Special offer. Capuana & Rubino: Requiem
Choeur de chambre de Namur, Leonardo García Alarcón
Captivating, quality stuff...Chœur de Chambre de Namur, backed by a terrific continuo group, are definitely enjoying themselves, so why shouldn’t we?
Special offer. Capuana & Rubino: Requiem
Choeur de chambre de Namur, Leonardo García Alarcón
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Captivating, quality stuff...Chœur de Chambre de Namur, backed by a terrific continuo group, are definitely enjoying themselves, so why shouldn’t we?
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Dated respectively 1650 and 1653, the Requiem Masses by Capuana and Rubino are apparently the only two settings of the Requiem to have been composed in Sicily during the Baroque period.
Capuana’s work is imbued with the intense emotion of the madrigal school whilst the second is a true apotheosis of Renaissance polyphony.
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- Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Leonardo García Alarcón
- Recorded: June 2014
- Recording Venue: Church Saint-Sebastien, Stavelot, Belgium
- Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Leonardo García Alarcón
- Recorded: June 2014
- Recording Venue: Church Saint-Sebastien, Stavelot, Belgium
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Awards and reviews
May 2015
Captivating, quality stuff...Chœur de Chambre de Namur, backed by a terrific continuo group, are definitely enjoying themselves, so why shouldn’t we?
22nd February 2015
colourful, dramatic, touching and full of contrast. The choir sings sturdily, with ample solo talent for Rubino’s slightly more adventurous work. Leonardo Garcia Alarcon paces both performances intelligently.
8th February 2015
Capuano tends towards the style of the dramatic madrigal and Rubino makes greater use of polyphony, imitation and occasionally charming soprano solo passages...Neither mass is in the top rank, but the stylish Namur singers make a convincing case for their revival.
