Browse: Palestrina - Ave maris stella

These are experienced and accomplished performers, and they employ devices such as dynamic shading either to reflect the character of a piece (subdued tones in the petition to Beata Maria Magdalenas),... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This is the new Italian sound of renaissance church music: a gentle vibrato, but a wonderfully loose and relaxed sound with a kind of breathy production. In the normal four-voice Palestrina texture... — Gramophone Magazine More…

This disc includes settings of the five Vesper psalms and the Magnificat, all published posthumously.
Interspersed with these are motets by Mazzocchi and his contemporary, Giacomo Carissimi (on... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…