Palestrina Volume 2. Album by The Sixteen

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Palestrina Volume 2. Album by The SixteenAlbum Description Following the success of the first volume in their Palestrina series which won the International Classical Music Award for Early Music, Harry Christophers and The Sixteen release the second recording in the series. 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 series of discs. Each volume in the series is based around a single mass and theme relevant to

Their music has a unique sonority which will astound you all - from the depth of expression and fascinating texts of Josquin (prepare yourselves for the surreal nature of Praeter rerum seriem) to the overtly decorative mass movements of Brumel’s Missa Et ecce terraemotus where the 12 parts interweave in extensive imitation and thrilling tracery

Silent night

unequall’d in arms

The Queen’s Farewell (Thomas Tollett [d

Total Playing Time: 71

beat the drum

Paul's Cathedral in 1554 was a celebratory focal point of an extraordinary resurgence of the Catholic faith in England

spes unica

the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Henry Purcell’s birth (1659) and James MacMillan’s fiftieth birthday (16 July 2009)

TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 76

The disc finishes with the dreamily haunting Acrostic Song from Final Alice by David del Tredici

Rejoice in the Lord alway

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