TERRA TREMUIT (THE EARTH TREMBLED) Motets & Mass by Byrd, Brumel, de Lassus, Vaet, Crévillon and Palestrina Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal Christopher Jackson DIRECTION ACD2 2653 • To mark the 40th anniversary of the Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, ATMA Classique presents Terra tremuit featuring Antoine Brumel's mass Et ecce terrae motus (Lo, the earth shook) for 12 voices.   Considered to be the most original of his compositions, Et ecce terrae motus was probably written around 1497, and is preserved in a manuscript copy made by de Lassus for a performance in Munich in the 1570s, some 50 years after Brumel's death. • Also featured on this CD are motets by Jacobus Vaet and Thomas Crévillon, who belonged to the generation of Franco-Flemish masters that followed Brumel's.   Listeners will also discover Terra tremuit, a motet whose title alludes to the earthquake that marked the death of Jesus. WILLIAM BYRD (1543-1623)   1. :: Motet Terra tremuit À 5 voix | FOR 5 VOICES     [ 1:00 ] ANTOINE BRUMEL (v.i460-v.i520) Messe Et ecce terme motus À 12 voix | FOR 12 VOICES     [ 38:00 ]   2. :: I. Kyrie     [ 5:49 ]   3. :: II. Gloria     [ 8:20 ]   4. :: III. Credo     [ 9:01 ]   5. :: IV. Sanctus     [ 12:10 ]   6. :: V. Agnusdei     [ 2:40 ] ROLAND DE LASSUS (v.1532-1594)   7. :: Motet Timor et tremor À 6 voix | FOR 6 VOICES     [ 3:45 ] JACOBUS VAET (v.1529-1567)   8. :: Motet Quoties diem illum À 4 voix | FOR 4 VOICES     [ 4:44 ] THOMAS CRÉCQUILLON (v.1505-1557)   9. :: Motet Heu mihi, Domine À 5 voix | FOR 5 VOICES     [ 4:55 ] GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA (v.1525-1594) 10. :: Motet Terra tremuit À 5 voix | FOR 5 VOICES     [ 2:21 ] ATMA Classique is distributed in Australia by Rockian Trading PO Box 44, Briar Hill, Vic, 3088, Australia Telephone +61 (0)3 9432 4149 ~ Facsimile +61 (0)3 9444 6879