Special offer. The Blossoming Vine
Italian Maestri in Poland
The Sixteen, Eamonn Dougan
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2014, Choral & Song Choice
it is Pacelli who is responsible for the disc's treasure, the nine-minute Dum esset rex. Here, single voices replace thicker choral textures, with forces divided into five four-voice choirs....
Special offer. The Blossoming Vine
Italian Maestri in Poland
The Sixteen, Eamonn Dougan
Purchase product
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2014, Choral & Song Choice
it is Pacelli who is responsible for the disc's treasure, the nine-minute Dum esset rex. Here, single voices replace thicker choral textures, with forces divided into five four-voice choirs....
About
The Sixteen and Associate Conductor, Eamonn Dougan, follow up the success of the first disc in their new Polish series with a new recording devoted to music from the court of Sigismund III Vasa. The second disc in the series explores a selection of fascinating music composed by the Italian maestri at the Polish Court of the 16th and early 17th centuries including works by Asprilio Pacelli (1570–1623), Vincenzo Bertolusi (c.1550-1608), and Giovanni Francesco Anerio (c.1567–1630).
The first disc in the series was devoted to one of the most eminent composers of the Polish 17th century, Bartłomiej Pękiel.
Contents and tracklist
Awards and reviews
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BBC Music MagazineAugust 2014Choral & Song Choice
August 2014
it is Pacelli who is responsible for the disc's treasure, the nine-minute Dum esset rex. Here, single voices replace thicker choral textures, with forces divided into five four-voice choirs. The result blends monumental architecture and athletic polychoral energy with a sensuousness born of the text.
27th April 2014
There are two beautifully wrought Song of Songs settings, Ego flos campi and Osculetor me osculo, by Bertolusi, while Anerio’s Missa Pulchra Es is, by any standards, a monument by a master.
