COMPOSERS: Anon,Ockeghem
LABELS: ASV Gaudeamus
WORKS: Missa caput; Missa Ma maistresse, Ma maistresse
PERFORMER: The Clerks’ Group/Edward Wickham
CATALOGUE NO: CD GAU 186
The works of Johannes Ockeghem (d1497) have been brought alive in a wonderful series of recordings by this group. Here, the lovely but tricky Missa caput is surefooted and spacious – though some of the added accidentals might shock. And although the querulous chanson ‘Ma maistresse’ is a mite unstable, the little Mass based on it is perfect. Anthony Pryer
Ockeghem, Anon
The works of Johannes Ockeghem (d1497) have been brought alive in a wonderful series of recordings by this group. Here, the lovely but tricky Missa caput is surefooted and spacious – though some of the added accidentals might shock. And although the querulous chanson ‘Ma maistresse’ is a mite unstable, the little Mass based on it is perfect. Anthony Pryer
Our rating
5
Published: January 20, 2012 at 3:11 pm