OPERA OMNIA
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Johannes Ciconia
Released: 2011
SACRED MUSIC (CD2)
1 I. Petrum Marcello Venetum - O Petre antistes inclite
2 II. O virum omnimoda - O lux et decus - O beate Nicholae
3III. Ut per te omnes celitus - Ingens alumnus Padua
4IV. Gloria No.3
5 V. Gloria No. 4
6 VI. Gloria spiritus et alme No. 6
7VII. Venecie, mundi splendor - Michael qui Stena domus
8 VIII. Gloria suscipe trinitas
9IX. O beatum incendium
10 X.O felix templum incendium
11XI. Gloria No.9
12 XII. Doctorum principem - Melodia suavissima - Vir mitis
13 XIII. Gloria No.1
14 XXIV. Credo No. 2
15 XV. Albane, misse celitus - Albane doctor maxime
16 XVI. Gloria spiritus et alme No. 5
17 XVII. Credo No. 10
18 XVIII. Gloria No.8
19 XIX. O Padua sidus preclarum
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SECULAR MUSIC (CD1 - see booklet)
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Active in Venice and Padua at the beginning of the 15th century, Johannes Ciconia is undoubtedly the most important composer of this period of transition. Originally from Liège, nourished by the principles of the French and Italian Ars Nova, he played a considerable role in the musical evolution which gradually led to the Renaissance. His work covers all genres of the time: French songs, Italian ballads and madrigals, occasional motets in Latin as well as mass movements that announce the golden age of the genre in the 15th century.
This integral is entrusted to two remarkable ensembles well known from the catalogs of Outhere: La Morra for secular music and Diabolus In Musica for religious works and occasional motets.
Distribution
Viola: Frédéric Betous - Andrés Rojas-Urrego
Sopranos: Aino Lund-Lavoipierre - Estelle Nadau
Tenors: Raphaël Boulay - Olivier Germond
Bass-baritone: Emmanuel Vistorky
Bass: Philippe Roche
Organetto: Guillermo Perez
Sackbut: Franck Poitrineau - Fabien Dornic
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Recorded at the Collegiate Church of Champeaux in September 2010
Sound recording, artistic direction: Jean Marc Laisné
Newspaper
"The result is magnificent."
Marie-Aude Roux - The World, September 2011
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"After listening to these two discs in all respects generous, it is the enthusiasm and the admiration which are at the rendezvous in front of an achievement of such high and constant quality, whether it is the one recorded pieces or interpretation, where one will look in vain for a weak moment."
Jean-Christophe Pucek - past of the arts, September 2011