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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Music from the Sistine Chapel
This disc offers a fascinating collection of works written for the Papal Chapel. Researched and sung by one of the world's leading choirs, The Sixteen and Harry Christophers, this recording includes many world premiere recordings of these rarely heard sacred works. Felice Anerio displays a fluid mastery of the Roman style of composition, and some of his surviving settings are shown to advantage here, in particular his glorious twelve-part setting of Stabat Mater, more ambitious and possibly more beautiful than those by Palestrina and Lassus. Gregorio Allegri is famous for his Miserere (available on CORO as COR16014); this recording contains representative examples of his polyphonic style. Together with settings by the towering figure of Palestrina, all receive warm and vital performances. “Director Harry Christophers draws controlled performances which highlight the music's extremes of spiritual serenity and visceral energy. As one might expect from this crack choir, there is some seraphic singing and standards of intonation and ensemble are impeccable.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2007 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | A Year in Exeter Cathedral
Battishill: | O Lord, look down from heaven | Bednall: | Salvator mundi | Grechaninov: | The Cherubic Hymn | Jackson, Gabriel: | Tomorrow go ye forth | Lee, Jonathan: | Meditation for Holy Week | Mawby: | Jesus Christ, the Apple Tree | Merulo: | Tribus miraculis | Naylor, E W: | Nunc dimittis | Ouseley: | O Saviour of the world | Palestrina: | Ascendit Deus a 5 | Praetorius, M: | In dulci jubilo | Purcell: | Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z15 | Shepherd, R: | The strife is o'er | Sumsion: | Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace | Tanner, S: | Deep river Come Holy Ghost Come Holy Ghost | Vaughan Williams: | Let all the world in every corner sing | Victoria: | O quam gloriosum, motet | Warlock: | Benedicamus Domino |
David Davies (organ) The Girls and Men of Exeter Cathedral, Stephen Tanner This recital is the first ever by the girls and men of Exeter Cathedral. The programme features much previously unrecorded repertoire, reflecting the music sung by the choir throughout the Cathedral’s year. | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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The CD’s repertoire is complimented by large-scale motets for between five and twelve parts for Ascension Day. “Although the Tallis Scholars remain the world’s premier Palestrina performers, if forced to make such comparisons I’d without reservation say that Ensemble Officium is very close behind. I look forward to hearing more – much more - from this excellent group.” Classicstoday “It's as though these singers wished to strip the work of some of its more portentous, mythical accretions; it's an almost understated performance, though by no means lacking in commitment.” Gramophone Magazine, May 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | The Italian CollectionA Sumptuous Anthology of Italian Choral Music
Allegri: | Miserere mei, Deus Christus resurgens ex mortuis Missa - Che fa oggi il mio sole | Anerio, F: | Ave Regina caelorum a 8 Regina caeli laetare a 8 Stabat Mater a 12 Magnificat secundi toni a 8 | Caldara: | Crucifixus a 16 voci Stabat Mater | Cavalli: | Salve Regina | Gabrieli, A: | De profundis clamavi ad te Domine (Psalm 130) | Gabrieli, G: | Hodie Christus natus est a 10 | Handel: | Dixit Dominus, HWV 232 Elin Manahan Thomas & Grace Davidson (soprano), Ruth Massey (alto), Jeremy Budd & Mark Dobell (tenor) & Eamonn Dougan & Rob Macdonald (bass) | Lasso: | Missa Bell' Amfitrit' altera. Tui sunt coeli | Lotti: | Crucifixus | Marenzio: | Che fa oggi il mio sole | Monteverdi: | Domine, ne il furore | Palestrina: | Missa Papae Marcelli Stabat mater Ascendit Deus a 5 Ave Verum Angelus Domini descendit de caelo a 5 Assumpta est Maria a 6 | Scarlatti, D: | Iste Confessor Te Deum Messa breve 'La Stella' Stabat Mater a 10 voci | Steffani: | Stabat Mater Elin Manahan Thomas & Grace Davidson (soprano), Ruth Massey (alto), Jeremy Budd & Mark Dobell (tenor) & Eamonn Dougan & Rob Macdonald (bass) |
Featuring five of The Sixteen’s most celebrated recordings, The Italian Collection is a sumptuous anthology of music. From Allegri’s hauntingly beautiful Miserere to the virtuosity, vibrant colour and dynamic energy of Handel’s Dixit Dominus, this collection spans three centuries of glorious Italian choral music. Little-know treasures such as Anerio’s glorious 12-part setting of the Stabat Mater sit side by side with Palestrina’s Assumpta Est Maria and Lotti’s Crucifixus. 14 different composers are represented here and they worked for some of the most splendid musical establishments Italy had to offer including St Mark’s in Venice and the Sistine Chapel in Rome. A beautifully packaged set, which compliments perfectly The Sixteen's newest series of Palestrina CDs on CORO. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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