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Album Summary

Conductor

• Christophers, Harry

Ensemble

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Composer

• Tomás Luis de Victoria (circa 1548 - 1611)

Notes & Reviews:

This release coincides with celebrations to mark the 400th anniversary of Victoria's death in 1611, and also marks CORO's 10th Anniversary! Priest, scholar, mystic, singer, organist, and composer - six persons all rolled into one. That is, quite simply, why Victoria is the most outstanding composer of the Renaissance. At the heart of this program is the exquisite Missa Alma Redemptoris Mater a 8, of which this is one of the first recordings.

"To hear this majestic Renaissance polyphony sung with such understanding, grace, and skill is, for me, a tiny sound bite of heaven." - The Times

"Victoria could apply himself equally to the sublime contemplation of Sancta Maria and to the jubilant fervour of the Magnificat, a range of expression that the Sixteen embraces." -The Telegraph ****

"music that combines Iberian heat with Italianate polish. The Sixteen's sunny, velvet-toned voices add a special glow to Victoria's textures, which are sometimes complex but always humane." -The Times ****

"The Sixteen sing with their usual well-blended polish and clarity." -Sunday Times ****

"One is immediately struck by the glow-in-the-dark warmth of the choir's sound; Missa Alma Redemptoris is opulent without ever collapsing into indulgence,and Christophers' carefully judged dynamic terracing and vocal balance is ideal for capturing Victoria's radiant intervals and floating frequencies...This is state-of-the-art Renaissance singing" -Classic FM Magazine *****

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: All Hallows Church, Gospel Oak, London (10/2010).

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Works Details

Tomás Luis de Victoria (circa 1548 - 1611) : Salve regina, antiphon for 5 voices

• Conductor: Harry Christophers
• Running Time: 7 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 1576

Tomás Luis de Victoria (circa 1548 - 1611) : Alma Redemptoris mater, antiphon for 5 voices

• Conductor: Harry Christophers
• Running Time: 5 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 1572

Tomás Luis de Victoria (circa 1548 - 1611) : Congratulamini mihi, motet for 6 voices

• Conductor: Harry Christophers
• Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 1572

Tomás Luis de Victoria (circa 1548 - 1611) : Sancta Maria succure miseris - Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1548-1

• Conductor: Harry Christophers
• Running Time: 4 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral

Tomás Luis de Victoria (circa 1548 - 1611) : Gaude, Maria virgo, motet for 5 voices

• Conductor: Harry Christophers
• Running Time: 1 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Tomás Luis de Victoria (circa 1548 - 1611) : Missa Alma Redemptoris mater, for 2 choirs & organ

• Conductor: Harry Christophers
• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Tomás Luis de Victoria (circa 1548 - 1611) : Ave maris stella, hymn for 4 voices

• Conductor: Harry Christophers
• Running Time: 5 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Tomás Luis de Victoria (circa 1548 - 1611) : Magnificat octavi toni (even), for 4 voices

• Conductor: Harry Christophers
• Running Time: 8 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Tomás Luis de Victoria (circa 1548 - 1611) : Regina coeli, antiphon for 5 voices

• Conductor: Harry Christophers
• Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 1572

Tomás Luis de Victoria (circa 1548 - 1611) : Ne timeas, Maria

• Conductor: Harry Christophers
• Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Tomás Luis de Victoria (circa 1548 - 1611) : Litaniae de Beata Virgine, for 8 voices & organ

• Conductor: Harry Christophers
• Running Time: 7 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance