Ensemble Lamaraviglia – Psalms and Motets from Renaissance Switzerland (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

In the middle of the 16th century, the Geneva Psalter infected the whole of Reformed Europe – Switzerland included – with a true psalm fever. The first complete collection of all 150 psalms, promoted by the Genevan reformer Jean Calvin, was published in 1562. The psalm verses were translated into French and provided with melodies by various Genevan cantors.

Thanks to the collection’s immense importance for the Reformation and its unique artistic content, these psalms inspired like none before the most influential composer of the time to write a large number of polyphonic psalm settings. The four-part psalms composed by Claude Goudimel (ca. 1514-1572) were published in 1564, just two years after their initial release. Set in a simple note-against-note setting with the well-known Genevan melodies in the tenor part, these psalms quickly gained incredible popularity.

Tracklist:
01. Ensemble Lamaraviglia – Anonymous, Wietzel: Psalm 105, Ludè tuots la Divin’ essentia (00:49)
02. Ensemble Lamaraviglia – Sweelinck, Wietzel: Psalm 105, Ludè tuots la Divin’ essentia, a 7 (02:04)
03. Ensemble Lamaraviglia – Goudimel, Marot: Psalm 25, A toy, mon Dieu, mon cœur monte, a 4 (01:14)
04. Ensemble Lamaraviglia – Sweelinck, Marot: Psalm 25, A toy, mon Dieu, mon cœur monte, a 5 (02:49)
05. Ensemble Lamaraviglia – Anonymous, Wietzel: Psalm 121, In ôt hae vers ils munts guardô (00:41)
06. Ensemble Lamaraviglia – Sweelinck, Wietzel: Psalm 121, In ôt hae vers ils munts guardô, a 4 (02:21)
07. Ensemble Lamaraviglia – Goudimel, Wietzel: Psalm 12, Am do succuors ô Dieu, a 4 (00:52)
08. Ensemble Lamaraviglia – Sweelinck, Wietzel: Psalm 12, Am do succuors ô Dieu, a 5 (03:43)
09. Ensemble Lamaraviglia – Anonymous, Lobwasser: Psalm 122, Erfreut hat sich mein Herz und Muth (01:14)
10. Ensemble Lamaraviglia – Sweelinck, Lobwasser: Psalm 122, Erfreut hat sich mein Herz und Muth, a 4 (02:36)
11. Ensemble Lamaraviglia – Anonymous, Planta: Psalm 104, Sciogl’ al Signor alma mia canti bei (01:15)
12. Ensemble Lamaraviglia – Goudimel, Planta: Psalm 104, Sciogl’ al Signor alma mia canti bei, a 4 (04:04)
13. Ensemble Lamaraviglia – Sweelinck, Wietzel: Psalm 42, Sco ziev’ ouva fraschia gira, a 8 (06:46)
14. Ensemble Lamaraviglia – Sweelinck, Marot: Psalm 9, De tout mon coeur t’exalteray, a 4 (03:23)
15. Ensemble Lamaraviglia – Anonymous, Planta: Psalm 33, Hor su, voi spirti giust’ e santi (01:06)
16. Ensemble Lamaraviglia – Goudimel, Planta: Psalm 33, Hor su, voi spirti giust’ e santi, a 4 (03:34)
17. Ensemble Lamaraviglia – Anonymous, Wietzel: Psalm 100, Vus chi sur terra stais, cantè (00:35)
18. Ensemble Lamaraviglia – Sweelinck, Wietzel: Psalm 100, Vus chi sur terra stais, cantè, a 5 (05:22)
19. Ensemble Lamaraviglia – Goudimel, Marot: Psalm 8, O nostre Dieu et Seigneur amiable, a 4 (00:48)
20. Ensemble Lamaraviglia – Sweelinck, Marot: Psalm 8, O nostre Dieu et Seigneur amiable, a 5 (02:48)
21. Ensemble Lamaraviglia – Sweelinck, Wietzel: Psalm 63, O Dieu, t’êst quel Dieu ferm ch’eau hę, a 6 (03:52)
22. Ensemble Lamaraviglia – Anonymous, Lobwasser: Psalm 150, Lobet Gott im Himmelreich (00:53)
23. Ensemble Lamaraviglia – Goudimel, Lobwasser: Psalm 150, Lobet Gott im Himmelreich, a 4 (02:39)
24. Ensemble Lamaraviglia – Sweelinck, Bèze: Psalm 150, Or soit loué l’Éternel, a 8 (07:43)