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In this album we find Westminster Cathedral Choir at the peak of their powers, performing masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance. These two magnificent and contrasting settings perfectly demonstrate why Palestrina has been acknowledged as the master of this repertoire from his lifetime to the present day.
'For sheer sumptuousness of sound quality and clarity of text, the performance...ranks alongside the finest' (Classic CD)
'Powerful and intensely moving' (BBC Record Review)
In this album we find Westminster Cathedral Choir at the peak of their powers, performing masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance. These two magnificent and contrasting settings perfectly demonstrate why Palestrina has been acknowledged as the master of this repertoire from his lifetime to the present day.
'For sheer sumptuousness of sound quality and clarity of text, the performance...ranks alongside the finest' (Classic CD)
'Powerful and intensely moving' (BBC Record Review)
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Works on This Recording
1.
Missa "De beata virgine" by Giovanni Palestrina
Conductor:
James O'Donnell
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Westminster Cathedral Choir
Period: Renaissance
Written: 16th Century; Italy
Date of Recording: 03/1989
Length: 40 Minutes 10 Secs.
Language: Latin
2.
Missa "Ave Maria" by Giovanni Palestrina
Conductor:
James O'Donnell
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Westminster Cathedral Choir
Period: Renaissance
Written: 16th Century; Italy
Date of Recording: 03/1989
Length: 33 Minutes 20 Secs.
Language: Latin
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