The anonymous Flemish Messe de Tournai, compiled somewhere between 1325 and 1330, is the oldest complete polyphonic mass in existence. Intended for performance in the Cathedral Notre Dame in the Belgian city of Tournai, the Messe de Tournai is preserved in a manuscript otherwise consisting of monophonic chant. Drawing from the monophonic sections ...
This three-CD set from Harmonia Mundi purports on the packaging to offer "the finest masses in musical history." Of course that's an impossible goal, and the liner notes back off from it with various disclaimers. The question to ask about a set like this, assembled from existing Harmonia Mundi releases going back to 1986, is whether it either ...
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