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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Renaissance RadioSacred Music from the Renaissance Era for Celestial and Secular Radio
Allegri: | Miserere mei, Deus | Brumel, A: | Agnus Dei (Missa Et ecce terrae motus) | Byrd: | Mass for four voices - Agnus Dei O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth Nunc Dimittis (The Great Service) | Clemens: | Ego flos campi | Cornysh the elder: | Ave Maria Mater Dei | Despres: | Ave Maria ... Virgo serena Agnus Dei (Messe de l'Homme Armé ‘sexti toni') | Gesualdo: | Precibus et meritis Maria, Mater gratiae | Guerrero: | Ave Virgo sanctissima | Lasso: | Ave Regina caelorum Salve Regina | Mouton, J: | Salva nos, Domine | Palestrina: | Agnus Dei (Missa brevis) Sicut lilium inter spinas (from Canticum canticorum, Motets Book IV) | Praetorius, H: | Joseph lieber, Joseph mein | Rore: | Descendi in hortum meum | Sheppard, J: | In manus tuas I, II & III | Tallis: | Lamentations of Jeremiah I: Incipit Lamentations of Jeremiah I: Aleph Lamentations of Jeremiah I: Bet Mihi autem nimis O sacrum convivium O nata lux de lumine 5vv Miserere nostri, motet for 7 voices, P. 207 If ye love me Hear the voice and prayer A new commandment Why Fum'th in Fight? E'en like the hunted hind God Grant we grace (Tallis Canon) Veni creator: Come Holy Ghost | Taverner: | Kyrie 'Le Roy' Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas: Benedictus | Tomkins: | When David Heard | Victoria: | Ave Maria O vos omnes Requiem: Kyrie Requiem: Graduale Versa est in luctum | White, Robert: | Christe qui lux es et dies III |
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| |  | MiserereA sequence of music for Lent, St Joseph, and the Annunciation
This release from the admired Westminster Cathedral Choir demonstrates the splendours of the liturgy in the at-once solemn and joyful period of Lent. Masterworks from the Renaissance—familiar from Westminster Cathedral Choir’s previous award-winning recordings—alternate with works by former organists of the Cathedral (all themselves masters of liturgical composition) and are linked by the plainchant which is at the spiritual heart of the music. Hearing the music like this in context—and recorded in the unique acoustic of the Cathedral—perfectly replicates the live experience for the listener. “This is beautifully devised programme, sung with ineffable perceptiveness by the Westminster choristers and recorded with utterly natural atmosphere by the Hyperion team: 79 minutes' worth of timeless reflection, which, far from giving up, anyone should possibly crave for Lent.” International Record Review, February 2013 “In purist terms accompanied by organ harmonisation is an anachronism...Does it work? Well, yes, because the choir is on excellent form and the recorded sound seems perfectly to capture a sense of place, of atmosphere. That's indefinable and therefore worth hearing. Furthermore, everything is of a piece: the performance of Renaissance piece might almost be described as lush...And yet the recital's unity of purpose is most convincing, even impressive” Gramophone Magazine, March 2013 “This is a disc for those who love the acoustic, the atmosphere and the musical traditions of the Roman Catholic Cathedral in London...This is a large choir, very good at big effects. The pacing and cohesion in the Agnus Dei of Palestrina's Missa Emendemus in Melius is accomplished and moving” BBC Music Magazine, April 2013 *** |
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| |  | Santiago a cappellaRecording location: St Alban the Martyr, Holborn, London
Soli Deo Gloria is proud to release a sequel to its best selling album to date, Pilgrimage to Santiago (SDG701). This CD is a journey through medieval and renaissance Spain. It takes listeners from the 14th century polyphonies of the Llibre Vermell (Red Book) of Montserrat – one of the only surviving manuscripts, from a time when music was transmitted orally – to elaborate 16th and 17th century choral music which travelled internationally thanks to the recent invention of print. During the Middle Ages and Early Modern periods, pilgrimage routes formed part of a broader network of cultural and commercial connections between ecclesiastical institutions in Spain, Portugal and the rest of Europe. This is an anthology of Golden Age “classics” which would have been performed throughout Europe for centuries. In turn moving, intimate, spectacular and awe inspiring, this sacred music is always uplifting and deeply spiritual. This is the oldest of two recordings made around the 2004 Pilgrimage to Santiago – a project undertook by the Monteverdi Choir and Sir John Eliot Gardiner for their 40th anniversary. The musicians travelled through France and Spain to perform sacred polyphonies of the Iberian peninsula along the route to the shrine of Santiago de Compostela. The CD features the same luxurious packaging as Pilgrimage to Santiago. It includes detailed notes by musicologist Tess Knighton. This album was previously released internationally by Universal Spain under the title Santiago A Capella. “A wonderful collection brilliantly sung. Only Mariam Matrem is a true pilgrim piece, but others (Lobo's Versa est) are a revelation.” BBC Music Magazine “...it is a beautifully planned and executed selection, occasionally a little too English perhaps, but recorded at Temple Church in London with just the right amount of warm resonance.” The Guardian, 21st October 2010 **** “Originally released by Universal in 2005, this features a series of sublime interpretations of Spanish polyphony by the Monteverdi Choir...[Lobo's] "Lamentationes Ieremiae Prophetae" furnishing the centrepiece, its arching long phrases like the vertiginous vaulting of a sonic cathedral.” The Independent, 8th October 2010 **** “Prolonged exposure to the solemn polyphony of Victoria, Lobo and Cardoso can be wearing, but it is relieved by more dramatic works from Guerrero. The choir makes a glorious sound.” The Telegraph, 15th October 2010 **** | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | El siglo de OroSpanish Sacred Music of the Renaissance
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| |  | Philip & MaryA Marriage of England & Spain
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| |  | Sancte DeusRenaissance Sacred Polyphony
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| |  | Music for Mary Volume 2
Richard Lea (organ) The Choir of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, Timothy Noon “Most impressive is Timothy Noon's own setting of Salve regina. Partly because this music is so well tailored both for this choir and for the sound it makes in the cathedral, the choir seems to raise its game...The single organ solo is a typical essay in style over substance by Langlais, but delivered with suitable panache by Richard Lea and making a dazzling centrepiece to this thoroughly enjoyable programme.” Gramophone Magazine, April 2011 | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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| |  | O Virgo BenedictaMusic of Marian Devotion from Spain’s Century of Gold
The Marian Consort: Gwendolen Martin, Emma Walshe (sopranos), Nicholas Scott (tenor), Steffan Jones (baritone), Christopher Borrett (bass) & Rory McCleery (countertenor/director) For their debut recording, the six-strong Marian Consort explores music from late 16th- and early 17th-century Spain. This fascinating programme celebrates the rich compositional fruits of the Siglo de Oro’s intensely competitive musical culture. These luminary works, all dedicated to the Virgin Mary, demand performances of great intelligence and vocal commitment. The youthful Marians respond absolutely, bringing hushed intimacy and bristling excitement to some of the most gorgeously searing lines in the history of European polyphony. “Formed by countertenor Rory McCleery, the Oxford-based Marian Consort makes its recording debut with a disc devoted, appropriately enough given its name, to works dedicated to the Virgin Mary...Fluent performances.” The Guardian, 23rd December 2010 *** “The Oxford-based mixed choir makes a bold, bright sound with strong individual voices.” Classic FM Magazine, March 2011 *** | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Ave Virgo SanctissimaA Garland for Our Lady
This CD includes some of the most familiar devotional texts such as Ave Maria, Salve Regina and the Magnificat as well as more rapturous works. The pieces are in four sections and each is introduced by a piece of chant. “This appealingly winsome choral Marian garland… is presented in four sections, each introduced by Gregorian chants, and spanning a vast swathe of sacred music, ranging from the 12th-century Hildegard of Bingen to Herbert Howells… Throughout the singing is perfectly poised and polished. Diction, phrasing, intonation and dynamic shading are all first rate.” Gramophone Magazine, December 2009 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Feliz NavidadMediterranean Christmas Music from the Renaissance
Cécile Kempenaers (soprano) & José Pizarro (tenor) Capella de la Torre, Katherina Bäuml Christmas did not have the same importance in the official ecclesiastical calendar of the Catholic Church in previous centuries as it has today. This CD represents the characteristic of Spanish Christmas songs of the Renaissance, Polyphonic melodies known as “peasant songs” which were predominant in musical manuscripts of the period. Although many of the compositions are by the well known composer ‘Anon’, most were popular tunes of their day. Handel even used one of these carols, Quando nascette nino in the Messiah (1742) in the aria He shall feed his flock. “Renaissance Spain's 'popular', non-liturgical celebration of Christmas was a distinctly jolly business, if this perky, toe-tapping CD is anything to go by. There is tenderness, too, amid the general buoyancy…” BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2009 **** | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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