{"product_id":"palestrina-vol-3-the-sixteen","title":"Palestrina, Volume 3: The Sixteen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/officialaboutthisrecordingsept2022_480x480.png?v=1667928013\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA towering figure in Renaissance polyphony, Palestrina is arguably one of the greatest composers of Liturgical music of all time. Harry Christophers and The Sixteen continue their exploration of his work with a disc of music for the Easter period.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMany of the works on this new recording celebrate the joyful part of Easter - the Resurrection - and the central mass on this disc is the wonderfully inspired Missa Regina caeli. The Mass is based on the well-known, immediately recognisable, plainchant Antiphon Regina caeli and the recording also includes the 8-voice motet of the same name.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs with volumes 1 and 2 this disc also includes three of Palestrina’s settings of the Song of Songs alongside three offertories for the Easter period and the hymn Ad caenam agni providi.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis disc would not be complete, however, without the exquisite 8-voice Stabat Mater - possibly Palestrina’s most famous piece in current times and a work that emphasises the other side of the Easter story - the agony and pain of the Crucifixion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArtists\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Sixteen\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHarry Christophers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReviews\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The Sixteen have their own divine qualities, generously on display here.'\u003c\/em\u003e The Observer\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The Sixteen's Palestrina cycle may just be a classic in the making.'\u003c\/em\u003e Gramophone\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'It is in the Song of Songs we find The Sixteen and Christophers at their most subtly beguiling, the rich imagery of the texts... and Palestrina's classical, understated word-painting brought out with a graceful, mellifluous sonority and supple phrasing.'\u003c\/em\u003e International Record Review\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Volume Three of this series is every bit as good as its predecessors.'\u003c\/em\u003e MusicWeb International\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/TRACKLISTINGWITHWORLDtransparentbluebackground_3_480x480.png?v=1667855310\" alt=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/TRACKLISTINGWITHWORLDtransparentbluebackground_3_480x480.png?v=1667855310\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGiovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1. Stabat Mater a8\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2. Ad caenam agni providi (Hymn)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSong of Songs Nos. 4-6\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3. Vineam meam non custodivi\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4. Si ignoras te, O pulchra\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5. Pulchrae sunt genae tuae\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6. Regina caeli a8\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThree Offertories for the Easter period\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e7. Improperium exspectavit cor meum\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e8. Confitebor tibi Domine\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9. Terra tremuit\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMissa Regina Caeli\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e10. Kyrie\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e11. Gloria\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e12. Credo\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e13. Sanctus\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e14. Benedictus\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e15. Agnus Dei I, II \u0026amp; III\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43643023589626,"sku":"828021610622","price":5.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/products\/COR16106_1024x1024_2x_08f6a8e0-1eeb-4548-9e8a-e21af386f30c.jpg?v=1668348208","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/en-de\/products\/palestrina-vol-3-the-sixteen","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}