Philippe Herreweghe, Ensemble Vocal Européen de la Chapelle Royale - Hassler: Missa super Dixit Maria, Motets (1992)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 334 Mb | Total time: 66:47 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMC 901401 | Recorded: 1991
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 334 Mb | Total time: 66:47 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMC 901401 | Recorded: 1991
Hans Leo Hassler was roughly contemporary with Palestrina and wrote in a similarly transparent style. Though he was Lutheran, he set numerous Latin texts, including the Mass. " Missa super Dixit Maria is a "parody" based on Hassler's famous motet Dixit Maria ad angelum. That motet isn't included here, unfortunately, but you can clearly hear its themes recurring in the various Mass movements. The motets on this disc include several penitential items with a striking chromaticism Palestrina wouldn't have touched. Vater unser, a setting of Luther's versification of the Lord's Prayer, seems dull in this company.