1 CD |
€ 19.95
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Preorder |
Label Evil Penguin |
UPC 0608917726220 |
Catalogue number EPRC 0075 |
Release date 04 April 2025 |
The album Adriano 6 by Dionysos Now! pays tribute to Adriaen Willaert (1490–1562). The centerpiece of this recording is the Missa Laudate Deum, a so-called parody mass based on Johannes Mouton’s motet of the same name. This remarkable mass showcases Willaert’s masterful command of polyphony and serves as an homage to his mentor. The Missa Laudate Deum comes from the rare Liber quinque missarum (1536), a collection of five masses where Willaert demonstrates his refined continuation of the Parisian School. By integrating Mouton’s hymn of praise with his own innovations, Willaert created a masterpiece that remains a milestone in the history of mass composition.
In addition to the mass, the album features a selection of Willaert’s madrigals and motets. Works like Qual dolcezza gamai and Amor mi fa morire reveal his ability to merge expressive text with intricate music. Inspired by poets such as Dragonetto Bonifacio, these dramatic madrigals highlight Willaert’s sensitivity to text interpretation and his contribution to new musical forms. Motets like Videns Dominus and Ecce Dominus veniet stand out for their profound emotion and technical brilliance.
Het album Adriano 6 van Dionysos Now! brengt een ode aan Adriaen Willaert (1490–1562). Het centrale werk op deze opname is de Missa Laudate Deum, een zogeheten parodiemis gebaseerd op Johannes Moutons motet met dezelfde naam. Deze indrukwekkende mis illustreert Willaerts meesterlijke beheersing van de polyfone stijl en zijn eerbetoon aan zijn mentor. De Missa Laudate Deum komt uit de zeldzame bundel Liber quinque missarum (1536), een collectie van vijf missen, waarin Willaert zijn stijl toont als een verfijnde voortzetting van de Parijse School. De integratie van Moutons loflied en Willaerts eigen innovaties maken dit werk tot een bijzonder hoogtepunt in de geschiedenis van de miscompositie.
Naast de mis bevat het album ook een selectie van Willaerts madrigalen en motetten. Werken als Qual dolcezza gamai en Amor mi fa morire laten zien hoe hij de expressieve mogelijkheden van tekst en muziek samenbrengt. De dramatische madrigalen, geïnspireerd door dichters als Dragonetto Bonifacio, tonen Willaerts gevoel voor tekstinterpretatie en de ontwikkeling van nieuwe muzikale vormen. De motetten op het album, zoals Videns Dominus en Ecce Dominus veniet, blinken uit in diepgaande emotie en technische verfijning.
Dionysos Now! would like to show you that vocal polyphony of the Renaissance is very captivating music, and deserves to be heard by a wider audience.
Dionysos Now! wants to create cathedrals from sounds, in which you perceive the music as if you were flattering the cathedrals with a drone from far above. The brick stones are overall but they seem to merge into the whole, into the 'gestalt', where the radiant music generates much more effervescent energy than the sum of the tones, the contagious flow in the music is sought and captured, like a surfer who seems to have found the perfect wave and seizes his chance to float on it before it goes away again.
With the wise words of Winston Churchill in mind "Never waste a good crisis", Tore Denys started studying the scores of his fellow townsman Adriaen Willaert during the lockdown and so he rediscovered the wonderful music of this Venetian chapel master over the past few months. A new initiative was born: Dionysos Now! Vienna is a brand new project that aims to spread the magnificent heritage of Adriaen Willaert. With Dionysos Now!, Denys would like to demonstrate that Renaissance vocal polyphony is very captivating music that deserves to be appreciated by a wider audience.