Colours in the Dark: Instrumental music of Alexander Agricola

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Ensemble Leones' imaginative instrumental combinations and Fitch's fascinating, 'playful' reworkings of reworked works make an effective case...Listening to this attractive, evocative recording... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2013 More…

Release Date: 8th Apr 2013
Catalogue No: CHR77368
Label: Christophorus
Length: 80 minutes

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Agricola, A: In minen zin

Work length2:25

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Crawford Young (lute)
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon
Recorded: 23-26 April 2012
Recording Venue: Heilig Kreuz Kirche Binningen, Switzerland

Ghizeghem: De tous biens plaine

Work length5:02

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Crawford Young (lute)
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon
Recorded: 23-26 April 2012
Recording Venue: Heilig Kreuz Kirche Binningen, Switzerland

De tous bien plaine

Track length5:02

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De tous biens plaine a 2 [15th century]

Work length1:18

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Crawford Young (lute)
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon
Recorded: 23-26 April 2012
Recording Venue: Heilig Kreuz Kirche Binningen, Switzerland

Agricola, A: De tous biens plaine a 3 No. 2

Work length2:40

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Crawford Young (lute)
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon
Recorded: 23-26 April 2012
Recording Venue: Heilig Kreuz Kirche Binningen, Switzerland

Agricola, A: De tous biens plaine a 3 No. 3

Work length2:12

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Crawford Young (lute)
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon
Recorded: 23-26 April 2012
Recording Venue: Heilig Kreuz Kirche Binningen, Switzerland

Agricola, A: De tous biens plaine a 3 No. 4

Work length1:18

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Crawford Young (lute)
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon
Recorded: 23-26 April 2012
Recording Venue: Heilig Kreuz Kirche Binningen, Switzerland

Agricola, A: De tous biens plaine a 3 No. 5

Work length1:28

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Crawford Young (lute)
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon
Recorded: 23-26 April 2012
Recording Venue: Heilig Kreuz Kirche Binningen, Switzerland

Tandernaken (Tandernaken, al op den Rijn)

Work length6:16

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Crawford Young (lute)
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon
Recorded: 23-26 April 2012
Recording Venue: Heilig Kreuz Kirche Binningen, Switzerland

Agricola, A: Tandernaken a 3

Work length4:03

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Crawford Young (lute)
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon
Recorded: 23-26 April 2012
Recording Venue: Heilig Kreuz Kirche Binningen, Switzerland

Si congie prens

Work length1:37

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Crawford Young (lute)
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon
Recorded: 23-26 April 2012
Recording Venue: Heilig Kreuz Kirche Binningen, Switzerland

Agricola, A: Se congie prens

Work length1:51

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Crawford Young (lute)
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon
Recorded: 23-26 April 2012
Recording Venue: Heilig Kreuz Kirche Binningen, Switzerland

Se congie prens a 3

Track length1:51

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Agricola, A: D … a 3

Work length1:13

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Crawford Young (lute)
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon
Recorded: 23-26 April 2012
Recording Venue: Heilig Kreuz Kirche Binningen, Switzerland

Agricola, A: Je ne puis plus a 3

Work length1:30

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Crawford Young (lute)
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon
Recorded: 23-26 April 2012
Recording Venue: Heilig Kreuz Kirche Binningen, Switzerland

Agricola, A: Cecus non judicat de coloribus

Work length5:50

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Crawford Young (lute)
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon

Cecus non iudicat de coloribus

Track length5:50

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Agricola, A: Fors seullement a 4

Work length2:56

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Crawford Young (lute)
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon
Recorded: 23-26 April 2012
Recording Venue: Heilig Kreuz Kirche Binningen, Switzerland

Agricola, A: Duo

Work length1:56

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Crawford Young (lute)
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon
Recorded: 23-26 April 2012
Recording Venue: Heilig Kreuz Kirche Binningen, Switzerland

Agricola, A: Pater meus agricola est

Work length6:08

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Crawford Young (lute)
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon
Recorded: 23-26 April 2012
Recording Venue: Heilig Kreuz Kirche Binningen, Switzerland

Frye, W: Tout a par moy

Work length1:19

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Crawford Young (lute)
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon
Recorded: 23-26 April 2012
Recording Venue: Heilig Kreuz Kirche Binningen, Switzerland

Agricola, A: Tout a par moy

Work length3:07

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Crawford Young (lute)
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon
Recorded: 23-26 April 2012
Recording Venue: Heilig Kreuz Kirche Binningen, Switzerland

Tout a par moy a 3

Track length3:07

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Agricola, A: Tout a par moy a 4

Work length2:36

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Crawford Young (lute)
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon
Recorded: 23-26 April 2012
Recording Venue: Heilig Kreuz Kirche Binningen, Switzerland

Fitch, F: agricologies

Work length1:20

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Crawford Young (lute)
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon
Recorded: 23-26 April 2012
Recording Venue: Heilig Kreuz Kirche Binningen, Switzerland

agricologies: Agricola VIII, "Obrecht Canon III": De tous biens plaine / Tinguely-Brunnen I

Track length1:20

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Agricola, A: Helas madame, que feraige a 3

Work length1:55

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Crawford Young (lute)
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon
Recorded: 23-26 April 2012
Recording Venue: Heilig Kreuz Kirche Binningen, Switzerland

agricologies

Work length1:13

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Recorded: 23-26 April 2012
Recording Venue: Heilig Kreuz Kirche Binningen, Switzerland

agricologies: Agricola VIII, "Obrecht Canon III": De tous biens plaine / Tinguely-Brunnen II

Track length1:13

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Dufay: Le Serviteur

Work length4:42

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Crawford Young (lute)
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon
Recorded: 23-26 April 2012
Recording Venue: Heilig Kreuz Kirche Binningen, Switzerland

Le serviteur a 2

Work length3:24

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Crawford Young (lute)
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon
Recorded: 23-26 April 2012
Recording Venue: Heilig Kreuz Kirche Binningen, Switzerland

Agricola, A: Le serviteur a 4

Work length2:32

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Crawford Young (lute)
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon
Recorded: 23-26 April 2012
Recording Venue: Heilig Kreuz Kirche Binningen, Switzerland

agricologies

Work length5:22

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Recorded: 23-26 April 2012
Recording Venue: Heilig Kreuz Kirche Binningen, Switzerland

agricologies: Agricola IX: Je nay dueil

Track length5:22

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Agricola, A: Fortuna desperata a 6

Work length3:35

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Crawford Young (lute)
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon
Recorded: 23-26 April 2012
Recording Venue: Heilig Kreuz Kirche Binningen, Switzerland

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Agricola was already considered one of the 'old masters' soon after his death in 1506. His works were approached with veneration and, already in the early 16th century, regarded as examples of good and demanding counterpoint. As a member of the first generation of genuinely instrumental composers, he wrote not only the masses, motets and chansons that were customary during this period, but also a large number of works without text that were obviously created for instruments by virtue of their construction. As a result, his musical rhetoric went considerably farther than his otherwise congenial colleagues Josquin Desprez and Heinrich Isaac, and he composed instru¬mental works that were far ahead of his time.

It has been most fortunate to gain the cooperation of the English Agricola expert Fabrice Fitch as a partner for Ens Leones. Alongside his musicological activities, Fitch has also made quite a name for himself as a composer working with themes and motifs of Alexander Agricola in his 'Agricologies'. For the present programme, Fitch has composed two more 'Agricologies' specially for Ens Leones, tailor-made to suit the ensemble combination. With this, Agricola's compositional arm extends into our own time.

"I would like to dedicate this recording to my teacher and friend Crawford Young, whose enthusiasm for Agricola’s works inspired my own studies of this composer. I want to thank him for communicating his knowledge and for participating in the present recording." Marc Lewon

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August 2013

Ensemble Leones' imaginative instrumental combinations and Fitch's fascinating, 'playful' reworkings of reworked works make an effective case...Listening to this attractive, evocative recording and gradually taking on board its many facets are fresh musical experiences well worth having.

7th April 2013

This music rejoices in a sense of freedom, while two substantial original works prove equally arresting. They are all played here with palpable joy.

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