How Fair Thou Art: Biblical Passions by Palestrina
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Label: Signum
Cat No: SIGCD450
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 4th March 2016
Contents
Works
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da
Alma Redemptoris MaterAve Regina caelorum
Canticum Canticorum (The Song of Songs)
Salve Regina
Sicut lilium inter spinas
Artists
The King’s SingersWorks
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da
Alma Redemptoris MaterAve Regina caelorum
Canticum Canticorum (The Song of Songs)
Salve Regina
Sicut lilium inter spinas
Artists
The King’s SingersAbout
This recording is the first to feature performances from the group’s new tenor, Julian Gregory.
Tracks:
1. Alma redemptoris mater
2. Quam pulchri sunt gressus tui
3. Pulchrae sunt genae tuae
4. Tota pulchra es anima mea
5. Nigra sum, sed formosa
6. Regina Caeli
7. Trahe me, post te
8. Veni, veni delicte mi
9. Surge, propera amica mea
10. Descendi in hortum meum
11. Ave regina caelorum
12. Sicut lilium inter spinas
13. Osculetur me
14. Ecce tu pulcher es
15. Sicut lilium inter spinas
16. Salve Regina
Reviews
That erotic celebration of human love, the Song of Songs, seems a strange subject to set to music for a pope, but all Italy knew that Gregory XIII was more than a little worldly; after all, his son, Giacomo, was a prominent cardinal. Palestrina’s intense, lascivious pieces would surely have appealed to their dedicatee, with their praise of rounded navels, sweet breasts and the comely daughters of Jerusalem. The King’s Singers maintain an admirably cool approach to these 16th-century sizzlers, and bookend them with four of the composer’s more sober Marian motets, but their trademark sound is marred by some disappointing vibrato creeping into the countertenor lines. Stephen PritchardError on this page? Let us know here
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