Chant, Gregorian > Musica Secreta

Sacred Hearts & Secret Music / Musica Secreta, Celestial Sirens

1 CD / Divine Art / 2009-09-01

Works: Gregorian Chant: Cantabant sancti, canticum novum; Surge illuminare Jerusalem, text and short responsory; Amo Christum, responsory; Anonymous: Beata Agnes in medio flammarum (attrib. Palestrina); Amb...
Performers: Hawnt, Katharine; Kelly, Frances [Harp]; Roberts, Deborah [Soprano Vocal]; Wilkinson, Clare; Williams, Claire
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Ensemble: Musica Secreta

This recording of 16th Century liturgical music is intended as a soundtrack for the book Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant. The vocal ensemble Musica Secreta...continue...
Recording information: St. Mary de Haura, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex (04/27/2009-04/29/2009)....continue...

Grandi: Motetti a cinque voci 1614; Agostini, etc / Laurie Stras, Deborah Roberts, Musica Secreta

1 CD / Divine Art / 2008-04-08

Works: Alessandro Grandi: Sancte Sebastiane, motet for 5 voices; Ave Regina caelorum, motet for 5 voices; Judica me Domine, motet for 5 voices; O dulcis et o pia, motet for 5 voices; O Bone Jesu, motet for ...
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Ensemble: Musica Secreta

Alessandro Grandi is regarded as one of the finest composers of the Italian 17th century. Probably born in Ferrara; as a young man he served...continue...