PALESTRINA: Missa L'homme arme / CAVAZZONI: Ricercari

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
February 1, 2001
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      PALESTRINA
    • PERFORMER
      Sergio, Bologna Cappella Musicale Di St. Petronio, Vartolo
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 01, 2001
    • UPC
      730099431521
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8553315
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. Ricercare primo

      Composer: Girolamo Cavazzoni

      Ensemble: Bologna Cappella Musicale di St. Petronio

      Performer: Sergio Vartolo

      Conductor: Sergio Vartolo

    2. Masses, Book 3: Missa L'homme armé a 5: Kyrie

      Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

      Ensemble: Bologna Cappella Musicale di St. Petronio

      Conductor: Sergio Vartolo

    3. Masses, Book 3: Missa L'homme armé a 5: Gloria

      Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

      Ensemble: Bologna Cappella Musicale di St. Petronio

      Conductor: Sergio Vartolo

    4. Ricercare secondo

      Composer: Girolamo Cavazzoni

      Ensemble: Bologna Cappella Musicale di St. Petronio

      Performer: Sergio Vartolo

      Conductor: Sergio Vartolo

    5. Masses, Book 3: Missa L'homme armé a 5: Credo

      Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

      Ensemble: Bologna Cappella Musicale di St. Petronio

      Conductor: Sergio Vartolo

    6. Ricercare terzo

      Composer: Girolamo Cavazzoni

      Ensemble: Bologna Cappella Musicale di St. Petronio

      Performer: Sergio Vartolo

      Conductor: Sergio Vartolo

    7. Masses, Book 3: Missa L'homme armé a 5: Sanctus

      Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

      Ensemble: Bologna Cappella Musicale di St. Petronio

      Conductor: Sergio Vartolo

    8. Ricercare quarto

      Composer: Girolamo Cavazzoni

      Ensemble: Bologna Cappella Musicale di St. Petronio

      Performer: Sergio Vartolo

      Conductor: Sergio Vartolo

    9. Masses, Book 3: Missa L'homme armé a 5: Agnus Dei I

      Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

      Ensemble: Bologna Cappella Musicale di St. Petronio

      Conductor: Sergio Vartolo

    10. Masses, Book 3: Missa L'homme armé a 5: Agnus Dei II

      Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

      Ensemble: Bologna Cappella Musicale di St. Petronio

      Conductor: Sergio Vartolo


Missa Papae Marcelli, or Pope Marcellus Mass, is a mass by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. It is his most well-known and most often-performed mass, and is frequently taught in university courses on music. It was always[citation needed] sung at the Papal Coronation Mass (the last being the coronation of Paul VI in 1963). The Missa Papae Marcelli consists, like most Renaissance masses, of a Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus/Benedictus, and Agnus Dei, though the third part of the Agnus Dei is a separate movement (designated "Agnus II").The mass is freely composed, not based upon a cantus firmus or parody. Perhaps because of this, the mass is not as thematically consistent as Palestrina's masses based on models. It is primarily a six-voice mass, but voice combinations are varied throughout the piece; Palestrina scores Agnus II for seven voices, and the use of the full forces is reserved for specific climactic portions in the text. It is set primarily in a homorhythmic, declamatory style, with little overlapping of text and a general preference for block chords such that the text can clearly be heard in performance, unlike many polyphonic masses of the 16th century. As in much of Palestrina's contrapuntal work, voices move primarily in stepwise motion, and the voice leading strictly follows the rules of the diatonic modes codified by theorist Gioseffo Zarlino.