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Josquin des Prez was unquestionably one of the greatest composers of Renaissance Europe. His works generally fall into one of three principal categories motets, masses, and chansons. While his masses and chansons are consistently remarkable, it was in his motets that Josquin gave full reign to his creativity. This featuring Daniel Reuss and Cappella Amsterdam offers a selection of Josquin's secular homages and sacred polyphony, focusing on the title work, a setting of the Miserere, which became a model for many composers that followed. This is the first of three albums from Cappella Amsterdam devoted to Franco-Flemish masters of the Renaissance. Album Tracks 1. Nymphes Des Bois/Requiem Aeternam/Deploration de la Mort de Jehan Ockeghem, Lament for 5 Parts (03 30) 2. Nymphes, Nappés/Circumdederunt Me, Song for 6 Parts (02 19) 3. In Principio Erat Verbum, Motet for 4 Parts 4. In Principio Erat Verbum (02 41) 5. Fuit Homo Missus a Deo (04 35) 6. Et Verbum Coro Factum Est (01 46) 7. Absolve Quesumus/Requiem Aeternam, Motet for 6 Parts (03 39) 8. Absalon, Fili Mi, Motet for 4 Parts (Poss. Spurious) (03 30) 9. Planxit Autem David, Motet for 4 Parts 10. Planxit Autem David (03 54) 11. Montes Gelboe (02 17) 12. Sagitta Jonathae (03 24) 13. Doleo Super Te (02 42) 14. De Profundis, Motet for 5 Parts (04 33) 15. Miserere Mei Deus (Psalm 51), Motet for 5 Parts 16. Miserere Mei, Deus (05 33) 17. Auditui Meo Dabis Gaudium (04 13) 18. Domine, Labia Mea Aperies (05 00) 19. Pater Noster - Ave Maria, Motet for 4 Parts (07 05) 20. Musae Jovis for 6 Voices (05 20)
