RENAISSANCE CHORAL MASTERWORKS (2CD)

Renaissance Choral Masterworks
CD1 80’26
Gregorio Allegri 1582-1652
1. Miserere 12’37
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Timothy Brown director
Recording: Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge
Thomas Tallis c.1505-1585
2. Spem in alium 9’55
Chapelle de Roi
Alistar Dixon director
Recording: 13-15 November 2000, St Jude’s, Hampstead
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina c.1525-1594
3. Stabat Mater 11’14
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Timothy Brown director
Recording: Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge
Francesco Cavalli 1602-1676
4. Salve Regina 6’20
Sebastián de Vivanco 1551-1622
5. Magnificat octavi toni 12’03
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury director
Recording: 15-18 July, 1996 in the Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge
Antonio Lotti 1666-1740
6. Crucifixus 3’20
William Byrd 1543-1623
7. Ave verum corpus 4’12
Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge
Christopher Robinson director
Recording: June 1996, Chapel of St John’s College, Cambridge
Josquin des Prez c.1450/1455-1521
8. Absalon fili mi 3’48
Carlo Gesualdo 1566-1613
9. O vos omnes 2’49
Tomás Luis de Victoria 1548-1611
10. O vos omnes 2’22
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Timothy Brown director
Recording: All Saints Church, Aldwinckle, near Cambridge
Claudio Monteverdi 1567-1643
11. Laudate pueri 5’10
12. Ave Maris Stella 5’26
Ensemble San Felice
Federico Bardazzi director
Recording: 2–5 October 2011, Antico Spedale del Bigallo, by kind permission of the Municipality of Bagno a Ripoli, Florence, Italy

CD2 59’45
Giovanni Gabrieli 1557-1612
1. Ahi senza te 3’23
Alessandro Striggio 1540-1592
2. Ninfe leggiadre e belle 1’47
Giovanni Gabrieli
3. Dolce nemica mia 3’14
Adrian Willaert 1490-1562
4. O bene mio 1’49
Giovanni Gabrieli
5. Alma cortes’ e bella 2’50
Johann Grabbe 1585-1655
6. Cor mio 3’09
Hans Nielsen 1580-1626
7. Deh dolce anima 2’13
Mogens Pedersøn 1583-1623
8. T’amo mia vita 1’59
Giovanni Gabrieli
9. Kyrie eleison 3’15
10. Fuggi pur se sai 4’01
Andrea Gabrieli 1533-1585 /Giovanni Gabrieli
11. In nobil sangue 4’45
Andrea Gabrieli
12. Alla battaglia 2’00
Giovanni Gabrieli
13. Amor dove mi guidi 5’50
Andrea Gabrieli
14. A le guancie de rose 3’26
15. Gloria 3’54
Claudio Merulo 1533-1604
16. Sanctus 2’26
17. Credo from the Mass “Benedicam Dominum” 3’02
18. Hodie Christus natus est 2’32
19. Agnus Dei 2’09
Giovanni Gabrieli
20. Omnes gentes plaudite 3’27
Chamber Choir of Europe

Nicol Matt director
Recording: 2002, in the crypt of Speyer Cathedral