Requiem for an Emperor

Manchicourt, Pierre de;
Gombert, Nicolas;
Narváez, Luis de;
Crecquillon, Thomas;
Févin, Antoine de;
Canis, Cornelius;
Payen, Nicolas;
Adriaenssen, Emanuel

Utopia Ensemble

RAM 2401

Charles V was certainly the most powerful and charismatic of the Renaissance rulers. Exhausted and worn down by the challenges of imperial rule, he abdicated towards the end of his life and led a secluded existence in the monastery of Cuacos de Yuste in Castile under the motto ‘Ecce elongavi fugiens et mansi in solitudine’ (‘I fled and remained in solitude’). The Utopia Ensemble seeks out the man behind the monarch and examines the duality of power and greatness as well as solitude. Pierre de Manchicourt – court composer to Charles's son and director of the famous Capilla Flamenca – could well have written his Requiem for one of the countless commemorations of Charles V. It radiates serenity and splendour and is juxtaposed here with chansons that moved the heart beneath Charles’s imperial armour.

Works:

•Canis: Mariez moy mon père
•Crecquillon: Le monde est tel
•Gombert: Mort et fortune
•Gombert: O malheureuse journee
•Richafort: Cuidez vous que Dieu nous faille

CD

Muzyka klasyczna

Ramée

03-02-2025

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