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Biber: Baroque Splendor: Missa Salisburgensis Hesperion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Nov/2015 ] CD plus comprehensive book. The 'Missa Salisburgensis à 53 voci' (in comparison, 'Spem in alium' was written by Thomas Tallis for «only» 40 voices) is perhaps the largest-scale piece of extant sacred Baroque music, an archetypical work of the... |
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Monteverdi: The Other Vespers I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth [ Decca / CD - released 23/Jun/2017 ] "I Fagiolini's consort and solo singing are exemplary...In such sure hands (and throats) as these, Monteverdi's psalm-settings reach their fullest capacity to enchant and astonish." Gramophone Editor's Choice July 17 |