Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Performer: The Sixteen
Conductor: Harry Christophers
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Coro
Catalogue: COR16124
Release: 2014
Size: 1.13 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Dum complerentur
02. Loquebantur variis linguis
03. Veni Creator Spiritus
04. Iam Christus astra ascenderat: Hymn
Missa Iam Christus astra ascenderat
05. Kyrie
06. Gloria
07. Credo
08. Sanctus
09. Benedictus
10. Agnus Dei
11. Veni Sancte Spiritus
Song of Songs
12. XIII: Laeva eius sub capite meo
13. XIV: Vox dilecti mei
14. XV: Surge, propera, amica mea
15. Magnificat quarti toni
16. Confirma Hoc Deus
Harry Christophers and The Sixteen continue their exploration of Palestrina’s great work with the fifth disc in their celebrated series. This album features a selection of Palestrina’s music for Pentecost including his Missa Iam Christus astra ascenderat. Alongside the Mass are motets from the Song of Songs. The Song of Songs are among some of Palestrina’s most sublime and expressive works and, as with previous disc in the series, this album includes three of them. Dedicated to Pope Gregory XIII, Palestrina’s style of writing for these sensual texts demonstrates what variety and intensity of feeling can be conveyed with the simplest of means.