Composer: Giovanni Bassano, Giovanni Croce, Giacomo Finetti, Andrea Gabrieli, Giovanni Gabrieli, Claudio Merulo, Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi
Performer: London Oratory Schola Cantorum
Conductor: Charles Cole
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Catalogue: CDA68427
Release: 2024
Size: 1.16 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo, omnis terra
02. Gabrieli: Beata es virgo
03. Gabrieli: Ego sum qui sum
04. Gabrieli: O quam suavis
05. Bassano: Dic nobis
06. Merulo: Adoramus te Domine
07. Merulo: Beata viscera
08. Monteverdi: Adoramus te, Christe
09. Monteverdi: Cantate Domino
10. Finetti: O crux ave, spes unica
11. Gabrieli: Laetare Ierusalem
12. Gabrieli: Maria Magdalene
13. Croce: Cantate Domino
14. Croce: O sacrum convivium
15. Croce: In spiritu humilitatis
16. Croce: Buccinate in neomenia
It’s tempting to imagine that this is how the music might have sounded four centuries ago in the glorious surroundings of St Mark’s. Certainly, any comparisons are unlikely to be to the disadvantage of these exceptional young singers: this is repertoire in which they excel.