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Cantores: Gaude Virgo
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A sublime collection of Renaissance masterpieces from some of the greatest composers of the age. Including Victoria, Josquin and Palestrina, this is a perfect introduction to Renaissance sacred music.Cantores, conducted by early music expert David Allinson, is a group devoted to this repertoire, and the singers’ love of the music is contagiously apparent throughout this disc.The theme of the disc is devotional music for Mary, and opens with priest-composer Victoria’s robust and joyful Ave Maria. Fellow Spanish composers Gesualdo and Guerrero also offer emotive and intense works, while the more rarely-heard Mouton employs a sensuality entirely French.The great Palestrina is renowned for his technical prowess but this Salve Regina is one of his most moving works, while England is represented by the wonderful Cornysh and Taverner motets performed with superb skill and feeling by Cantores.Tomás Luis de Victoria (circa 1548 - 1611) : Ave Maria à 4Mouton, Jean : Ave Maria gratia plena... Virgo serenaPalestrina, Giovanni : Salve ReginaGesualdo, Carlo : Ave, dulcissima MariaGuerrero, Francisc [ren.] : Salve ReginaJosquin Des Préz (1440 - 1521) : Gaude virgo, mater ChristiTaverner, John : Mater Christi sanctissimaJosquin Des Préz (1440 - 1521) : Inviolata, integra et casta es, MariaObrecht, Jacob : Salve regina misericordiae a 6Cornysh, William : Ave Maria mater DeiPhilips, Peter [renaiss.] : Cantiones sacrae, pro praecipuis festis totius anni et communi sanctorum Ave regina caelorumTomás Luis de Victoria (circa 1548 - 1611) : Salve regina a 8 Only $11.98 - Click here to buy now! |