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The 13 youthful voices of Siglo de Oro produce a fresh, ingenuous sound. Their timbre is open and expressive – the use of vibrato adding a tremulous urgency to some of the more emotive passages.... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2020, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 29th Nov 2019
Catalogue No: DCD34224
Label: Delphian
Length: 66 minutes

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Werrecore: Cantuum Quinque Vocum Quos Motetta Vocant, Book 1 (Excerpts)

Work length6:52

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Helena Thomson, Francis Gush, Paul Bentley-Angell
Siglo de Oro
Patrick Allies

No. 17, Inviolata, Integra et Casta Es Maria

Track length6:52

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Gaffurio: O Sacrum Convivium

Work length2:30

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Siglo de Oro
Patrick Allies

Werrecore: Cantuum Quinque Vocum Quos Motetta Vocant, Book 1 (Excerpts)

Work length11:59

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Christine Buras, Francis Gush, David Le Prevost, Rebekah Jones, Paul Bentley-Angell, Ben McKee
Siglo de Oro
Patrick Allies

No. 19, Popule Meus

Track length11:59

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Josquin: Alma Redemptoris Mater - Ave Regina Coelorum

Work length6:12

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Siglo de Oro
Patrick Allies

Werrecore: Cantuum Quinque Vocum Quos Motetta Vocant, Book 1 (Excerpts)

Work length20:15

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Christine Buras, Rebekah Jones, Paul Bentley-Angell, Ben Rowarth, Hannah Ely, Chris Fitzgerald-Lombard
Siglo de Oro
Patrick Allies

No. 15, Proh Dolor

Track length2:51

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No. 20, Ave Maris Stella

Track length10:19

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No. 16, Inclina Deus Meus

Track length7:05

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Weerbeke: Ave Regina Caelorum Mater

Work length3:50

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Siglo de Oro
Patrick Allies

Werrecore: Beati Omnes Qui Timent Dominum

Work length6:01

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Siglo de Oro
Patrick Allies

Phinot: Homo Quidam Fecit Cenam

Work length3:25

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Siglo de Oro
Patrick Allies

Josquin: Inviolata, Integra et Casta Es Maria Sea

Work length5:19

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Siglo de Oro
Patrick Allies

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In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, Milan Cathedral acted as a magnet to many of the finest composers of the time. Yet the Cathedral's maestro di cappella for almost thirty years, Hermann Matthias Werrecore, is almost completely unknown to us today.

Why was he forgotten? Did his Flemish origins mean he was never properly adopted by his Milanese congregation? Did his later reputation suffer from confusion with his countryman Matthias Le Maistre?

Six of Werrecore's surviving motets are presented here the first time any of his sacred music has been recorded. They are heard alongside works by composers Werrecore knew, drawn mostly from the holdings of the Milan library during his tenure there. Siglo de Oro's act of rediscovery reveals the exceptional quality of the music, and Patrick Allies directs them in performances of extraordinary flair.

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March 2020

The 13 youthful voices of Siglo de Oro produce a fresh, ingenuous sound. Their timbre is open and expressive – the use of vibrato adding a tremulous urgency to some of the more emotive passages. The young singers respond sensitively to the musical and liturgical range of this programme…Allies shapes the architecture of the large-scale musical edifices with admirable control.

Plumbing deep wells of spiritual devotion, this music meets its match in poised, committed performances of simultaneous unanimity and character … Six elegant masterly, creatively scored motets by Hermann Werrecore appear in their world premier recordings as the rarest delicacies in a flavoursome menu of works from the maestri of 16th-century Milan.

February 2020

The smooth, honeyed sound of Siglo de Oro is largely due to the soft and clear sheen of their radiant sopranos. As an ensemble they resemble The Cardinall’s Musick both in tone and in their approach to the architecture of larger-scale motets...To portray effectively such ranges of polyphonic textures is really exciting: this is a hugely impressive disc in both programming and performance.

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