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Centorio: Vocal & Instrumental Music / Silano, Cappella Musicale Della Cattedrale Di Vercelli
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Centorio: Vocal & Instrumental Music / Silano, Cappella Musicale Della Cattedrale Di Vercelli

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Details

Composer
CENTORIO, MARCO ANTONIO
Artist
Cappella Musicale Della Cattedrale Di Vercelli, Silano
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Jan 01, 2021
Catalog #
BRI96242
UPC
5028421962429

About

Who was Marco Antonio Centorio? Given how little attention has been paid to his music in modern times, a surprising amount is known about him. Born around 1600 in the Piedmontese town of Vercelli, Centorio was blessed with a fine treble voice that secured him an education at the town’s Collegio degli Innocenti. When his voice broke he moved to Milan and studied both organ and theory there, before moving back to his home-town, where he became the titular organist by the age of 18. A decade later he became maestro di capella, and held the post until his early death in 1638. Most of his extant music was preserved in the Vercelli Chapter Archive, which supplied the manuscripts for these world-premiere recordings. The album opens with the elegant chant La Centoria, ‘to be played on two organs’ (with the option of adding string instruments), a singularly fine piece in the style of the late 16th-century Milanese canzone that was already in decline. There are several pastoral canzone: non-liturgical music written for the enjoyment of the aristocracy and clergy, which display Centorio’s melodic gifts and contrapuntal skills. They alternate here with instrumental interludes and with accompanied motets, of the same character as the pastoral works but composed to sacred texts. The performances here enjoy unparalleled authenticity, having been made by modern heirs of the very ensemble which Centorio once directed, and in the fine domed basilica of Vercelli cathedral for which these works were conceived four centuries ago. Collectors of late-Renaissance era rarities will not hesitate to add the name of Centorio to their libraries.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 La centoria 04:13
    Track
    1
    Title
    La centoria
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    Marco Antonio Centorio
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale della Cattedrale di Vercelli
    Conductor
    Denis Silano
  2. 2 Vigilate pastores 10:06
    Track
    2
    Title
    Vigilate pastores
    Duration
    10:06
    Composer
    Marco Antonio Centorio
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale della Cattedrale di Vercelli
    Conductor
    Denis Silano
  3. 3 La leggiadra 04:48
    Track
    3
    Title
    La leggiadra
    Duration
    04:48
    Composer
    Marco Antonio Centorio
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale della Cattedrale di Vercelli
    Conductor
    Denis Silano
  4. 4 Laudate pueri senza intonatione 03:55
    Track
    4
    Title
    Laudate pueri senza intonatione
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Marco Antonio Centorio
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale della Cattedrale di Vercelli
    Conductor
    Denis Silano
  5. 5 La gratiosa 04:47
    Track
    5
    Title
    La gratiosa
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Marco Antonio Centorio
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale della Cattedrale di Vercelli
    Conductor
    Denis Silano
  6. 6 Hodie cantant angeli 05:06
    Track
    6
    Title
    Hodie cantant angeli
    Duration
    05:06
    Composer
    Marco Antonio Centorio
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale della Cattedrale di Vercelli
    Conductor
    Denis Silano
  7. 7 La coccha 03:51
    Track
    7
    Title
    La coccha
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Marco Antonio Centorio
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale della Cattedrale di Vercelli
    Conductor
    Denis Silano
  8. 8 Jubilat ecclesia 04:13
    Track
    8
    Title
    Jubilat ecclesia
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    Marco Antonio Centorio
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale della Cattedrale di Vercelli
    Conductor
    Denis Silano
  9. 9 La vezzosa 04:14
    Track
    9
    Title
    La vezzosa
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Marco Antonio Centorio
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale della Cattedrale di Vercelli
    Conductor
    Denis Silano
  10. 10 O dulcis et bone Jesu (attrib. to M.A. Centorio) 04:20
    Track
    10
    Title
    O dulcis et bone Jesu (attrib. to M.A. Centorio)
    Duration
    04:20
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale della Cattedrale di Vercelli
    Conductor
    Denis Silano
  11. 11 Spargite flores 05:20
    Track
    11
    Title
    Spargite flores
    Duration
    05:20
    Composer
    Marco Antonio Centorio
    Performer
    Gianluca Pisa
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale della Cattedrale di Vercelli
    Conductor
    Denis Silano
  12. 12 Laudate pueri 05:41
    Track
    12
    Title
    Laudate pueri
    Duration
    05:41
    Composer
    Marco Antonio Centorio
    Ensemble
    Cappella Musicale della Cattedrale di Vercelli
    Conductor
    Denis Silano