Palestrina: Vol. 5
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GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA
Palestrina: Vol. 5
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
[ Coro Palestrina Edition / CD ]
Release Date: Saturday 1 November 2014
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This album features a selection of Palestrina's music for Christmas including his largely unknown masterpiece, the Missa O magnum mysterium. Also presented are several unusual hymn settings amongst them A solis ortu cardine-a setting of a chant hymn for Christmas morning.
Alongside the hymns are motets from the Song of Songs. The Song of Songs are among some of Palestrina's most sublime and expressive works and, as with previous disc in the series, this album includes three of them. Dedicated to Pope Gregory XIII, Palestrina's style of writing for these sensual texts demonstrates what variety and intensity of feeling can be conveyed with the simplest of means.
Completing this recording are three double-choir motets (a genre in which Palestrina was unsurpassed), Ave Regina, Iubilate Deo and Surge illuminare.
"The subtle ebb and flow of the speed in Vox dilecti, for example, exactly matches the quickening emotions at the sound of the voice of the beloved, and the ascending musical motives at the call for her to rise up and come hither at beautifully handled by the singers in Surge propera." (BBC Music)
"The energy that The Sixeen bring to their Palestrina is admirable, though I continue to hope for a surprise in the format to keep the series on its toes." (Gramophone)
Tracks:
Missa Iam Christus astra ascenderat
Canticum Canticorum, cycle of 29 motets: No. 13
Canticum Canticorum, cycle of 29 motets: No. 14
Canticum Canticorum, cycle of 29 motets: No. 15
Dum complerentur
Loquebantur variis linguis
Veni Creator Spiritus
Veni Sancte Spiritus
Magnificat quarti toni
