Armonie dello Spirito: Capella Sistina - Cappella Musicale Pontificia (DVD)

Armonie dello Spirito - Capella Sistina
Cappella Musicale Pontificia, Massimo Palombella (choir director), Juan Paradell Solè (organ)

A concert in honor of the 85th birthday of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. The Cappella Musicale Pontificia "Sistina" is one of the oldest and most prestigious musical institutions the “Choir of the Pope”. Under the direction of Massimo Palombella they perform some concerts of the most beautiful and most popular composers of sacred music; from Gregorian chant to the Kyrie and Gloria Papae Marcelli di Palestrina. A highlight of the evening is also the premiere of "here est Operatus" by Lorenzo Perosi. This is a new piece of the great composer, found recently in historical archives. Recorded in the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome, November, 2011. The DVD is the second release of a series of sacred music from Italian Basilicas.

Region code
0
Picture format NTSC 16:9
Sound format
PCM Stereo
Dolby Digital 5.1
Release November 1, 2012
Total running time 55 mins
Booklet notes English, Italian
No. of discs 1


Canti Gregoriani: Nos autem gloriari, Christus factus est

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Canite tuba, Hodie Christus, Ricercar Quinto Tono, Ricercar Sesto Tono, “Kyrie” from Missa Papae Marcelli, Dum complerentur

Pablo Bruna: Tiento de falsas de II Tono

Tommaso Ludovico da Vittoria: O vos omnes

Girolamo Frescobaldi: Toccata II

Lorenzo Perosi: Qui operatus est