Odhecaton & Paolo Da Col - Compere: Missa Galeazescha - Music for the Duke of Milan (2017)

During the reign of Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444-76), Milan experienced an extraordinary musical era. In the 1470s, the Duke set out to form a ‘famous and worthy choir’, recruiting a ‘goodly number of singers from beyond the Alps and from various countries’. He soon assembled a musical ensemble that boasted some of the most celebrated musicians in the Franco-Flemish polyphony of the day, from Italy and beyond. The Duke brought into being a new kind of polyphonic mass, a cycle of motets called missales to replace the traditional ordinarium, with texts attributing special importance to the worship of Our Lady of Grace and Mercy, much beloved by the Sforza family. A masterpiece of the genre is the so-called Missa Galeazescha for five voices, composed by Loyset Compère and performed here by an ensemble inspired by the impressive size of Galeazzo Maria Sforza’s cappella. This recording brings together four vocal-instrumental groups.

TRACKLIST

01 Sonata No. 100 :
02 Virgo Maria :
03 Ave, stella matutina, a 4 : matutina
04 Ave domina sancta Maria : Domina
05 Missa Galeazescha : Loco Introitus. Ave, Virgo gloriosa
06 Missa Galeazescha : Loco Gloria. Ave, salus infirmorum
07 Tousjours bien : Toujours
08 Missa Galeazescha : Loco Credo. Ave, decus virginale
09 La Martinella
10 Missa Galeazescha : Loco Offertorii. Ave, sponsa verbi summi
11 Tota pulchra es :
12 Missa Galeazescha : Loco Sanctus. O Maria
13 Missa Galeazescha : Ad elevationem. Adoramus te, Christe
14 L'homme banni : L’homme
15 Missa Galeazescha : Loco Agnus. Salve, mater salvatoris
16 Christi mater, ave
17 Ave, pulcherrima Regina
18 Missa Galeazescha : Loco Deo gratias. Virginis Mariae laudes
19 Ava Maria gratia plena : Ave
20 Etzliche Punctenn aus einer Sonade
21 Mater digna Dei
22 Sonata No. 6