Jacquet of Mantua – Missa Surge Petre & motets
The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice (conductor)
Hyperion CDA68088.  76’39

Surge Petre, Missa Surge Petre, Ave Maria a 3, O vos omnes, In illo tempore … Non turbetur, O pulcherrima inter mulieres, Domine, non secundum peccata nostra.

You would be forgiven for not having heard of the Renaissance composer, Jacquet of Mantua (1483-1559), and can blame the oddities of personal names at the time. He was known by a variety of names in his day, including Jachet de Mantoue, Iachet da Mantova, Iachetus Gallicus, Jacques Colebault or Collebaudi, but usually simply as Iachet (= Jack). He has also been confused with other composers, particularly Jacquet de Berchem. Born in Brittany in 1483, Jacquet of Mantua moved to Italy sometime before 1520, finally settling at the Gonzaga court in Mantua around 1527, following a year in Ferrara Continue reading →