Stella Del Nostro Mar: Past and present reflections of the Marian inspiration

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The vocal quartet's tone is gentle and not overly assertive… at its best the results are very satisfying. Isaac's setting of the popular Alma redemptoris chant is glowingly done, and incidentally... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2009 More…

Release Date: 27th Oct 2008
Catalogue No: GCDP31905
Label: Glossa
Series: Platinum
Length: 74 minutes

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anon.: Ave Maria, virgo serena

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Mouton, J: Ave fuit prima salus

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anon.: Salve Regina

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Salve regina

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Penalosa: Sancta mater istud agas

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Isaac: Alma redemptoris mater

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Galante: Stella del nostro mar

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Senfl: Virgo prudentissima

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Willaert: Ave maria, gratia plena

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anon.: Ave regina caelorum

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Isaac: Sub tuum praesidium

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anon.: Gaude virgo mater Christi

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Mouton, J: O Maria, virgo pia

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Isaac: O praeclarissima

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Gubanov: Benedicta et venerabilis

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Cantica Symphonia

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Recorded at Chiesa della B.V. Maria del Monte Carmelo al Colletto, Italy, in May, June and August 2007 and April 2008.

After completing their original trilogy devoted to Guillaume Dufay (two volumes of motets and one of chansons) and before setting out on their next large-scale project, Giuseppe Maletto and Cantica Symphonia reduced their ensemble to its vocal core and arranged themselves in front of the microphones in order to make what quite possibly will be the most personal disc of their careers. The result was a series of intimate sessions made across 2007 and 2008, all of them in the acoustic where they rehearse, perform and have recorded for many years, whose quincentenary is currently being commemorated. Maletto and his singers deliver an anthology of motets and laude inspired by the Virgin Mary, many of them hitherto little-known.To the Renaissance compositional voices of Mouton, Isaac, Willaert and Peñalosa are joined for this occasion two living composers, Carlo Galante and Yakov Gubanov, with works written especially for Cantica Symphonia. An excellent and original a capella disc, performed by one of today's most invigorating early music ensembles.

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March 2009

The vocal quartet's tone is gentle and not overly assertive… at its best the results are very satisfying. Isaac's setting of the popular Alma redemptoris chant is glowingly done, and incidentally captures the outgoing euphony that makes him such an attractive composer.

an intense musical and spiritual experience…Blend, control and breadth of tone abound…if Renaissance polyphony is one of your great loves, then this is a most important addition to your listening library.

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