Scattered Ashes

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The music on these two discs ranges from austere to luxuriant, urgent to serene. Magnificat’s director Philip Cave shapes poised, subtly expressive and finely balanced readings from the vocal... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 19th Feb 2016
Catalogue No: CKD517
Label: Linn
Length: 84 minutes

Gramophone Awards

2016

Finalist - Early Music

Josquin: Miserere mei, Deus

Work length17:33

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Magnificat, Philip Cave
Recorded: 19-29 January 2015
Recording Venue: St George's Church, Summertown, Oxford, United Kingdom

Palestrina: Tribularer, si nescirem

Work length9:55

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Magnificat, Philip Cave
Recorded: 19-29 January 2015
Recording Venue: St George's Church, Summertown, Oxford, United Kingdom

Jeune: Tristitia obsedit me

Work length5:51

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Magnificat, Philip Cave
Recorded: 19-29 January 2015
Recording Venue: St George's Church, Summertown, Oxford, United Kingdom

Lassus: Infelix ego

Work length8:44

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Magnificat, Philip Cave
Recorded: 19-29 January 2015
Recording Venue: St George's Church, Summertown, Oxford, United Kingdom

Lhéritier: Miserere mei, Domine

Work length9:20

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Magnificat, Philip Cave
Recorded: 19-29 January 2015
Recording Venue: St George's Church, Summertown, Oxford, United Kingdom

Gombert: In te, Domine, speravi

Work length9:29

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Magnificat, Philip Cave
Recorded: 19-29 January 2015
Recording Venue: St George's Church, Summertown, Oxford, United Kingdom

Clemens: Tristitia obsedit me

Work length10:15

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Magnificat, Philip Cave
Recorded: 19-29 January 2015
Recording Venue: St George's Church, Summertown, Oxford, United Kingdom

Byrd: Infelix ego

Work length12:58

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Magnificat, Philip Cave
Recorded: 19-29 January 2015
Recording Venue: St George's Church, Summertown, Oxford, United Kingdom

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Magnificat’s 25th anniversary recording, Scattered Ashes, features contrasting and parallel works of great passion inspired by the meditations of the infamous Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola.

These Latin settings by eight great vocal composers of the 16th century display a variety of scoring, textures and harmonic language that is mirrored in their intensity and attention to detail.

Josquin’s Miserere, referred to as ‘epic’, ‘massive’, ‘courageous’ and ‘bold’ with similarities in stature and significance frequently drawn between the music of Josquin and Beethoven, opens the programme.

Josquin’s musical architecture, and his sensitivity to the text, combine to produce a work of astonishing delicacy, with kaleidoscopic twists and turns, rich and subtle use of texture and variety exploiting and illustrating the text with a heartfelt empathy.

Both challenging and thrilling to sing, Josquin’s Miserere perfectly demonstrates why Magnificat’s world-class reputation for clarity, flawless intonation and purity of tone is second to none.

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June 2016

The music on these two discs ranges from austere to luxuriant, urgent to serene. Magnificat’s director Philip Cave shapes poised, subtly expressive and finely balanced readings from the vocal ensemble he founded a quarter of a century ago. His measured tempos reflect the predominantly contemplative tone of these works, and the sable hues and unwavering timbres of his singers are aptly evocative of Savonarolan sobriety

March 2016

In Lheritier's In te Domine, Domine speravi, Magnificat's velvety sound is at its most luxurious. This sonorous ensemble, combined with Cave's unhurried tempi, create a wonderfully melancholic sound world. Their interpretations of the post-Josquin generation of continental composers, Gombert and Clemens specifically, are among the finest on disc.

14th February 2016

This choice selection ranges from Josquin’s epic Miserere mei, Deus to Byrd’s Infelix ergo, every work a model of emotionally moving expressive intensity. The singers exquisitely shape and blend each one.

28th February 2016

the pure, unadorned quality of the singing and the range of music make this essential listening.

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