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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Palestrina: Missa Ad coenam Agni & Eastertide motets
The Brabant Ensemble, better known for uncovering works by forgotten composers such as Dominique de Phinot, turns to a giant of the Renaissance—perhaps the most celebrated name of the period. Yet within Palestrina’s huge output there are many hidden gems, lacking both recordings and modern performing editions, and it is from among these that the ensemble’s director Stephen Rice has chosen the repertoire for this album. A Mass—Missa Ad coenam Agni, from Palestrina’s first book of Mass-settings—is included, plus antiphons, motets and five Eastertide Offertories. Each work is, as Stephen Rice states in his typically informative booklet notes, ‘a finely crafted addition to the liturgy’. The Brabant Ensemble brings a matchless blend of musicianship, scholarship and sensitive singing to this glorious music. “[in the Regina coeli] the singers enliven the texture with their nuanced renderings of the marvellous contrapuntal connections, and the recording make the most of the double-choir effects in the final section.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2013 **** “The Brabants seem very much at home here” Gramophone Magazine, May 2013 “This disc might be renamed 100 Ways to Sing Alleluia, such is the celebratory nature of this collection of Eastertide offertories, antiphons and motets...The spirited Surrexit pastor bonus, its accompanying antiphon Regina caeli and the gradual Haec dies are sung with a full-voiced, beefy intensity that lifts the music away from mere polite polyphony and gives it a really exciting energy” The Observer, 31st March 2013 | 
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| |  | 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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| |  | 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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