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Palmeri: Magnificat / Litowska, Capella Bydgostiensis, Astrolabium Choir
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Palmeri: Magnificat / Litowska, Capella Bydgostiensis, Astrolabium Choir

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Composer
PALMERI, MARTIN
Artist
Litowska, Turalska, Schmidt, Pietrodar
Format
CD
Label
DUX
Released
Jun 30, 2017
Catalog #
DUX1343
UPC
5902547013435

About

Martín Palmeri began to work on the Magnificat dedicated to mixed choir, soprano and mezzo-soprano solo, string orchestra, bandoneon, and piano in 2010. He was guided by an idea to create a piece, which would be stylistically and emotionally close to the Misa a Buenos Aires – Misatango, yet much more difficult for the performers, and more sophisticated as far as the rhythm and polyphony are concerned. The composition was ended in 2012 and its world premiere took place in Milan. The source of the text of the Magnificat is the Gospel of Luke (1:46-55). The evangelist consciously combines three pictures into a triptych: Annunciation, Visitation, and the Marian Magnificat. The Humble Servant is chosen for the Mother of the Son of God. She starts a journey to visit her relative, Elizabeth, who will soon become mother of John the Baptist. Elizabeth greets Mary and She answers her with words of a canticle praising God. While Palmeri was composing the Magnificat, he was drawing inspiration from the Argentinian tango nuevo popularized in the greatest extent by Astor Piazzolla, who modernized the traditional Argentinian tango and enriched it with elements of jazz and Argentinian folklore; however, the references to the tango in the Magnificat do not concern only the orchestral layer of the piece. Despite the fact that the basic carrier of the tango’s idiom are the bandoneon and the orchestra, its element also crosses the vocal layer of the piece, as it is also the solo voices and choir that abound in the tango rhythms. The bandoneon in Palmeri’s music changes its facets as a chameleon: once it rhythmically energizes the sound layer, the other time it limits itself to highlight the accents occurring on particularly important words, and sometimes it accompanies the solo voices duo, subtly surrounding their narration.

Tracklist 11 tracks

  1. 1 Magnificat anima mea Dominum (Soprano, Chorus) 06:22
    Track
    1
    Title
    Magnificat anima mea Dominum (Soprano, Chorus)
    Duration
    06:22
    Composer
    Martín Palmeri
    Performer
    Aleksandra Turalska, Elżbieta Biskupska, Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi, Martín Palmeri
    Ensemble
    Chór Astrolabium, Capella Bydgostiensis
    Conductor
    Kinga Litowska
  2. 2 Et exutavit spiritus meus (Soprano) 04:24
    Track
    2
    Title
    Et exutavit spiritus meus (Soprano)
    Duration
    04:24
    Composer
    Martín Palmeri
    Performer
    Aleksandra Turalska, Elżbieta Biskupska, Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi, Martín Palmeri
    Ensemble
    Capella Bydgostiensis
    Conductor
    Kinga Litowska
  3. 3 Quia respexit humilitatem (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Chorus) 05:15
    Track
    3
    Title
    Quia respexit humilitatem (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Chorus)
    Duration
    05:15
    Composer
    Martín Palmeri
    Performer
    Aleksandra Turalska, Agata Schmidt, Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi, Martín Palmeri
    Ensemble
    Chór Astrolabium, Capella Bydgostiensis
    Conductor
    Kinga Litowska
  4. 4 Quia fecit mihi magna (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Chorus) 03:21
    Track
    4
    Title
    Quia fecit mihi magna (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Chorus)
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Martín Palmeri
    Performer
    Aleksandra Turalska, Agata Schmidt, Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi, Martín Palmeri
    Ensemble
    Chór Astrolabium, Capella Bydgostiensis
    Conductor
    Kinga Litowska
  5. 5 Et Misericordia eius (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano) 03:58
    Track
    5
    Title
    Et Misericordia eius (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano)
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Martín Palmeri
    Performer
    Aleksandra Turalska, Agata Schmidt, Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi, Martín Palmeri
    Ensemble
    Capella Bydgostiensis
    Conductor
    Kinga Litowska
  6. 6 Fecit potentiam (Chorus) 02:49
    Track
    6
    Title
    Fecit potentiam (Chorus)
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Martín Palmeri
    Performer
    Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi, Martín Palmeri
    Ensemble
    Chór Astrolabium, Capella Bydgostiensis
    Conductor
    Kinga Litowska
  7. 7 Deposuit potentes (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano) 02:43
    Track
    7
    Title
    Deposuit potentes (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano)
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Martín Palmeri
    Performer
    Aleksandra Turalska, Agata Schmidt, Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi, Martín Palmeri
    Ensemble
    Capella Bydgostiensis
    Conductor
    Kinga Litowska
  8. 8 Esurientes (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Chorus) 03:46
    Track
    8
    Title
    Esurientes (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Chorus)
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Martín Palmeri
    Performer
    Aleksandra Turalska, Agata Schmidt, Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi, Martín Palmeri
    Ensemble
    Chór Astrolabium, Capella Bydgostiensis
    Conductor
    Kinga Litowska
  9. 9 Suscepit Israel (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Chorus) 04:54
    Track
    9
    Title
    Suscepit Israel (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Chorus)
    Duration
    04:54
    Composer
    Martín Palmeri
    Performer
    Aleksandra Turalska, Agata Schmidt, Elżbieta Biskupska, Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi, Martín Palmeri
    Ensemble
    Chór Astrolabium, Capella Bydgostiensis
    Conductor
    Kinga Litowska
  10. 10 Sicut locutus est (Chorus) 02:58
    Track
    10
    Title
    Sicut locutus est (Chorus)
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Martín Palmeri
    Performer
    Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi, Martín Palmeri
    Ensemble
    Chór Astrolabium, Capella Bydgostiensis
    Conductor
    Kinga Litowska
  11. 11 Gloria (Chorus) 05:43
    Track
    11
    Title
    Gloria (Chorus)
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    Martín Palmeri
    Performer
    Elżbieta Biskupska, Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi, Martín Palmeri
    Ensemble
    Chór Astrolabium, Capella Bydgostiensis
    Conductor
    Kinga Litowska