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The music of Marc'Antonio Ingegneri (ca. 1535-1592) is seldom performed; devoted Renaissance music fans may recognize him as Claudio Monteverdi's teacher. However, there is a good deal of interest in his works, and the (mixed-gender, adult) Choir of Girton College, Cambridge, and its director, Gareth Wilson, have done well to bring some of his music out of the shadows in a series of state-of-the-art recordings, of which this is the third. One may wonder whether one can hear hints of Monteverdi's stylistic revolutions in the music, and the answer, perhaps, is yes and no. On one hand, he was a member of the late Renaissance Counter-Revolution "Roman school," and he prized limpid polyphony, restraint, and clear text-setting. The Missa Susanne un Jour is a parody mass in which the model, ultimately a chanson by Lassus, is deeply woven into the texture in the classic Renaissance fashion, but much of Ingegneri's writing in his masses and motets is homophonic, and the big blocks of sound heard here must have made an impression on the young Monteverdi. There are a few madrigals, unusually played by an organ. Why has Ingegneri been forgotten? Perhaps because he came from out-of-the-way Cremona, not Rome or Venice, or perhaps because he was one of those "in-between" figures who doesn't fall into the usual music-historical categories. In any event, the youthful voices of the Girton College Choir add transparency and beauty, and the engineering at St. George's, Chesterton, North Cambridge, is top-notch. Listeners have been catching on to the choir's series, and this volume made classical best-seller charts in the spring of 2023.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Composer - Gareth Wilson, Director, MainArtist - Choir of Girton College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Historic Brass of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, MainArtist - Historic Brass of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Ensemble
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Composer - Gareth Wilson, Director, MainArtist - Choir of Girton College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Historic Brass of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, MainArtist - Historic Brass of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Ensemble
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Giovanni Bassano, Composer - Jeremy West, Soloist, MainArtist - Gareth Wilson, Director, MainArtist - Historic Brass of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, MainArtist - Historic Brass of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Ensemble
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Composer - Gareth Wilson, Director, MainArtist - Choir of Girton College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Historic Brass of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, MainArtist - Historic Brass of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Ensemble
2023 Toccata Classics 2023 Toccata Classics
Anonymous, Lyricist - Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Composer - Gareth Wilson, Director, MainArtist - Choir of Girton College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Historic Brass of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, MainArtist - Historic Brass of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Ensemble
2023 Toccata Classics 2023 Toccata Classics
Anonymous, Lyricist - Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Composer - Gareth Wilson, Director, MainArtist - Choir of Girton College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Historic Brass of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, MainArtist - Historic Brass of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Ensemble
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Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Composer - Gareth Wilson, Composer, Director, MainArtist - Historic Brass of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, MainArtist - Historic Brass of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Ensemble
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Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Composer - Emily Nott, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Composer - Gareth Wilson, Director, MainArtist - Choir of Girton College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Historic Brass of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, MainArtist - Historic Brass of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Ensemble
2023 Toccata Classics 2023 Toccata Classics
Anonymous, Lyricist - Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Composer - Gareth Wilson, Director, MainArtist - Choir of Girton College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Historic Brass of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, MainArtist - Historic Brass of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Ensemble
2023 Toccata Classics 2023 Toccata Classics
Anonymous, Lyricist - Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Composer - Gareth Wilson, Director, MainArtist - Choir of Girton College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Historic Brass of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, MainArtist - Historic Brass of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Ensemble
2023 Toccata Classics 2023 Toccata Classics
Anonymous, Lyricist - Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Composer - Gareth Wilson, Director, MainArtist - Choir of Girton College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Historic Brass of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, MainArtist - Historic Brass of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Ensemble
2023 Toccata Classics 2023 Toccata Classics
Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Composer - Gareth Wilson, Composer, Director, MainArtist - Historic Brass of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, MainArtist - Historic Brass of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Ensemble
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Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Composer - Felix Elliott, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2023 Toccata Classics 2023 Toccata Classics
Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Composer - Gareth Wilson, Director, MainArtist - Choir of Girton College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Historic Brass of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Ensemble, MainArtist
2023 Toccata Classics 2023 Toccata Classics
Anonymous, Lyricist - Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Composer - Gareth Wilson, Director, MainArtist - Choir of Girton College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist
2023 Toccata Classics 2023 Toccata Classics
Album review
The music of Marc'Antonio Ingegneri (ca. 1535-1592) is seldom performed; devoted Renaissance music fans may recognize him as Claudio Monteverdi's teacher. However, there is a good deal of interest in his works, and the (mixed-gender, adult) Choir of Girton College, Cambridge, and its director, Gareth Wilson, have done well to bring some of his music out of the shadows in a series of state-of-the-art recordings, of which this is the third. One may wonder whether one can hear hints of Monteverdi's stylistic revolutions in the music, and the answer, perhaps, is yes and no. On one hand, he was a member of the late Renaissance Counter-Revolution "Roman school," and he prized limpid polyphony, restraint, and clear text-setting. The Missa Susanne un Jour is a parody mass in which the model, ultimately a chanson by Lassus, is deeply woven into the texture in the classic Renaissance fashion, but much of Ingegneri's writing in his masses and motets is homophonic, and the big blocks of sound heard here must have made an impression on the young Monteverdi. There are a few madrigals, unusually played by an organ. Why has Ingegneri been forgotten? Perhaps because he came from out-of-the-way Cremona, not Rome or Venice, or perhaps because he was one of those "in-between" figures who doesn't fall into the usual music-historical categories. In any event, the youthful voices of the Girton College Choir add transparency and beauty, and the engineering at St. George's, Chesterton, North Cambridge, is top-notch. Listeners have been catching on to the choir's series, and this volume made classical best-seller charts in the spring of 2023.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:13:36
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Choir of Girton College, Cambridge Historic Brass of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Gareth Wilson Emily Nott Felix Elliott
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Toccata Classics
- Genre: Classical Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) Choral Music (Choirs)
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