Cinquecento (early music group)
Cinquecento is a Vienna based vocal ensemble formed in 2004 comprising five singers from Austria, Belgium, England, Germany and Switzerland.[1]
Ensemble Cinquecento
St Rochus in Vienna, base of the ensemble
Discography
- Music for the Court of Maximilian II (Hyperion Records, CDA67579, 2007)
- Jacob Regnart: Missa Super Oeniades Nymphae & other sacred music (Hyperion Records, CDA67640, 2007)
- Philippe de Monte: Missa Ultimi miei sospiri[2] (Hyperion Records, CDA67658, 2008)
- Jacobus Vaet: Missa Ego flos campi & other sacred music (Hyperion Records, CDA67733, 2009)
- Philipp Schoendorff: The Complete Works (Hyperion Records, CDA67854, 2011)
- Adrian Willaert: Missa Mente tota & Motets (Hyperion Records, CDA67749, 2010)
- Richafort: Requiem & other sacred music (Hyperion Records, CDA67959, 2012)
- Jean Guyot Amorosi Peniseiri (Hyperion Records, CDA68053, 2014)
- Orlande de Lassus: Missa super Dixit Joseph & motets (Hyperion Records, CDA68064, 2015)
- Jean Guyot Te Deum laudamus & other sacred music (Hyperion Records, CDA68180, 2017)
References
- Le 1/09/2014 Cinquecento: Jean Guyot de Chatelet & Philippe Schoendorff By: Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht Supple, evenly produced voices, perfect intonation and diction, and musical intelligence: ensemble Cinquecento is at the forefront of the performance of Renaissance polyphony, a reputation they have acquired in a brief period of time. Today they sing music by two composers from Liège: Philippe Schoendorff, a student of De Monte, and Jean Guyot de Châtelet, both of whom served at the Viennese court
- Early Music Review -Missa Ultimi miei sospiri'An impassioned and beautiful performance by Cinquecento … The exceptional blend of voices and unified approach to phrasing augur well for their future as great interpreters of Renaissance music … A marvellous affinity for Monte … They have no need of a conductor to achieve lovely long phrases full of warmth and life … The individual voices are all lovely, and the countertenors float above the texture without dominating it'
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