Renaissance Choral Masterworks

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Release Date: 16th Feb 2018
Catalogue No: 95662
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Allegri: Miserere mei, Deus

Work length12:37

$3.00

$3.85

Choir of Clare College Cambridge
Timothy Brown

Miserere: Il salmo Miserere mei Deus

Track length12:37

$3.00

$3.85

Tallis: Spem in alium

Work length10:00

$3.00

$3.85

Chapelle du Roi
Alistair Dixon

Palestrina: Stabat mater

Work length11:19

$3.00

$3.85

Choir of Clare College Cambridge
Timothy Brown

Stabat mater: Stabat mater a 8

Track length11:19

$3.00

$3.85

Cavalli: Salve Regina

Work length6:25

$1.00

$1.30

Choir of King's College Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury

Salve Regina: Antiphon: Salve Regina

Track length6:25

$1.00

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Vivanco: Magnificat octavi toni

Work length12:09

$3.00

$3.85

Choir of King's College Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury

Lotti: Crucifixus in 8 parts

Work length3:26

$1.00

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Choir of St John's College Cambridge
Christopher Robinson

Crucifixus (Live): Crucifixus

Track length3:26

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Byrd: Ave verum Corpus

Work length4:17

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Choir of St John's College Cambridge
Christopher Robinson

Josquin: Absalon Fili Mi

Work length3:53

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Choir of Clare College Cambridge
Timothy Brown

Absalon fili mi: Absalon, fili mi

Track length3:53

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Gesualdo: O Vos Omnes

Work length2:54

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Choir of Clare College Cambridge
Timothy Brown

Victoria: O vos omnes

Work length2:28

$1.00

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Choir of Clare College Cambridge
Timothy Brown

Excerpt, Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610)

Work length10:51

$2.00

$2.60

Ensemble San Felice
Federico Bardazzi
Recorded: 2-5 October 2011
Recording Venue: Antico Spedale del Bigallo, Italy

Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: Psalm 112, "Laudate pueri dominum"

Track length5:17

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Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: Hymn: Ave maris stella

Track length5:34

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Gabrieli, G: Ahi, senza te, pretiosa Margherita

Work length3:23

$1.00

$1.30

Europe Chamber Choir
Nicol Matt

Striggio: Ninfe leggiadre e belle

Work length1:47

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Europe Chamber Choir
Nicol Matt

Gabrieli, G: Dolce nemica mia

Work length3:14

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Europe Chamber Choir
Nicol Matt

Willaert: O bene mio fam'uno favore

Work length1:49

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Europe Chamber Choir
Nicol Matt

Gabrieli, G: Alma cortes 'e bella, C. 85

Work length2:50

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Europe Chamber Choir
Nicol Matt

Alma cortes 'e bella

Track length2:50

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Grabbe: Madrigals, Book 1 (Il primo libro de madrigali)

Work length3:09

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Europe Chamber Choir
Nicol Matt

Madrigals, Book 1 (Il primo libro de madrigali): Cor mio, deh, non languire

Track length3:09

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Nielsen, H: Deh dolce anima

Work length2:13

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Europe Chamber Choir
Nicol Matt

Pedersøn: Madrigals, Book 1 (Madrigali, libro primo)

Work length1:59

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Europe Chamber Choir
Nicol Matt

Madrigals, Book 1 (Madrigali, libro primo): T'amo mia vita

Track length1:59

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Gabrieli, G: Mass

Work length3:15

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Europe Chamber Choir
Nicol Matt

Mass: Mass: Kyrie eleison

Track length3:15

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Gabrieli, G: Fuggi pur se sai (arr. for choir)

Work length4:01

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Europe Chamber Choir
Nicol Matt

Gabrieli, A: In nobil sangue / Amor s'e in lei

Work length4:45

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Europe Chamber Choir
Nicol Matt

In nobil sangue / Amor s'e in lei: In nobil sangue (prima parte) / Amor s'e in lei (seconda parte): In nobil sangue (prima parte)

Track length4:45

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Gabrieli, A: Battaglia

Work length2:01

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Europe Chamber Choir
Nicol Matt

Battaglia: Battaglia: Alla battaglia

Track length2:01

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Gabrieli, G: Amor dove mi guidi

Work length5:50

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Europe Chamber Choir
Nicol Matt

Gabrieli, A: Ah le guancie di rose

Work length3:26

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Europe Chamber Choir
Nicol Matt

Gabrieli, A: Gloria a 16

Work length3:54

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Europe Chamber Choir
Nicol Matt

Merulo: Sanctus

Work length2:26

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Europe Chamber Choir
Nicol Matt

Merulo: Benedicam Dominum

Work length3:02

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Europe Chamber Choir
Nicol Matt

Benedicam Dominum: Benedicam Dominum: Credo

Track length3:02

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Merulo: Hodie Christus natus est

Work length2:32

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Europe Chamber Choir
Nicol Matt

Merulo: Agnus Dei

Work length2:09

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Europe Chamber Choir
Nicol Matt

Gabrieli, G: Sacrae symphoniae Book 1

Work length3:27

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Europe Chamber Choir
Nicol Matt

Sacrae symphoniae, Book 1: Sacrae symphoniae (1597): Omnes gentes plaudite manibus a 16

Track length3:27

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The Renaissance era of the 16th and 17th centuries encompasses some of the most magnificent choral music ever written, at a time when composers were attached to royal chapels and cathedrals, and dedicated their art to the service of God, to creating musical masterworks that would complement and reflect the glory of the architecture which contained them.

This album contains some of the most enduring masterpieces from that era. It opens with the haunting strains of the Miserere which Allegri wrote for the Lenten liturgies of St Peter’s Basilica in Rome: the austere, haunting harmonies quickly became so renowned that the basilica moved to protect the work’s uniqueness by withholding the score and allowing performances only by its own choir.

There follows the Renaissance blockbuster Spem in alium, which Thomas Tallis created in 40 separate parts, to rival the grand but more static conception of an Italian contemporary. The courts of Spain and the Netherlands are also represented, with the lamenting O vos omnes by Victoria and Absalon fili mii by Josquin. The performances are compiled from albums by some of the world’s most renowned choirs for this repertoire, mostly based in the English centre of choral excellence, the chapels of Cambridge.

However, the music is largely Italian in origin, as one might expect: the melancholy strains of Palestrina’s Stabat mater and Lotti’s magical, eight-part Crucifixus are answered by more joyful and exuberant pieces by Monteverdi and Gabrieli, conceived for the Basilica of St Mark’s in Venice. This is a unique collection on record, enhanced by a lively introduction in the booklet to each work and composer on the album.

A generous collection of all time favourite choral masterworks from the Renaissance: Miserere (Allegri), Stabat Mater (Palestrina), Spem in Alium (Tallis), Crucifixus (Lotti), Ave Verum (Byrd) and other works by Cavalli, Desprez, da Victoria, Monteverdi, Vivanco, Gabrieli, Striggio, Willaert and Merulo.

Excellent performances by world famous choirs like the King’s College Choir, Clare College Choir, St. John’s College Choir, Chapelle de Roi and the Chamber Choir of Europe. More than 2 hours of heavenly sounds of eternal masterworks!

Booklet contains newly written liner notes.

Renaissance Choral Masterworks

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