Sebastián de Vivanco (c. 1551-1622): Missa O quam suavis est (SATB)

One of the best Masses (if not the best) by Sebastián de Vivanco, based on his own motet (its edition can be purchased here). The highlights of the Mass are the Pleni sunt (for five voices with a retrograde canon) and the final Agnus Dei (for seven voices!), where the head-motif of the motet appears in the Superius 2 with long values. A masterpiece that deserves many performances and recordings.

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Sebastián de Vivanco (c. 1551-1622): O quam suavis est (SATB)

One of the most beautiful motets by Vivanco. We are also publishing the Mass based on this motet this week. 

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Cristóbal de Montemayor (fl. 1583-1600): Virgo prudentissima (SATTB)

Cristóbal de Montemayor (or Cristoforo Montemayor) is a rather unknown Spanish Renaissance composer. The only source for his works is the Liber primus cum octo et sex et quinque et quatuor vocibus (Napoli, 1593), a collection with psalms for double choir, hymns, motets and a couple of Masses. Though the double choir psalms and hymns are quite uninteresting, the works that stand out are the motets for four, five and six voices.

We are publishing the motets for four, five and six voices by Montemayor in Ars Subtilior Editions. The copy of the Liber primus (I-RN Mss musicali 135) has a lot of errors (text, accidentals, values...) that have been corrected for our editions.

Virgo prudentissima is an outstanding motet for five voices (SSATB). It alternates parts with vibrant counterpoint with phrases of expressive homophony (like in pulchra ut luna).

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Francisco Garro († 1623): Missa Maria Magdalene (SSATBB)

The Spanish composer Francisco Garro published this wonderful Mass based on the famous motet by Francisco Guerrero on his Opera aliquot (Lisbon, 1609). This is a very different Mass from the one by Alonso Lobo (available here). The final Agnus Dei is scored for eight voices with a double canon In diapason.

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Pedro Rimonte (1565-1627): Missa In diebus illis (SATB)

The second Mass of the Missae sex (Antwerp, 1604) by the Spanish composer Pedro Rimonte (1565-1627) is based on the motet by Palestrina. The Agnus Dei is scored for six voices with a Canon in subdiapente & in diatessaron on the Altus.

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Pere Riquet (fl. 1598-1619): Missa Susanne un jour (SATB)

This Mass by Pere Riquet (fl. 1598-1619) was one of the latest (if not the last) Masses based on the famous chanson by Didier Lupi and Orlando di Lasso.

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Cristóbal de Montemayor (fl. 1583-1600): Tu es Petrus (SSATTB)

Cristóbal de Montemayor (or Cristoforo Montemayor) is a rather unknown Spanish Renaissance composer. The only source for his works is the Liber primus cum octo et sex et quinque et quatuor vocibus (Napoli, 1593), a collection with psalms for double choir, hymns, motets and a couple of Masses. Though the double choir psalms and hymns are quite uninteresting, the works that stand out are the motets for four, five and six voices.

We are publishing the motets for four, five and six voices by Montemayor in Ars Subtilior Editions. The copy of the Liber primus (I-RN Mss musicali 135) has a lot of errors (text, accidentals, values...) that have been corrected for our editions.

Tu es Petrus is a motet for six voices (SSATTB) that uses a small part of the usual text (Tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram edificabo Ecclesiam meam. Alleluia.)

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Alonso Lobo (1555-1617): Missa Maria Magdalene (SSATBB)

A Mass on the famous motet by Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599).

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Pedro Rimonte (1565-1627): Missa de Beata Virgine (SATB)

The first Mass of the Missae sex (Antwerp, 1604) by the Spanish composer Pedro Rimonte (Zaragoza, 1565-1627). The final Agnus Dei adds two extra voices with a double canon.

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Sebastián de Vivanco (c. 1551-1622): Petite et accipietis (SATB) (2021 Edition)

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Sebastián de Vivanco (c. 1551-1622): Tu es vas electionis (SATB) (2021 Edition)

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Sebastián de Vivanco (c. 1551-1622): Crux fidelis (SSATTB) (2021 Edition)

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Sebastián de Vivanco (c. 1551-1622): Assumpta est Maria (SSSAAT) (2021 Edition)

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Sebastián de Vivanco (c. 1551-1622): Missa Tu es vas electionis (SATB) (2021 Edition)

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Juan Esquivel de Barahona (c. 1560- c. 1623): Missarum liber primus (Complete Edition)

We are proud to release the complete edition of the Missarum liber primus by Juan Esquivel de Barahona (c. 1560- c. 1623).

Published in 1608, the Missarum liber primus contains the antiphon Asperges me, three Masses based on motets by Francisco Guerrero (Ave virgo sanctissima, Ductus est Jesus and Gloriose confessor Domini), the six-voice Missa Batalla (with the final Agnus Dei for twelve voices!) on the famous chanson La guerre by Clement Janequin (which also serves as a subtle homage to Francisco Guerrero as he also published a mass on that chanson, the Missa de la batalla escoutez), one hexachord Mass for eight voices (the Missa Ut re mi fa sol la) and a five-voice Missa pro defunctis (Requiem) with the final six-voice motet In paradisum.

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Juan Esquivel de Barahona (c. 1560-c. 1623)

Missarum liber primus (1608)

Asperges me	SATB	Buy/Download
Missa Ave virgo sanctissima	SSATB	Buy/Download
Missa Batalla	SSAATB	Buy/Download
Missa Ut re mi fa sol la	SSSAATTB	Buy/Download
Missa Ductus est Jesus	SATB	Buy/Download
Missa Gloriose confessor Domini	SATB	Buy/Download
Missa pro defunctis	SSATB	Buy/Download

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Sebastián de Vivanco (c. 1551-1622): Surge Petre (SAATB) (2021 Edition)

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Sebastián de Vivanco (c. 1551-1622): Missa Doctor bonus (SATB) (2021 Edition)

A Mass based on the homonym motet by the composer himself. The Agnus Dei is another tour de force typical of Vivanco, scored for eight voices with a double canon and an ostinato.

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Sebastián de Vivanco (c. 1551-1622): Spiritus Sanctus replevit (SATB) (2021 Edition)

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Sebastián de Vivanco (c. 1551-1622): Surrexit pastor bonus (SSATB) (2021 Edition)

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Sebastián de Vivanco (c. 1551-1622): Missa Super octo tonos (SATB) (2021 Edition)

One of the most extraordinary masses by Vivanco, based on the eight plainchant tones. The Hosanna is the true climax of the work (not the Agnus Dei as usual, which is scored for five voices), an astonishing tour de force with a double canon scored for eight voices.

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