Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Vol.2
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Label: Coro
Cat No: COR16105
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 1st October 2012
Contents
Works
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da
Canticum Canticorum (The Song of Songs)Hodie Christus natus est
Magnificat quinti toni
Missa Hodie Christus natus est
O Magnum Mysterium
Reges Tharsis
Tui sunt coeli
Artists
The SixteenConductor
Harry ChristophersWorks
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da
Canticum Canticorum (The Song of Songs)Hodie Christus natus est
Magnificat quinti toni
Missa Hodie Christus natus est
O Magnum Mysterium
Reges Tharsis
Tui sunt coeli
Artists
The SixteenConductor
Harry ChristophersAbout
Palestrina was born in 1525, not far from Rome, in the town whose name he bore and from which we take the cover images for this series of discs. Possibly the greatest composer of liturgical music of all time, Palestrina was a towering figure in Renaissance polyphony. Choral singers world-wide will know his Missa Papae Marcelli as, without doubt, it is the most renowned of Palestrina’s works and possibly the most famous mass of all time.
Each volume in this series is based around a single mass and theme relevant to that mass, in this case the Nativity and the festive Motet and Mass Hodie Christus Natus Est. The mass features alongside some of his settings of the Song of Songs as well as the Magnificat Quinti toni and Motet O magnum mysterium.
“The approach of Harry Christophers is distinctive and revelatory, and he has surrounded the mass with a well-chosen array of motets...the imaginative variety of these performances bodes well for the future volumes in this series.” - BBC Music Magazine (on Palestrina Vol.1)
“The abstract beauty of the singers’ approach to the Missa Asumpta Est Maria and the breathless beauty of the Song of Songs shows The Sixteen’s adaptability and resourcefulness.” - Classic FM Magazine (on Palestrina Vol.1)
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