Allegri: Miserere; Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah & other Renaissance masterpieces

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Album Summary

Conductors

• Christophers, Harry
• Cleobury, Stephen
• McCreesh, Paul

Ensembles

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• Choir of King s College Cambridge
• Gabrieli Consort
• The Sixteen

Composers

• Orlande de Lassus (1532 - 1594)
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 - 1594)
• Thomas Tallis (Composer) (circa 1505 - 1585)
• Gregorio Allegri (1582 - 1652)
• Jacob Obrecht (circa 1450 - 1505)
• Tomás Luis de Victoria (circa 1548 - 1611)
• Antonio Lotti (Composer) (1667 - 1740)
• Josquin Desprez (Composer) (circa 1455 - 1521)
• William Byrd (Composer) (1543 - 1623)

Notes & Reviews:

From the heavenly stratospheric of Allegri's Miserere to the Elizabethan splendor of William Byrd and Thomas Tallis, this outstanding collection celebrates the vocal magnificence of Renaissance sacred music, from its first intimate flowerings in the 15th century to the awesome cathedrals of sound that inspired the Baroque era that followed.

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Works Details

Allegri, Gregorio : Miserere

• Conductor: Harry Christophers
• Ensemble: The Sixteen
• Running Time: 12 min. sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 16th Century

Lotti, Antonio [Composer] : Crucifixus

• Conductor: Harry Christophers
• Ensemble: Choir of King s College Cambridge
• Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1717-1719

Lassus, Orlando de : Timor et tremor

• Conductor: Harry Christophers
• Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort
• Running Time: 4 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral

Obrecht, Jacob : Salve regina

• Conductor: Harry Christophers
• Running Time: 7 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Desprez, Josquin : Ave Maria... virgo serena, motet for 4 parts

• Conductor: Harry Christophers
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1497

Palestrina, Giovanni : Stabat Mater

• Conductor: Paul McCreesh
• Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort
• Running Time: 10 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Tomás Luis de Victoria (circa 1548 - 1611) : Salve regina a 8

• Conductor: Paul McCreesh
• Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort
• Running Time: 12 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral

Byrd, William : Ave verum corpus :: "O Lord, God of Israel"), motet for 4 voices (SATB)

• Conductor: Harry Christophers
• Running Time: 4 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 1605

Tallis, Thomas : Lamentations (Set 1)

• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Running Time: 7 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Tallis, Thomas : Lamentations (Set 2)

• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Running Time: 12 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance