Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Hodie Christus natus est; Christe redemptor omnium, hymn for 6 voices; Magnificat, Tone 5, (odd) for 4 voices (from Magnificats on the 8 Tones, Book 1); Tui sunt coe... Conductors:
Christophers, Harry Ensemble:
The Sixteen
Volume two of The Sixteen's new series devoted to Palestrina is based around his glorious antiphon for Christmas Day. Palestrina's legacy and impact on sacred...continue...
Recording information: Church of St. Alban the Martyr, Holborn, England (02/2012)....continue...
Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Osculetur me osculo oris sui; Trahe me post te, motet for 5 voices (from Motets Book IV from Canticis canticorum); Nigra sum sed formosa; Vineam meam, motet for 5 vo...
Works: Jacobus Clemens Non Papa: Ego flos campi; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Osculetur me osculo oris sui; Nigra sum sed formosa; Gregorian Chant: Dum Esset Rex, antiphon; Nigra sum, antiphon; Tota pu...
Performers:
Hymas, Benedict
Song of Songs has already won the 2009 Gramophone Award for the Early Music. "This collection of settings by composers including Palestrina, Guerrero, Gombert, Victoria...continue...
Works: Orlande de Lassus: Veni in hortum meum, motet for 5 voices, M. ii (S. v/120); Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Osculetur me osculo oris sui; Heinrich Schütz: Anima mea liquefacta est; Ego dormi... Conductors:
White, Matthew Ensemble:
Les Voix Baroques
"The instrumental accompaniments (and one ensemble-only selection--a Passacaille by Marin Marais) are first-rate, consistently complementary to the voices, and everything is expertly captured in the...continue...
Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Osculetur me osculo oris sui; Trahe me post te, motet for 5 voices (from Motets Book IV from Canticis canticorum); Nigra sum sed formosa; Vineam meam, motet for 5 vo...
"One of Palestrina's most sublime and expressive works... an excellently balanced and natural-sounding recording." -Penguin Guide to Compact Discs....continue...