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2021 marks the 500th anniversary of the death of Josquin. This week's episode of Early Music Now presents some of his best-loved laments, plus his extraordinary setting of Miserere mei Deus. We'll hear performances by Cappella Amsterdam and the Hilliard Ensemble.

  • Josquin des Prez: Nymphes des Bois. Performed by Cappella Amsterdam. 
  • Josquin des Prez: Absolve quaesumus Domine. Performed by Cappella Amsterdam. 
  • Josquin des Prez (?): Absalon fili mi. Performed by The Hilliard Ensemble. 
  • Josquin des Prez: Mille Regretz. Performed by Hesperion XXI.
  • Josquin des Prez/Narvaez: Mille Regretz. Performed by Arianna Savall, harp.
  • Josquin des Prez: Je me complains. Performed by The Hilliard Ensemble.
  • Josquin des Prez: Je ne me puis tenir. Performed by The Hilliard Ensemble.
  • Josquin des Prez: Nimphes, nappes. Performed by Capella de la Torre.
  • Josquin des Prez: Miserere mei Deus. Performed by The Hilliard Ensemble. 
  • Josquin des Prez: Ave Maria. Performed by The Hilliard Ensemble.
  • Josquin des Prez: Untitled. Performed by Ensemble Leones.
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