Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Performer: Stile Antico
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Decca
Catalogue: 4870791
Release: 2025
Size: 2.24 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Exultate Deo
Missa Papae Marcelli
02. I. Kyrie: a. Kyrie eleison
03. I. Kyrie: b. Christe eleison
04. I. Kyrie: c. Kyrie eleison
Tu es Petrus a 6
05. I. Tu es Petrus
06. II. Quodcumque ligaveris
Missa Papae Marcelli
07. II. Gloria: a. Gloria in excelsis Deo
08. II. Gloria: b. Qui tollis peccata mundi
Sicut cervus
09. I. Sicut cervus
10. II. Sitivit anima mea
Missa Papae Marcelli
11. III. Credo: a. Credo in unum Deum
12. III. Credo: b. Et incarnatus est
13. III. Credo: c. Crucifixus etiam pro nobis
14. III. Credo: d. Et in Spiritum sanctum, Dominum
15. Laudate Dominum in tympanis a 12
Missa Papae Marcelli
16. IV. Sanctus & Benedictus: a. Sanctus
17. IV. Sanctus & Benedictus: b. Hosanna in excelsis
18. IV. Sanctus & Benedictus: c. Benedictus
19. IV. Sanctus & Benedictus: d. Hosanna in excelsis
Salve Regina a 5
20. I. Salve Regina
21. II. Eja ergo advocata nostra
Missa Papae Marcelli
22. V. Agnus Dei: a. Agnus Dei I
23. V. Agnus Dei: b. Agnus Dei II
Assumpta est Maria
24. I. Assumpta est Maria
25. II. Quae est ista
The third release from Grammy-nominated group Stile Antico in the critically acclaimed The Golden Renaissance trilogy, celebrating the 500th anniversary of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Thought to have been born around 3 February 1525, the Italian composer is considered one of the leading musicians of the late 16th century, with long-lasting influence on the development of church and secular music in Europe. The album is based around Palestrina’s famous Missa Papae Marcelli, the mass-setting in which he used a new style of polyphony and in doing so saved church music from being banned by the Catholic Church.
Featuring a selection of motets honouring his time at the Papal Chapel in St Peter’s, Rome and links with the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, and including his most well-known motet – Sicut cervus.