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The Music Room => Composer Discussion => Topic started by: Carlo Gesualdo on November 24, 2019, 02:46:38 AM

Title: Francisco Penalosa is incredible
Post by: Carlo Gesualdo on November 24, 2019, 02:46:38 AM
I have two albums of Penalosa, one by Pro cantione Antiqua for the motets and one more from New York Polyphony.

Penalosa was a composer pre-Cristobal de Morales and Francisco Guerrero, one of the most interesting composers around.

Not the most notorious, If fact I wonder how much available works for this composer in albums. He super great composer to be discovered.
Title: Re: Francisco Penalosa is incredible
Post by: Mandryka on November 24, 2019, 08:50:13 PM
The Bruno Turner recording is a great favourite of mine. I expect that New York Polyphony are very seductive, I have liked most of what I've heard from them.

This has one Penalosa thing, a sacred motet, over 5 mins and is very nicely done in typical Hilliard style

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Dominique Vellard has recorded a lot of Penalosa, with Ensemble Giles Binchois and with Ensemble Cantus Figuratus. It's many years since I listened to any of it. 

And you may, or you may not, like what Gothic Voices do here, there are half a dozen Penalosa numbers

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And I've just discovered this, which I'll play latee today if I can, I like what they do with Compère.

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Ditto for this, I liked what they did with Josquin

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Title: Re: Francisco Penalosa is incredible
Post by: Mandryka on November 25, 2019, 01:44:18 AM
Quote from: Mandryka on November 24, 2019, 08:50:13 PM
Ditto for this, I liked what they did with Josquin

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This turns out to be absolutely fabulous, wonderful sound too, with a great sense of hall captured by the engineers, at least that's how it comes across on my biggest best system. I feel very enthusiastic about this one.