Works Summary
Performers
Alison Hill (Soprano)- Benedict Hymas (Tenor)
Ensemble
Composers
- Rodrigo de Ceballos (circa 1530 - 1591)
- Anonymous
- Giovanni Palestrina (1525 - 1594)
- Jacobus Clemens non Papa (1510 - 1556)
- Orlando de Lassus (1532 - 1594)
- Nicolas Gombert (1490 - 1556)
- Sebastian de Vivanco (died 1622)
- Francisc Guerrero (Renaissance) (1527 - 1599)
- Jean Lhéritier (1480 - 1552)
- Tomás Luis de Victoria (circa 1548 - 1611)
Remarks:
"After hearing Jean Lheritier's magnificent and deeply affecting setting of Nigra sum you might understandably feel cleansed, blessed, and exonerated from all misdeeds you've ever committed, its effect is so spiritually moving and textually illuminating. And we should be grateful that the 12 (or so) singers that make up the remarkable young British vocal ensemble Stile Antico are the polished and stylish vehicle for transmitting this beauty and truth to our ears, and they do this consistently throughout a program that will intrigue and entice all Renaissance choral music fans... You get a good feeling listening to this recording: good energy, good sound, good music, good sense of style and of the music's underlying emotional and spiritual context. What more is there to say, except 'Happy listening!'" -ClassicsToday (10/10)Notes:
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.In the Old Testament book "Song of Songs," two lovers describe their passion and praise each other's beauty in richly metaphoric language full of suggestive images from nature. The poetry, sensuous and at times erotic, was usually interpreted as an allegory of the love between God and his faithful. In the sixteenth century, when the works on this album were composed, the Beloved was often envisioned as the Virgin Mary, and the line between secular and sacred love for her was sometimes shaded ambiguously. The text's receptiveness to Marian devotion, in a time when there was a virtual cult dedicated to her, may explain its considerable popularity among Renaissance composers. The polyphonic settings sampled on this recording reflect a variety of approaches. While some compositions utilize the original text, others use contemporary poetry adapted from it, in music that ranges from simple four-part settings to complex polychoral ones.
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There are currently no reviews, be the first one!Clemens non Papa, Jacobus : Ego flos campi
- Performers: Benedict Hymas (Tenor); Alison Hill (Soprano)
- Ensemble: Stile Antico
- Running Time: 6 min. 5 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Form: Choral
- Written: by 1555
Palestrina, Giovanni : Osculetur me osculo oris sui
- Performer: Benedict Hymas (Tenor)
- Ensemble: Stile Antico
- Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Form: Choral
- Written: by 1854
Anonymous : Cum esset Rex
- Ensemble: Stile Antico
- Period Time: Medieval
- Form: Choral
Guerrero, Francisc : Surge propera amica mea
- Performers: Benedict Hymas (Tenor); Alison Hill (Soprano)
- Ensemble: Stile Antico
- Running Time: 6 min. 7 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Form: Choral
- Written: 16th Century
Gombert, Nicolas : Quam pulchra es
- Performer: Benedict Hymas (Tenor)
- Ensemble: Stile Antico
- Running Time: 6 min. 10 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Form: Choral
- Written: 16th Century
Anonymous : Nigra sum
- Ensemble: Stile Antico
- Period Time: Medieval
- Form: Choral
Lassus, Orlando de : Veni dilecte mi
- Ensemble: Stile Antico
- Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Form: Choral
- Written: by 1571
Tomás Luis de Victoria (circa 1548 - 1611) : Vadam et circuibo
- Performer: Benedict Hymas (Tenor)
- Ensemble: Stile Antico
- Running Time: 10 min. 41 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Anonymous : Tota pulchra es
- Ensemble: Stile Antico
- Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
- Period Time: Medieval
- Form: Choral
Guerrero, Francisc : Ego flos campi
- Ensemble: Stile Antico
- Running Time: 3 min. 17 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1589
Jean Lhéritier (1480 - 1552) : Nigra sum
- Performer: Benedict Hymas (Tenor)
- Ensemble: Stile Antico
- Running Time: 5 min. 33 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Form: Choral
- Written: 16th Century
Anonymous : Laeva ejus sub capite meo
- Ensemble: Stile Antico
- Period Time: Medieval
- Form: Choral
Ceballos, Rodrigo de : Hortus conclusus
- Ensemble: Stile Antico
- Running Time: 5 min. 32 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Palestrina, Giovanni : Nigra sum sed formosa
- Ensemble: Stile Antico
- Running Time: 3 min. 57 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Form: Choral
- Written: by 1584
Anonymous : Speciosa facta es
- Ensemble: Stile Antico
- Period Time: Medieval
- Form: Choral
Vivanco, Sebastian de : Veni dilecte mi
- Ensemble: Stile Antico
- Running Time: 4 min. 21 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Guerrero, Francisc : Trahe me post te, Virgo Maria
- Ensemble: Stile Antico
- Running Time: 5 min. 15 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Form: Choral
- Written: 16th Century
Anonymous : Jam hiems transiit
- Ensemble: Stile Antico
- Period Time: Medieval
- Form: Choral
Tomás Luis de Victoria (circa 1548 - 1611) : Vidi speciosam
- Performers: Benedict Hymas (Tenor); Alison Hill (Soprano)
- Ensemble: Stile Antico
- Running Time: 6 min. 38 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Form: Choral
- Written: by 1572
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