DUNSTAPLE RECORDING PROJECT

The Clerks have completed the first part of this programme, featuring motets and mass movements by John Dunstaple, We expect the first tracks – five motets, most of which have not previously been recorded – to be available in early 2027. The project is partially supported by the Musica Britannica Trust, and we are crowdfunding to cover the full costs. If you are able to help in our fund-raising effort, please visit our crowdfunding site HERE.

Below are some images from our recent sessions.

EARLY ENGLISH CHURCH MUSIC

Four works from the Early English Church Music editions, recorded as part of a long-term collaboration between EECM and The Clerks/Cambridge Early Music Consort. Most of this repertoire is transmitted anonymously in continental manuscripts, but has been identified as English through the scholarly endeavours of the late Peter Wright. All the examples here are for three voices, and bear witness to the sonorous quality of English music from the 15th century.

All recordings have been made as ‘live’; with little or no editing involved.

CREDO ‘OMNI TEMPORE’ – Anon
English Church Music, vol 55 no 8
Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich, fol. 159′ & 162

SANCTUS – ‘Bloym’
Early English Church Music, vol 47 no 24
Trent 87, fol. 20′-21′

AGNUS DEI – Anon
Early English Church Music, vol. 47 no 18
Aosta, fol. 216′-217

CREDO – ‘de Anglia’
Early English Church Music vol. 55 no 12
Aosta fol. 142′-144

THE ANONYMOUS MISSA CAPUT

The anonymous English Missa Caput was one of the most influential musical works of the 15th century.

GLORIA
Trent 89, fol. 248′-250

THE MELLON CHANSONNIER

Dating from the 1470s, the Mellon Chansonnier is one of the most significant sources of English, French and Italian song from the later 15th century. Its clean and elegant appearance lends itself to practical performance, and the singers on these recordings worked directly from a facsimile of the chansonnier.

Fortune par ta cruaulté – Vincenet

Ma bouche rit – Ockeghem

Jacqueline s’i attende – Busnois