irae

11. Missa pro defunctis, for 4 voices (Requiem Mass): Sanctus & Benedictus

12. Missa pro defunctis, for 4 voices (Requiem Mass): Agnus Dei

13. Missa pro defunctis, for 4 voices (Requiem Mass): Communion: Luceat eis Domine

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A small ensemble singing beautiful music with intensity, March 25, 2009

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This review is from: Pierre de la Rue: Requiem; Antoine Brumel: Requiem (Audio CD)

Being fairly new to this ensemble, I find myself time and time again being astonished at the beauty and intensity of their singing. At first hearings, the De La Rue mass with Gregorian chant interwoven with polyphony appears stronger musically than Brumel - even so, the Brumel is very attractive.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best!, April 23, 2007

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This review is from: Pierre de la Rue: Requiem; Antoine Brumel: Requiem (Audio CD)

There are two CDs by the Clerk's Group including the de la Rue Requiem. This one also includes the Brumel Requiem, its first recording, and it's a bold exciting piece of polyphony. There is also a CD of the de la Rue Requiem by Ensemble Officium. IMHO The Clerks' Group performance is easily superior, and I've found that most listeners, hearing the two blind, agree. Officium produces a huge, resonant, glorious choral timbre (perhaps with a little studio resonance added) but at the cost of a "generalized" quality both of tuning and of expression. The Clerks' Group coaxes as much emotional intensity out of the standard Latin text of the requiem mass as anyone could hope. See my other review, of the Ensemble Officium disc, for more detail.