THE LEIDEN CHOIRBOOKS, VOL. VI (FLAMINGUS/HELLINCK/DE MANCHICOURT AND MORE): Egidius Quartet & College (2 CDS)

Our programming for this, the final double CD in the series, is somewhat different from our earlier releases. The first CD presents two complete Masses, the Missa Peccata mea by Lupus Hellinck and the Missa Nisi Dominus by Pierre de Manchicourt; these are complemented by a number of short liturgical works. The second CD demonstrates how a polyphonic Mass would have sounded in the context of a celebration of the Mass in the 16th century.

The choirbooks of the Pieterskerk contain several polyphonic works that were intended specifically for the feast of Corpus Christi. Two of these can be heard on earlier CDs from this series: the five-part motet Ego sum panis vite by Christian Hollander (CD set 1) and the anonymous four-part hymn Pange lingua (CD set 2).

A word of special thanks is also due to Peter de Groot, the artistic director of the Egidius Quartet, for it is primarily thanks to his efforts that this enormous project was first launched and then completed in a time when the recording and release of early music on CD was becoming more and more difficult. I was able to discuss programming and performance with Peter extensively and in complete harmony; there was only one occasion on which we realised that we were not in complete accord. Looking back over the project as a whole, we can proudly present this set of six double CDs as an impressive act of homage to a remarkable body of work, one of the great treasures of the Netherlands’ musical history.

CD1
1 Cibavit Eos, A4 02:50
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Johannes Flamingus (Fl 1565-1573)'
Missa “Peccata Mea”
2 Kyrie, A4 03:43
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Lupus Hellinck (C1494-1541)'
3 Gloria, A4 05:18
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Lupus Hellinck (C1494-1541)'
4 Credo, A4 10:16
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Lupus Hellinck (C1494-1541)'
5 Sanctus, A4 06:59
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers:
6 Agnus Dei, A4-5 03:20
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Lupus Hellinck (C1494-1541)'
Crucifixum In Carne, A3
7 Secunda Pars: Recordamini Quomodo Predixit, A3 03:31
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Johannes Flamingus (Fl 1565-1573)'
Missa “Nisi Dominus”, A4
8 Kyrie 03:43
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Pierre de Manchicourt (c.1510-1564)'
9 Gloria 05:18
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Pierre de Manchicourt (c.1510-1564)'
10 Credo 10:16
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Pierre de Manchicourt (c.1510-1564)'
11 Sanctus 06:59
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Pierre de Manchicourt (c.1510-1564)'
12 Agnus Dei 03:20
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Pierre de Manchicourt (c.1510-1564)'
Regina Celi, A4
13 Secunda Pars: Resurrexit Dixit Vobis, A4 03:46
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Franciscus Mergot De Novo Portu (Fl 1560-1576)'
CD2
1 Asperges Me, A4 03:21
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Johannes Flamingus (Fl 1565-1573)'
2 Confiteor 01:34
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Johannes Flamingus (Fl 1565-1573)'
3 Introit: Cibavit Eos 02:08
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Johannes Flamingus (Fl 1565-1573)'
Missa “Philomena”
4 Kyrie, A4 05:06
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Claudin De Sermisy (C1490-1562)'
5 Gloria, A4 05:55
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Claudin De Sermisy (C1490-1562)'
6 Epistle 02:22
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Claudin De Sermisy (C1490-1562)'
7 Gradual: Oculi Omnium 03:07
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Claudin De Sermisy (C1490-1562)'
8 Evangelium 02:23
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Claudin De Sermisy (C1490-1562)'
9 Credo, A4 09:38
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Claudin De Sermisy (C1490-1562)'
10 Offertory: Portas Caeli Aperuit 04:25
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Claudin De Sermisy (C1490-1562)'
11 Secreta- with anonymus response 01:33
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Claudin De Sermisy (C1490-1562)'
12 Preface - with anonymus response 03:10
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Claudin De Sermisy (C1490-1562)'
13 Sanctus, A4 05:48
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Claudin De Sermisy (C1490-1562)'
14 Canon / Consecration 03:29
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Claudin De Sermisy (C1490-1562)'
15 Pater Noster - with anonymus response 01:56
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Claudin De Sermisy (C1490-1562)'
16 Agnus Dei, A4-5 06:36
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Claudin De Sermisy (C1490-1562)'
Communion Sedit Angelus
17 Crucifixum In Carne, A3 07:47
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Johannes Flamingus (Fl 1565-1573)'
18 Postcommunion 01:17
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Johannes Flamingus (Fl 1565-1573)'
Hymnus
19 Christe Qui Lux Es 08:25
artists: ' Egidius Kwartet' ' Et College'
composers: 'Joachimus De Monte (fl.1550-1555)'