Search - Paul van Nevel, Huelgas Ensemble :: A Secret Labyrinth: A Celebration of Music from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance

Details of each individual disc in this collection.

Thomas C. Benson | 02/23/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"For each disk, first the Sony Classic «Vivarte» album number, then the album title.

This should help find each of the individual albums on Amazon for more information.



SK 53341 - Codex Las Huelgas - Music from 13th Century Spain

SK 48195 - Febus Avant!, Music at the Court of Gaston Febus (1331-1391)

SK 53976 - Music from the Court of King Janus at Nicosia (1374-1432)

SK 66261 - Utopia Triumphans

SK 60760 - Alexander Agricola - A Secret Labyrinth

SK 68258 - Matthaeus Pipelare - Missa "L'homme armé", Chansons, Motets

SK 46348 - Antoine Brumel - Missa "Et ecce terrae motus", Sequentia "Dies irae"

SK 46699 - Mateo Flecha el Viejo (1481-1553) - Las Ensaladas

SK 53116 - Costanzo Festa (c.1490-1545) - Magnificat, Mass parts, Motets, Madrigals

SK 48249 - Nicolas Gombert (c.1500-c.1557) - Music from the Court of Charles V

SK 62694 - Pierre de Manchicourt (c.1510-1564) - Missa "Veni Sancte Spiritus", Motets, Chansons

SK 53373 - Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594) - Lagrime di San Pietro

SK 64305 - Jacobus Gallus (1550-1591) - Opus musicum, Missa super "Sancta Maria"

SK 66288 - Cancoes, Vilancicos - e Motetes Portugueses, Séculos XVI-XVII

SK 53115 - Joao Lourenco Rebelo (1610-1661) Lementations for Maundy Thursday, Vesper Psalms

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BRILLIANT MUSIC IN BUDGET BOX DONE RIGHT

Steven H. Koenig | Brooklyn, NY, United States | 02/19/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"There have been so many budget boxes of reissues from the major labels- Sony in this case - which have been priced beautifully but with no notes or texts or original labels.



Although the original labels really don't matter in this case, what we do have is astounding: 15 of van Nevel and the Huelgas Ensemble's Sony Vivarte CDs in editions which actually have the titles written on the spine of each cardboard mini-jacket, but more important, a 200 page book with complete texts and translations. The sturdy box itself in extremely attractive. I'm in heaven.



This is a must-buy, even if you have a few of the originals (they make great gifts). I intend to buy a few more as gifts for loved ones.



Editor, AcousticLevitation dot org"

Short of a Real Review ...

Giordano Bruno | Wherever I am, I am. | 02/02/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"... the best I can do for the moment is to alert people to this super-bargain 15-CD box, including many of the early recordings of The Huelgas Ensemble. In turn, I thank another reviewer, MR Simpson, who alerted me. It seems at times that ONLY music is affordable in the current world economy.



I've reviewed several of the performances in this set separately, and even if I've picked a nit or two, I can't imagine anything more wonderful than carrying this box to a quiet place with a good sound system and browsing through it. In fact, that's exactly what I'll do as soon as it arrives."