Ockeghem, Johannes - Missa Cuiusvis Toni - Clerk’s Group (The)

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The sixth release features two masses that present different facets of Ockeghem's art. The Missa Cuiusvis toni (literally "mass on any tone you wish") is one of its composer's most famous pieces. It is designed in such a way that, depending on which note is first sung, the mass will sound in a different mode. The present performance uses the Phrygian mode but, to illustrate the different possibilities, also has the opening Kyrie and closing Agnus Dei in the Mixolydian mode. The other mass, the three-voice Quinti toni, is little known yet contains some of Ockeghem's most beguiling inspirations.