ࡱ> KMJ7  bjbjUU *47|7|l 8 $ $'> :x x x x x x x &&&&&&&$) +Tg'x x x x x &x x |'x x x &x &L|%hY&x 2 Ph 4p%Y&4'0'%8,8,Y& OBSIDIAN NEW EARLY MUSIC LABEL Release Date November 19th 2007 Advance notice of Label launch event: November 19th 2007 details to follow soon Label: Obsidian Catalogue Nos: CD701, CD702, CD703 Price: Full price Packaging: Flexi-pack with 16/20 page booklet Copies available: end September 2007 Full details of the CDs can be found via www.obsidianrecords.co.uk The CDs are available on The Gift of Music website  HYPERLINK "http://www.thegiftofmusic.com" www.thegiftofmusic.com & in selected stores Distributed in the UK by Priory Records and by Classical Communications Obsidian Records bringing music to light Obsidian is a volcanic substance which in early times was prized for its magical properties. When cut a certain way, its black surface can be highly polished and thus reflect an image of its beholder. From the darkness comes a light, and ancient lore has it that the viewer can choose to see many things beyond a pure reflection. Obsidian Records hopes to add that illumination! The new label will initially release music from the period c.1300-1750. Music will be from major composers and sources including previously unrecorded repertoire, using new, unique scholarly editions. Clear titling and atmospheric programming aim for a realistic listening experience by combining vocal and instrumental music in a natural recorded sound. Artists include some of the finest available, from Britains leading new vocal consort, Alamire, directed by David Skinner, to established groups such as Fretwork and soloists including Andrew Lawrence-King and Lynda Sayce. Packaging and booklet notes will be an important contribution to bringing new light and vision to some very exciting music. Obsidian Records background Obsidian Records is a label of Classical Communications Ltd, a small classical recording company which is reversing the trend of declining music sales by growing and expanding its activities. It does this by offering appealing programming and imagery and by resisting the urge to follow the standard music business models! Its main label is The Gift of Music, which is mid-price and aimed at the non-specialist music lover. Classical Communications Ltd records and produces its own music in-house, and uses a network of established artists built up over the years through the personal contacts of Martin Souter, the companys Musical Director, who is an established and often recorded and broadcast early keyboard specialist. Obsidian Records adds a high-end label to Classical Communications range. Very high standards in packaging, design, recording and approachable programming remain paramount, based on the model established by The Gift of Music, but the musical content is uncompromising in its integrity and singularity. Obsidian Records market access Website www.obsidianrecords.co.uk: sharing some resources with www.thegiftofmusic.com UK record shops via Priory Records or via Classical Communications UK chains via Priory Records: HMV & Virgin Worldwide heritage market via Classical Communications own distribution network Obsidian Records first release tranche CD701 Josquin Desprez Missa Dung Aultre Amer Mass, Motets and Chansons CD702 Thomas Tomkins These Distracted Times Anthems and service music CD703 Philippe Verdelot Madrigals For a Tudor King SEE OVER FOR DETAILS OBSIDIAN NEW EARLY MUSIC LABEL Three new titles featuring the music of Verdelot, Josquin and Tomkins Release Date: November 19th 2007 Artists: Alamire directed by David Skinner Fretwork Choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge Andrew Lawrence-King CD701 Josquin Desprez Missa Dung Aultre Amer Mass, Motets and Chansons CD702 Thomas Tomkins These Distracted Times Anthems and service music CD703 Philippe Verdelot Madrigals Florentine music CD701 Josquin Desprez Missa Dung Aultre Amer Mass, Motets and Chansons Alamire with Andrew Lawrence-King, renaissance harp Josquin Desprez is widely recognized as the greatest of the Renaissance master musicians. He set the standard for the various compositional techniques borrowed and utilized by most composers of his generation and beyond, and became an iconic figure whose art captivated musicians and scholars for centuries. This recording centres around some of Josquins earliest works, and, in particular, his fascination with the Dung aultre amer rondeau composed by his teacher Johannes Ockeghem. Also included are some of his most popular motets and chansons performed here by a solo voice (Clare Wilkinson) with renaissance harp (Andrew Lawrence-King). CD702 Thomas Tomkins These Distracted Times Anthems and service music Alamire with Fretwork and the choir of Sidney Sussex, Cambridge The political intrigue of the early 17th century culminated with the execution of Charles I in 1649 and the beginning of the Commonwealth led by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell. Thomas Tomkins, the greatest composer of that age, wrote a pavan for these distracted times shortly after the Kings execution. This CD provides a mixture of Tomkins church and chamber music that soothed troubled souls during these turbulent years. The recording was made in the chapel of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where Cromwell was a student and where his severed head remains. CD703 Philippe Verdelot Madrigals Florentine music Alamire with Lynda Sayce, lute Philippe Verdelot was the most important composer of Italian madrigals in the early 16th century and recognized as the the greatest innovator of the genre. A Frenchman, he occupied several important musical posts in Italy, including the Florentine posts of maestro di cappella at the Baptistry of S. Maria del Fiore and the great Duomo itself. In the mid 1520s, during his time in Florence, a set of part-books were assembled, probably under Verdelot's supervision, for the court of Henry VIII. Most, if not all, of the works were composed by Verdelot. This is the first recording of the complete madrigals in the collection, which stands not only as the most exceptional of diplomatic musical gifts but is also an important source for the history of the early madrigal. 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