CD, Lassus (composer)
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the music here is exceptionally varied, often florid and requiring no little agility. Its not insubstantial challenges are masterfully met by the admirable Brabant Ensemble. —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2025, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Shortlist, Early Music
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There seems to be no modern edition of the Agostini and certainly no previous recording; and the pieces recorded here are ample evidence that he was a highly skilled composer. —
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New. Carissimi: Jonas
Monteverdi - Lassus
Il Giardino Armonico, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Giovanni Antonini
There's lots to enjoy here but I'll return mostly for the Carissimi choruses. —
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Their style of singing – perfectly blended vocal harmony, exquisite tuning, inventive phrasing, delicately poised textural clarity - provides a magical accompaniment to the warmth of the Christmas... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2023, Recording of the Month
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Du Bellay: Heureux qui, comme Ulysse
Doulce Mémoire (early music ensemble), Kwal, Denis Raisin Dadre
Settings of Joachim Du Bellay’s poetry, interspersed with recitations by the ‘slam’ poet Kwal and accompanied by instrumental improvisations, make for an atmospheric and immersive experience. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Early Music
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As an album it radiates an inventive glee similar to Uri Caine’s Goldberg Variations (Winter & Winter, 10/00). Consider the Ikea-esque build-your-own-motet approach of Super flumina Babylonis. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Shortlist, Early Music
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These are all very experienced musicians with marvellous voices and a deep understanding of the repertory; and Philip Cave guides them with a thoroughly experienced and musically thoughtful... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2024, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Early Music
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Amarae Morti
Lamentations and motets by Cardoso, Gombert, Lassus, Morales, Palestrina, Phinot & Victoria
El León de Oro, Peter Phillips
Phillips pounces on all the details that matter: dissonances crunch satisfactorily, imitative points are tightly nested, and light streams through thick homophony…The choir is fresh-sounding,... —
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Exaudi really are one of the best-situated ensembles to sing this repertoire. They're known for combining madrigalian mood swings with eye-wateringly accurate tuning. —
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2025
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