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Brumel: Missa Et ecce terrae motus/Lamentations/Magnificat secundi toni
Peter Phillips
Brumel: Missa Et ecce terrae motus/Lamentations/Magnificat secundi toni
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Something of a legend in its day, Brumel's famous "Earthquake" Mass (Et ecce terrae motus means "And behold, the earth shook," referring to the moment when Christ arose from the dead) is a monumental 12-voice setting for E...  more »

     
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All Artists: Peter Phillips
Title: Brumel: Missa Et ecce terrae motus/Lamentations/Magnificat secundi toni
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Gimell UK
Release Date: 9/1/1993
Genres: Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 028945492629, 093046468620

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Something of a legend in its day, Brumel's famous "Earthquake" Mass (Et ecce terrae motus means "And behold, the earth shook," referring to the moment when Christ arose from the dead) is a monumental 12-voice setting for Easter. With so many voices, Brumel couldn't create much harmonic movement or even clearly audible melody (a wonderful soprano-tenor duet on "Osanna in excelsis" is an exception) and still follow the rules of Renaissance counterpoint; he kept the Mass interesting by using the massive effects so many voices can create and by creating ornate rhythmic interplay between the different voices. Peter Phillips takes the Mass at an ideal tempo, just slow enough to let the rhythms register rather than whizzing by in a blur; the Tallis Scholars' energetic performance lives up to the work's nickname. --Matthew Westphal

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09/16/1998
(5 out of 5 stars)

"The Missa Et Ecce Terrae Motus is the earliest known mass in 12 voices; it survives because Orlando di Lasso was an admirer of the work and performed it while Kapellmeister at Munich. Apart from the sheer technical exuberance of the work, it is just amazingly beautiful--the final moments of the Credo, for example, are among the most sublime moments I know anywhere in music. Both this recording and Paul van Nevel recording are extraordinarily fine--this is the best available. Anyone who likes the Tallis 50-voice motet Spem in Alium, or the work of Monteverdi or Gabrielli, or is just looking for music with intense spiritual content and ceremonial grandeur needs this disk. Personally, I've given away at least 3 copies to friends!"