Cinquecento is a Vienna based vocal ensemble formed in 2004 comprising five singers from Austria, Belgium, England, Germany and Switzerland.Le 1/09/2014 Cinquecento: Jean Guyot de Chatelet & Philippe Schoendorff By: Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht Supple, evenly produced voices, perfect intonation and diction, and musical intelligence: ensemble Cinquecento is at the forefront of the performance of Renaissance polyphony, a reputation they have acquired in a brief period of time. Today they sing music by two composers from Liège: Philippe Schoendorff, a student of De Monte, and Jean Guyot de Châtelet, both of whom served at the Viennese court
Discography Music for the Court of Maximilian II (Hyperion Records, CDA67579, 2007) Jacob Regnart: Missa Super Oeniades Nymphae & other sacred music (Hyperion Records, CDA67640, 2007) Philippe de Monte: Missa Ultimi miei sospiriEarly Music Review -Missa Ultimi miei sospiri'An impassioned and beautiful performance by Cinquecento … The exceptional blend of voices and unified approach to phrasing augur well for their future as great interpreters of Renaissance music … A marvellous affinity for Monte … They have no need of a conductor to achieve lovely long phrases full of warmth and life … The individual voices are all lovely, and the countertenors float above the texture without dominating it' (Hyperion Records, CDA67658, 2008) Jacobus Vaet: Missa Ego flos campi & other sacred music (Hyperion Records, CDA67733, 2009) Philipp Schoendorff: The Complete Works (Hyperion Records, CDA67854, 2011) Adrian Willaert: Missa Mente tota & Motets (Hyperion Records, CDA67749, 2010) Richafort: Requiem & other sacred music (Hyperion Records, CDA67959, 2012) Jean Guyot Amorosi Peniseiri (Hyperion Records, CDA68053, 2014) Orlande de Lassus: Missa super Dixit Joseph & motets (Hyperion Records, CDA68064, 2015) Jean Guyot Te Deum laudamus & other sacred music (Hyperion Records, CDA68180, 2017)
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