Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0602498701287
Label: Universal Classics
Manufacturer: Universal Classics
MPN: 000453102
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release Date: February 21, 2005
Running Time: 76 minutes
Studio: Universal Classics

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Disc 1:

1. Miserere
2. Agnus Dei, Op.11
3. Crucifixus (8-Part)
4. The Lamb
5. Christe adoramus te
6. Kyrie
7. If Ye Love Me
8. Totus Tuus, Op.60
9. Locus Iste
10. When David heard - (Anthem)
11. Iustorum animae, 5vv
12. Salvator mundi (Cantiones sacrae 1575)
13. Agnus Dei
14. Ave Maria - (4vv)
15. Salve Regina
16. Libera nos, salva nos 1 - antiphon:7vv

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
This new release is somewhat mistitled: while most of the pieces are, in fact, from the Renaissance (or early Baroque), there are works here also by Samuel Barber, Poulenc, John Tavener, Bruckne,r and Gorecki. What they all have in common is their beauty and serenity. Perhaps the CDs subtitle, "Music for Inner Peace," also refers to a type of renaissance, i.e., spiritual re-birth: in which case, they're right on the money. The Sixteen, led by Harry Christophers, is one of the greatest proponents of this sort of choral music in the world, and they don't disappoint here: The Allegri "Miserere," with its wickedly beautiful ascent to high C by soprano soloist, is ravishing; Barber's own arrangement of his "Adagio for strings" for chorus (1967) is polyphony at its most "renaissance" without actually being so, and Gorecki's "Totos Tuus" is otherworldly in it mysticism. The selections by Byrd, Tomkins, et al., are, like the others, impeccably performed. Even an early piece by contemporary composer John Tavener, normally the master of excruciatingly pretentiousness, is lovely. This recording is a gem. --Robert Levine




Rating: - Renaissance - Music for inner peace
Beautiful and haunting vocals. Always a pleasure to listen to this uplifting CD. Recommended.

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