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Palestrina, Vol. 1 / The Sixteen
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Palestrina, Vol. 1 / The Sixteen

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Details

Composer
PALESTRINA, GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI
Artist
V1: Palestrina
Format
CD
Label
Coro
Released
May 31, 2011
Catalog #
COR16091
UPC
828021609121

About

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.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 Salve Regina a 8 06:22
    Track
    1
    Title
    Salve Regina a 8
    Duration
    06:22
    Composer
    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  2. 2 Assumpta est Maria a 6 06:23
    Track
    2
    Title
    Assumpta est Maria a 6
    Duration
    06:23
    Composer
    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  3. 3 Kyrie 04:48
    Track
    3
    Title
    Kyrie
    Duration
    04:48
    Composer
    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  4. 4 Gloria 05:00
    Track
    4
    Title
    Gloria
    Duration
    05:00
    Composer
    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  5. 5 Credo 07:05
    Track
    5
    Title
    Credo
    Duration
    07:05
    Composer
    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  6. 6 Sanctus 02:26
    Track
    6
    Title
    Sanctus
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  7. 7 Benedictus 02:22
    Track
    7
    Title
    Benedictus
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  8. 8 Agnus Dei I & II 05:16
    Track
    8
    Title
    Agnus Dei I & II
    Duration
    05:16
    Composer
    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  9. 9 Ave Regina coelorum 04:29
    Track
    9
    Title
    Ave Regina coelorum
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  10. 10 Tota pulchra es 02:28
    Track
    10
    Title
    Tota pulchra es
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  11. 11 Vulnerasti cor meum 03:10
    Track
    11
    Title
    Vulnerasti cor meum
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  12. 12 Sicut lilium inter spinas 03:49
    Track
    12
    Title
    Sicut lilium inter spinas
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  13. 13 Diffusa est gratia 03:35
    Track
    13
    Title
    Diffusa est gratia
    Duration
    03:35
    Composer
    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  14. 14 Assumpta est Maria in coelum 02:24
    Track
    14
    Title
    Assumpta est Maria in coelum
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  15. 15 Motets for 5-8 Voices: Book 3 for 5, 6 and 8 Voices: Ave Maria a 5 04:27
    Track
    15
    Title
    Motets for 5-8 Voices: Book 3 for 5, 6 and 8 Voices: Ave Maria a 5
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers