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Felice Anerio, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Gregorio Allegri
Music from the Sistine Chapel
Genres: Pop, Classical

Track Listings (16) - Disc #1
1. Ave Regina Caelorum A8
2. Ascendit Deus A5
3. Ave Maria A5
4. Angelus Domini Descendit De Caelo A5
5. Regina Caeli Laetare A8
6. Stabat Mater A12
7. Christus Resurgens Ex Mortuis
8. Che Fa Oggi Il Mio Sole
9. Kyrie
10. Gloria
11. Credo
12. Sanctus
13. Benedictus
14. Agnus Dei
15. Magnificat Secundi Toni A8
16. Assumpta Est Maria A6

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CD Details

All Artists: Felice Anerio, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Gregorio Allegri, Luca Marenzio
Title: Music from the Sistine Chapel
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Coro
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 3/13/2007
Genres: Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Early Music
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 828021604720

Synopsis

Album Description

"A thrilling dramatic choral tour de force ... invigorating." -- The Times A new program from The Sixteen features music written for the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican during the Renaissance. Includes several world premiere recordings. The Sixteen is one of the jewels in the musical crown of Britain, and enjoys a worldwide reputation. Founded in 1977 by its director, Harry Christophers, its eighty+ CDs have received nearly every major prize of the recording industry, including the prestigious Gramophone Award for Early Music. The Sixteen's special reputation for early English polyphony, masterpieces of the Renaissance, and a diversity of twentieth century music is founded on a naturalness of performance, a revealing clarity and beauty of sound, precision, and a dramatic intensity of delivery.

CD Reviews

Perfection

Ralph Moore | Bishop's Stortford, UK | 03/16/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have just returned from hearing The Sixteen perform some of this glorious music in the chapel of St John's College, Cambridge, and it is still echoing in my mind. The homogeneity, control of dynamics, intonation and phrasing of this choir are beyond praise; they sing like angels. The Anerio pieces are a real find, the "Ave Regina Caelorum" in particular being a sublime work - and we already know how The Sixteen can string the notes together to make those ascending fifths in Palestrina chime like a peal of bells; the "Assumpta Est Maria" is pure delight. Just the way they end a phrase, on a perfectly poised cadence, can send shivers up the spine. This is singing of the highest order; don't hesitate if you love Renaissance polyphony."