Composer: Marc’Antonio Ingegneri, Paolo Animuccia
Performer: Choir of Girton College, Historic Brass of the Guildhall School and Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Conductor: Gareth Wilson
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata Classics
Catalogue: TOCC0630
Release: 2022
Size: 2.06 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Ingegneri: Exultate Deo
02. Animuccia: Voce mea (Attrib. de Rore)
Ingegneri: Missa ‘Voce mea’ a 5
03. I. Kyrie
04. Ingegneri: Domine, exaudi
Ingegneri: Missa “Voce mea” a 5
05. II. Gloria
06. Ingegneri: Beata viscera
Ingegneri: Missa “Voce mea” a 5
07. III. Credo
08. Ingegneri: Vidi Montes
09. Ingegneri: O pretiosum
Ingegneri: Missa “Voce mea” a 5
10. IV. Sanctus – V. Benedictus
11. Ingegneri: O quam suavis
Ingegneri: Missa “Voce mea” a 5
12. VI. Agnus Dei
13. Ingegneri: Ave verum corpus
14. Ingegneri: Hodie assumpta est Maria
The Cremonese composer Marc’Antonio Ingegneri (c. 1535/36–92) is chiefly remembered as the teacher of Claudio Monteverdi while, for well nigh 500 years, his own achievements were left to sit in the shadows. This second in a series of pioneering recordings from the Choir of Girton College, Cambridge, reveals Ingegneri to have been one of the masters of his age, writing music of breathtaking richness and beauty: the works heard here combine learned, intricate counterpoint with the kind of sheer sonic thrill that brings a shiver of physical excitement. It is, of course, religious music, but it is also extraordinarily passionate, to a degree not previously heard, nor for centuries to come, until the rise of the great Romantic choral works.