Composer: Hans Leo Hassler, Heinrich Scheidemann
Performer: Ensemble Vox Archangeli
Conductor: Manuel Schuen
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Gramola
Catalogue: 99256
Release: 2022
Size: 1.07 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Hassler: Cantiones sacrae (Excerpts)
01. No. 7, Dixit Maria ad angelum
02. Scheidemann: Dixit maria ad angelum
Hassler: Cantiones sacrae (Excerpts)
03. No. 5, Beata es, virgo Maria
Hassler: Thesaurus Litaniarum, Book 2
04. No. 33, Litaniae Beatae Mariae Virginis
Hassler: Magnificat octavi toni
05. Ia. Toccata
06. Ib. Magnificat
07. II. Et exultavit
08. III. Quia respexit
09. IV. Quia fecit
10. V. Et misericordia
11. VI. Fecit potentiam
12. VII. Deposuit potentes
13. VIII. Esurientes
14. IX. Suscepit Israel
15. X. Sicut locutus est
16. XI. Gloria Patri
17. XII. Sicut erat
Hassler: Missa octo vocum (Excerpts)
18. I. Kyrie
19. II. Gloria
20. III. Credo
21. IV. Sanctus
22. VI. Agnus Dei
Hans Leo Hassler is considered one of the most significant personalities among Late Renaissance composers in the German-speaking world. A striking number of his works have been published as printed editions early on, for instance in 1590, when he only was aged 24, the Canzonette a quatro voci in Nuremberg and one year later in Augsburg the Cantiones sacrae, where among others the motets Dixit Maria and Beata es virgo Maria as well as the Magnificat octavi toni have first been released.
In his Missa octo vocum, the mass for eight-part double choir, Hassler follows the sequence of the Catholic mass with its six parts that comprise its ordinary: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus, and Agnus Dei.
The Ensemble Vox Archangeli is directed by bassist Manuel Schuen, who is also performing on the Sieber-organ at St. Michael’s Church in Vienna.