Cecus. Colours, blindness and memorial / Graindelavoix
Alexander AGRICOLA and his contemporaries





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Glossa GCD P32105

febrero de 2010
Sint-Katharinakerk, Duisburg, Belgium







I. MÉMORIAL

1. Romance de la muerte del muy esclarecido rey don Felipe  [6:56]
Lament on the death of Philippe le Beau in 1506.
Text reconstruction: Josemi Lorenzo Arribas.
Musical reconstruction: Björn Schmelzer,
based on a traditional Romance on the death of Don Juan de Aragón y Castilla in 1497,
still extant in the oral tradition in Tétouan, Morocco

Pierre DE LA RUE
2. Plorer, gemir, crier · Requiem  [3:08]
Lament, probably on the death of Philippe le Beau,
based on the introit of the Requiem Mass, with the addition of French text.

Thanks indeed to Paul Verlaine for inspiration in reconstructing ‘Quant la mort’
3. Delicta juventutis  [9:10]
Commemoration motet for Philippe le Beau
4. Absalon, fili mi  [6:56]
Lament on the death of Philippe le Beau
5. Doleo super te   [2:32]
Lament on the death of Philippe le Beau


II. LES LARMES, LES AVEUGLES

Alexander AGRICOLA
6. Cecus non judicat de coloribus, prima pars  [4:11]
7. Fortuna desperata  [6:32]
8. Si dedero  [3:05]
9. L'heure est venue  [8:20]
10. Je n'ay deuil  [8:08]

11. Juan de ANCHIETA (?). Musica, quid defles  [3:30]
Epitaphion Alexandri Agricolae symphonistae regis Castillae

12. Nicolas CHAMPION. De profundis clamavi   [6:48]

13. JOSQUIN. Nymphes des bois · Déploration sur la mort de Ockeghem   [5:12]
Lament on the death of Johannes Ockeghem in 1497. Text by Jean Molinet

14. Alexander AGRICOLA. Cecus non judicat de coloribus, seconda pars   [4:38]








GRAINDELAVOIX
Björn Schmelzer

Voices:
Olalla Alemán, Patrizia Hardt · superius
Yves Van Handenhove, Marius Peterson, Paul De Troyer, Lieven Gouwy · tenor
Thomas Vanlede, Amout Malflfiet, Antoni Fajardo · bassus

Instruments:
Lluis Coll i Trulls, cornetto
Jan Van Outryve, lute, cittern
Floris De Rycker, lutes
Thomas Baeté, fiddle, viol
Liam Fennelly, fiddle, viol
William Taylor, harp
Joeri Wens, percussion



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Recorded in the Sint-Katharinakerk, Duisburg,
Belgium, in February 2010
Engineered and produced by Manuel Mohino
Executive producer: Carlos Céster
Art direction & design: Valentín Iglesias
Photographs of Björn Schmelzer and Graindelavoix:
Charlie De Keersmaecker
Editorial direction: Carlos Céster
Editorial assistance: María Díaz, Mark Wiggins
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