Claudin de Sermisy: Saint Matthew Passion (1534)

Artists Vox Cantoris, Jean-Christophe Candau

€29,99 EUR

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The Vox Cantoris ensemble performs an unpublished Saint Matthew Passion miraculously discovered among the very first French printed music in 1534, composed by Claudin de Sermisy, the greatest French Renaissance master of music. This liturgical passion offers a remarkable narration of the last hours of the Christ, alternating plain chant and polyphony, without any intervention other than the human voice in all its richness. Vox Cantoris Raphael Mas - Superius Jean-Christophe Candau - Conductor & Director Herve Lamy - Tenor & Evangeliste (Passion) Luc Terrieux - Tenor Frederic Bourreau - Bass Jean-Marc Vie - Bass PS. Tracks 2-6 are united as one piece in this album download, while the booklet inlay divides it up into separate tracks. This is how Psalmus delivered the DSD audio.

Tracklist

Total time: 01:10:49

1. Gloria laus

11:17

2. Saint Matthew Passion

51:21

3. Resurrexi

08:11

Additional Information

Label

Psalmus

SKU

PSAL030

Qualities

FLAC 96 kHz, DSD 64, DSD 128, DSD 256, DSD 512, DXD 24 Bit, FLAC 192 kHz

Channels

2ch Stereo

Artists

Vox Cantoris, Jean-Christophe Candau

Composers

Divitus, Sermisy

Conductors

Jean-Christophe Candau

Genres

Classical

Original Recording Format

DSD 64

Release Date

June 11, 2021

Higher Rates Program
Not Available on SACD

Reviews

La Nef

Hervé Pennven

These polyphonies are of the highest beauty. They are typical of Sermisy in their clarity and the efforts made to keep the text understandable.

It takes all the craft of a truly great composer to manage in such a way diversifying a musical discourse, subject to such a tight constraint. The transparent sound record leaves voices very expressive.

Diapason

Guillaume Bunel

The six singers gather in a carnal sound, that wonderfully restores the sensuality and clarity of the tones.