The Blossoming Vine: Italian Maestri in Poland
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BERTOLUSI / ANERIO / PACELLI
The Blossoming Vine: Italian Maestri in Poland
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
[ Coro / CD ]
Release Date: Saturday 1 November 2014
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The Sixteen and Associate Conductor, Eamonn Dougan, follow up the success of the first disc in their new Polish series with a new recording devoted to music from the court of Sigismund III Vasa. The second disc in the series explores a selection of fascinating music composed by the Italian maestri at the Polish Court of the 16th and early 17th centuries including works by Asprilio Pacelli (1570-1623), Vincenzo Bertolusi (c.1550-1608), and Giovanni Francesco Anerio (c.1567-1630).
The first disc in the series was devoted to one of the most eminent composers of the Polish 17th century, Bartłomiej Pękiel.
"it is Pacelli who is responsible for the disc's treasure, the nine-minute Dum esset rex. Here, single voices replace thicker choral textures, with forces divided into five four-voice choirs. The result blends monumental architecture and athletic polychoral energy with a sensuousness born of the text." (Gramophone)
"There are two beautifully wrought Song of Songs settings, Ego flos campi and Osculetor me osculo, by Bertolusi, while Anerio's Missa Pulchra Es is, by any standards, a monument by a master." (BBC Music Choral Choice Aug 2014)
Tracks:
Anerio, G F:
Salve Regina
Litania deiparae Virginis
Missa Pulchra Es
Bertolusi:
Ego flos campi (Song of Salomon 2,1-3) from Sacrae Cantiones, libro primo (1601)
Osculetor me osculo
Regina Caeli
Pacelli:
Veni Sponsa Christi
Beata es Virgo Maria
Dum esset rex
