Didn't spot this one earlier. Can't offer much in the way of technical analysis I'm afraid but the Clerk's Group's recording of the Missa Sub Tuum Praesidium is a particular favourite. The Gloria and Credo are especially thrilling. I'd quite like to get ahold of Rob Wegman's biography of him some time.
That generation of polyphonists was pretty extraordinary. Josquin, Obrecht, la Rue, Isaac, Agricola, Brumel, Compere and Mouton all born within about fifteen years of each other and all save Brumel coming from the region that in those days was known as the Netherlands.
That generation of polyphonists was pretty extraordinary. Josquin, Obrecht, la Rue, Isaac, Agricola, Brumel, Compere and Mouton all born within about fifteen years of each other and all save Brumel coming from the region that in those days was known as the Netherlands.