Helper and Protector - Italian Maestri in Poland
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LUCA MARENZIO / ASPRILIO PACELLI / VINCENZO BERTOLUSI
Helper and Protector - Italian Maestri in Poland
The Sixteen, Eamonn Dougan (conductor)
[ Coro / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 20 May 2016
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The fourth volume in this highly acclaimed series, conducted by The Sixteen's Associate Conductor, Eamonn Dougan, explores the music of Italian composers working in the Polish court during the reign of Sigismund III Vasa. In 1594 Sigismund III set about reorganising his music ensemble and he decided to bring in Italian musicians, singularly esteemed at that time, and, in particular, musicians associated with the music chapels of Rome. Amongst them were Luca Marenzio, Asprillo Pacelli, and Vincenzo Bertolusi; their arrival heralded a new dawn for sacred music in Poland.
The centrepiece of this album is Marenzio's exquisite Missa super Iniquos odio habui. The Kyrie and Gloria movements are known but the remaining parts of the Mass were feared lost following World War II, but were appropriated by the Soviets and have only been rediscovered since the fall of the Berlin Wall. This is the premiere recording of the complete Mass which is set alongside the motet Iniquos odio habui on which is is based.
Also included are Pacelli's joyous Beati estis and Bertolusi's sublime Ave verum corpus.
"The clarity of Dougan's glossy choral textures allows the music's rhythmic animation to penetrate, and pacing is carefully calibrated to balance moment-by-moment drama with a longer musical arc" Gramophone
Tracks:
LUCA MARENZIO (1553-99)
Iniquos odio habui
Missa super
Iniquos odio habui
Jubilate Deo
ASPRILLIO PACELLI (1570-1623)
Beati estis
Gaudent in caelis
Media nocte
Christus resurgens
VINCENZO BERTOLUSI (c.1551-1608)
Ave verum corpus
Peccantem me quotidie
Timor Domini
Sancta
Maria
