Schola Antiqua, Ensemble La Danserye & Sourcework - Missa Super Octo Tonos: Sebastián de Vivanco (2026) [24/96]

Discover the musical wealth of Spain’s Golden Age with Missa super octo tonos, the newest release from Salamanca Cathedral’s Cathedralis label. This recording forms part of an ongoing and important effort to bring renewed attention to the works of Sebastián de Vivanco (c. 1553–1622), a distinguished composer and former chapelmaster whose music has long been neglected. Vivanco’s compositions—and indeed all his printed output—were issued by the printer Susana Muñoz, who, together with her husband Artus Tavernier, established one of the leading presses for sacred music in Golden Age Spain. In this sense, the album also pays homage to her as a key figure in sixteenth-century Spanish music printing.

Following the success of an earlier volume, this release marks Cathedralis’s second recording devoted to Vivanco’s remarkable polyphony, performed with a strong commitment to historical practice. Central to the project is a unique collaboration between three internationally recognized ensembles: the eight vocal specialists of Sourcework, the plainchant ensemble Schola Antiqua, and the wind players of La Danserye. United by their approach of singing and playing directly from original choirbooks—without conductor, bar numbers, or rehearsal markings—they reconstruct a hypothetical liturgical celebration such as might have inaugurated the academic year in seventeenth-century Salamanca.

The performance reflects historical cathedral practices, where ministriles often reinforced or replaced vocal lines, enriching the texture with instruments such as shawms, sackbuts, and recorder consorts, particularly in the motets. This ambitious artistic vision has been recorded in the very setting where Vivanco lived and worked: the Old Cathedral of Salamanca, which also houses his remains.

The album features Vivanco’s Missa super octo tonos—a refined, expressive, and masterfully crafted composition—alongside a selection of motets, many of them recorded here for the first time. An essential contribution to Spain’s musical heritage, this recording combines scholarly rigor with outstanding artistic quality.

Tracklist:
01. Spiritus sanctus, a 4vv (Procesión de ministriles)
02. Orantibus in loco isto, a 4vv
03. Asperges me, a 4vv (Antífona para la aspersión)
04. Statuit ei Dominus (Introito, canto llano)
05. Missa super octo tonos, a 4vv: I. Kyrie
06. Missa super octo tonos, a 4vv: II. Gloria
07. Ecce sacerdos magnus (Gradual, canto llano)
08. Diligite inimicos vestros, a 4vv (Motete para el Evangelio, ministriles);
09. Missa super octo tonos, a 4vv: III. Credo
10. Inveni David (Ofertorio, canto llano)
11. Prefacio (canto llano)
12. Missa super octo tonos, a 4vv: IV. Sanctus - Osanna I
13. Ductus est Iesus - Si filius Dei est [II pars], a 4vv (Motete para la elevación, ministriles)
14. Missa super octo tonos, a 3vv: IV. Benedictus - Osanna II
15. Missa super octo tonos, a 5vv: V. Agnus Dei
16. Fidelis servus (Comunión, canto llano)
17. Videns crucem, a 6vv

Dynamic Range Report

foobar2000 v2.24.1 / DR Meter v0.7
log date: 2026-04-22 10:45:08

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Analyzed: Schola Antiqua, Ensemble La Danserye & Sourcework / Missa Super Octo Tonos: Sebastián de Vivanco
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 -1.28 dBFS -15.35 dBFS 2:25 01-Spiritus sanctus, a 4vv (Procesión de ministriles)
DR11 -3.34 dBFS -21.02 dBFS 3:02 02-Orantibus in loco isto, a 4vv
DR11 -1.90 dBFS -15.30 dBFS 5:50 03-Asperges me, a 4vv (Antífona para la aspersión)
DR12 -8.25 dBFS -25.81 dBFS 2:42 04-Statuit ei Dominus (Introito, canto llano)
DR11 -2.43 dBFS -17.56 dBFS 5:17 05-Missa super octo tonos, a 4vv: I. Kyrie
DR13 -3.38 dBFS -20.99 dBFS 5:03 06-Missa super octo tonos, a 4vv: II. Gloria
DR11 -9.35 dBFS -24.97 dBFS 1:19 07-Ecce sacerdos magnus (Gradual, canto llano)
DR10 -4.83 dBFS -18.23 dBFS 2:14 08-Diligite inimicos vestros, a 4vv (Motete para el Evangelio, ministriles);
DR13 -2.46 dBFS -20.86 dBFS 7:31 09-Missa super octo tonos, a 4vv: III. Credo
DR11 -6.58 dBFS -22.89 dBFS 1:18 10-Inveni David (Ofertorio, canto llano)
DR12 -9.86 dBFS -27.34 dBFS 3:24 11-Prefacio (canto llano)
DR10 -2.56 dBFS -15.75 dBFS 3:03 12-Missa super octo tonos, a 4vv: IV. Sanctus - Osanna I
DR10 -6.34 dBFS -20.37 dBFS 3:45 13-Ductus est Iesus - Si filius Dei est [II pars], a 4vv (Motete para la elevación, ministriles)
DR11 -4.82 dBFS -20.25 dBFS 1:36 14-Missa super octo tonos, a 3vv: IV. Benedictus - Osanna II
DR11 -1.25 dBFS -15.55 dBFS 4:04 15-Missa super octo tonos, a 5vv: V. Agnus Dei
DR11 -9.48 dBFS -24.43 dBFS 0:52 16-Fidelis servus (Comunión, canto llano)
DR11 -1.14 dBFS -15.83 dBFS 2:59 17-Videns crucem, a 6vv
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Number of tracks: 17
Official DR value: DR11

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2528 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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