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As lovely a program of the secular songs of the great French Renaissance composer Guillaume Dufay as there has ever been, this 2007 disc by the delightfully named Diabolus in Musica gives first-time listeners an attractive introduction to his art and long-time listeners a wonderfully new set of performances to cherish. Of Dufay's 80 songs, the French ensemble led by Antoine Guerber has chosen 19 and grouped them according to topic: Songs of Sorrow and Grief, Songs in Praise of Noblemen, Love Songs, and Songs of Joy and Celebration. Within each set, Guerber mixes various song types from rondeau to bergerette, various groups of singers from solo to trio, and even interpolates the occasional instrumental solo. Balanced between four singers -- a soprano, two altos, and a tenor -- and four instrumentalists -- a guitar, two violins, and a clavicytherium (a sort of vertical harpsichord) -- Diabolus in Musica performs these songs as if the musicians had been born performing them. One never senses artificiality or superficiality, but rather a naturalness and authenticity that defy time and space. While the seeming austerity of the music may at first dissuade fans of later songs by, say, Schubert or Gershwin, the intrinsic beauty of the music and the universality of the emotions may ultimately win over even the most recalcitrant.
Recorded in La Ferme de Villefavard en Limousin -- a fine-sounding name for a converted barn with surprisingly splendid acoustics -- the sound here is clear and true.
© TiVo
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Diabolus in Musica, Performer - Antoine Guerber, Performer - Guillaume Dufay, Composer
2007 Alpha 2006 Diabolus
Diabolus in Musica, Performer - Antoine Guerber, Performer - Guillaume Dufay, Composer
2007 Alpha 2006 Diabolus
Diabolus in Musica, Performer - Antoine Guerber, Performer - Guillaume Dufay, Composer
2007 Alpha 2006 Diabolus
Diabolus in Musica, Performer - Antoine Guerber, Performer - Guillaume Dufay, Composer
2007 Alpha 2006 Diabolus
Diabolus in Musica, Performer - Antoine Guerber, Performer - Guillaume Dufay, Composer
2007 Alpha 2006 Diabolus
Diabolus in Musica, Performer - Antoine Guerber, Performer - Guillaume Dufay, Composer
2007 Alpha 2006 Diabolus
Louanges du Prince (Conrad Paumann)
Diabolus in Musica, Performer - Antoine Guerber, Performer - Conrad Paumann, Composer
2007 Alpha 2006 Diabolus
Diabolus in Musica, Performer - Antoine Guerber, Performer - Guillaume Dufay, Composer
2007 Alpha 2006 Diabolus
Diabolus in Musica, Performer - Antoine Guerber, Performer - Guillaume Dufay, Composer
2007 Alpha 2006 Diabolus
L'Amoureux Transi (Guillaume Dufay)
Diabolus in Musica, Performer - Antoine Guerber, Performer - Guillaume Dufay, Composer
2007 Alpha 2006 Diabolus
Diabolus in Musica, Performer - Antoine Guerber, Performer - Guillaume Dufay, Composer
2007 Alpha 2006 Diabolus
Diabolus in Musica, Performer - Antoine Guerber, Performer - Guillaume Dufay, Composer
2007 Alpha 2006 Diabolus
Diabolus in Musica, Performer - Antoine Guerber, Performer - Guillaume Dufay, Composer
2007 Alpha 2006 Diabolus
Joies & Fêtes (Guillaume Dufay)
Diabolus in Musica, Performer - Antoine Guerber, Performer - Guillaume Dufay, Composer
2007 Alpha 2006 Diabolus
Diabolus in Musica, Performer - Antoine Guerber, Performer - Guillaume Dufay, Composer
2007 Alpha 2006 Diabolus
Diabolus in Musica, Performer - Antoine Guerber, Performer - Guillaume Dufay, Composer
2007 Alpha 2006 Diabolus
Diabolus in Musica, Performer - Antoine Guerber, Performer - Guillaume Dufay, Composer
2007 Alpha 2006 Diabolus
Diabolus in Musica, Performer - Antoine Guerber, Performer - Guillaume Dufay, Composer
2007 Alpha 2006 Diabolus
Diabolus in Musica, Performer - Antoine Guerber, Performer - Guillaume Dufay, Composer
2007 Alpha 2006 Diabolus
Album review
As lovely a program of the secular songs of the great French Renaissance composer Guillaume Dufay as there has ever been, this 2007 disc by the delightfully named Diabolus in Musica gives first-time listeners an attractive introduction to his art and long-time listeners a wonderfully new set of performances to cherish. Of Dufay's 80 songs, the French ensemble led by Antoine Guerber has chosen 19 and grouped them according to topic: Songs of Sorrow and Grief, Songs in Praise of Noblemen, Love Songs, and Songs of Joy and Celebration. Within each set, Guerber mixes various song types from rondeau to bergerette, various groups of singers from solo to trio, and even interpolates the occasional instrumental solo. Balanced between four singers -- a soprano, two altos, and a tenor -- and four instrumentalists -- a guitar, two violins, and a clavicytherium (a sort of vertical harpsichord) -- Diabolus in Musica performs these songs as if the musicians had been born performing them. One never senses artificiality or superficiality, but rather a naturalness and authenticity that defy time and space. While the seeming austerity of the music may at first dissuade fans of later songs by, say, Schubert or Gershwin, the intrinsic beauty of the music and the universality of the emotions may ultimately win over even the most recalcitrant.
Recorded in La Ferme de Villefavard en Limousin -- a fine-sounding name for a converted barn with surprisingly splendid acoustics -- the sound here is clear and true.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:46
- Main artists: Diabolus in Musica Antoine Guerber
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Alpha Classics
- Genre: Classical
- Collection: Ut Pictura Musica
2007 Alpha 2006 Diabolus
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