Palestrina, Vol. 1 / The Sixteen

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Label
Coro
Release Date
May 31, 2011
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      PALESTRINA, GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI
    • PERFORMER
      V1: Palestrina
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 31, 2011
    • UPC
      828021609121
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      COR16091
    • LABEL
      Coro
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. Salve Regina a 8

      Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    2. Assumpta est Maria a 6

      Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    3. Kyrie

      Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    4. Gloria

      Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    5. Credo

      Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    6. Sanctus

      Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    7. Benedictus

      Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    8. Agnus Dei I & II

      Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    9. Ave Regina coelorum

      Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    10. Tota pulchra es

      Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    11. Vulnerasti cor meum

      Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    12. Sicut lilium inter spinas

      Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    13. Diffusa est gratia

      Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    14. Assumpta est Maria in coelum

      Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    15. Motets for 5-8 Voices: Book 3 for 5, 6 and 8 Voices: Ave Maria a 5

      Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers


2011 sees the first recording by The Sixteen devoted entirely to Palestrina. The disc marks the start of a new project which will result in a series of new recordings exploring a selection of the composer's vast output, and a Choral Pilgrimage tour. Palestrina was born in 1525 not far from Rome, in the town whose name he bore and from which we take the cover images for this new series of discs. Possibly the greatest composer of liturgical music of all time, Palestrina was a towering figure in Renaissance polyphony. Choral singers world-wide will know his Missa Papae Marcelli (recorded by The Sixteen on COR16014) as, without doubt, it is the most renowned of Palestrina's works and possibly the most famous mass of all time. On this new disc The Sixteen has recorded some of the sumptuous music he wrote for the Assumption including his Missa Assumpta est Maria and Salve Regina. Without doubt, Palestrina was the great master of all Papal composers and his spiritual craft and harmonic vitality fulfilled the needs of the Vatican. His motets for the Assumption also entitled Assumpta est Maria, are glorious examples of such work and can be heard in all their splendour on this recording. By his death in 1594, Palestrina had published a huge amount of music including over 100 Masses and over 350 motets.