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Ave Virgo Sanctissima
Currende, Erik van Nevel
The characteristic turns of Guerrero's motet are everywhere recognisable but Ghersem adds extra voices to the scoring of his model. The work shows off Eric van Nevel's ensemble at its best:...
Ave Virgo Sanctissima
Currende, Erik van Nevel
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The characteristic turns of Guerrero's motet are everywhere recognisable but Ghersem adds extra voices to the scoring of his model. The work shows off Eric van Nevel's ensemble at its best:...
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Gery de Ghersem was a Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance whose works were mostly destroyed in the Lisbon earthquake and fire of 1755. This solitary surviving complete work, Ave Virgo Sanctissima, a mass for 7 voices in polyphonic style. It is based on the "hit" motet of the same name by Guerrero.
Contents and tracklist
- Currende Vocal Ensemble
- Erik Van Nevel
- Currende Vocal Ensemble
- Erik Van Nevel
- Currende Vocal Ensemble
- Erik Van Nevel
- Currende Vocal Ensemble
- Erik Van Nevel
- Currende Vocal Ensemble
- Erik Van Nevel
- Currende Vocal Ensemble
- Erik Van Nevel
- Currende Vocal Ensemble
- Erik Van Nevel
- Currende Vocal Ensemble
- Erik Van Nevel
- Currende Vocal Ensemble
- Erik Van Nevel
Awards and reviews
October 2011
The characteristic turns of Guerrero's motet are everywhere recognisable but Ghersem adds extra voices to the scoring of his model. The work shows off Eric van Nevel's ensemble at its best: an organ is included and the resulting texture often had me thinking that there might be more instruments involved...Ghersem's Mass may seldom be recorded again, so we should be grateful that is has been done so well.
