Richafort, Jean - Requiem - Huelgas-Ensemble
Huelgas-Ensemble / Paul Van Nevel
We possess many works by Jean Richafort, but very little biographical information on the composer. In the 16th century he was the object of veneration and admiration. The great Ronsard himself spoke of him in the most enthusiastic terms, and most of his contemporaries - Mouton, Morales, Gombert, Palestrina - based Masses on his music.
"an astonishing work...Nobody with open ears and a reasonably functioning heart could possibly find such music solid and unexciting."
Stephen Pettitt, The Sunday Times, 14 April 2002 (***, Outstanding)
"Van Nevel's ensemble is on cracking form, and his programming deftly combines moods and registers." Fabrice Fitch, Gramophone, October 2002