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Thomas Hengelbrock, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemblem - Handel: Dixit Dominus; Caldara: Missa Dolorosa (2009)

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Thomas Hengelbrock, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemblem - Handel: Dixit Dominus; Caldara: Missa Dolorosa (2009)

Thomas Hengelbrock, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemblem - Handel: Dixit Dominus; Caldara: Missa Dolorosa (2009)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 309 Mb | Total time: 63.07 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi | # 88697568682 | Recorded: 2003

One of Handel’s more epic Italianate psalm-cantatas, Dixit Dominus (1707) was composed for the name day of the Spanish King Felipe V, and it has a strongly Venetian character in its dispersion of voices and instrumental effects. Highly chromatic and vocally acrobatic, the writing for high sopranos is in bravura style, especially in the wild opening to Dominus a dextris tuis, in which singers extol The Lord for the ubiquity of His wrath.

Coro Volante & Brett Scott - Blessed Among Women, Weeping: Sacred Music of Fr. Ivan Moody (2023)

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Coro Volante & Brett Scott - Blessed Among Women, Weeping: Sacred Music of Fr. Ivan Moody (2023)

Coro Volante & Brett Scott - Blessed Among Women, Weeping: Sacred Music of Fr. Ivan Moody (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 246 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 149 Mb | 01:04:38
Classical, Sacred, Choral | Label: Ablaze Records

Brett Scott is Associate Professor of Ensembles and Conducting at the University of Cincinnati’s famed College-Conservatory of Music, where he conducts the CCM Chorale, teaches conducting and literature at the graduate and undergraduate level, and is Music Director of Opera d’arte. Under his direction, the CCM Chorale released its first commercial recording, Lux Dei—New Works for Choir by Douglas Knehans, through Ablaze Records, and has begun production of its second recording, focusing on sacred music for choir and electronics.

Capella Vocale Hamburg & Martin Behrmann - Gesualdo: Madrigals & Sacred Songs (2023)

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Capella Vocale Hamburg & Martin Behrmann - Gesualdo: Madrigals & Sacred Songs (2023)

Capella Vocale Hamburg & Martin Behrmann - Gesualdo: Madrigals & Sacred Songs (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 187 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 102 Mb | 00:43:37
Classical, Choral | Label: Vox Records

Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa, murderer in 1590 of his guilty wife and her lover, later took a wife from the d’Este family, rulers of Ferrara, whose musical interests coincided with his own. He wrote a quantity of sacred and secular vocal music and a relatively small number of instrumental pieces. In style his music is unusual in its sudden changes of tonality, its harmony and its intensity of feeling, qualities that have found particular favour among some modern theorists.

Núria Rial, Orchester Le Phénix - Luigi Boccherini: Stabat Mater (1st version 1781) (2018)

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Núria Rial, Orchester Le Phénix - Luigi Boccherini: Stabat Mater (1st version 1781) (2018)

Núria Rial, Orchester Le Phénix - Luigi Boccherini: Stabat Mater (1st version 1781) (2018)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 253 Mb | Total time: 45:48 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Coviello Classics | # COV 91813 | Recorded: 2017

For the setting of the contemplative but highly emotional text of the medieval sequence Stabat mater Boccherini chose an intimate chamber music instrumentation of soprano and string quintet (in his preferred instrumentation with two violins, viola and two cellos). The five string instruments are not only accompaniment, but together with the singing voice they transform into one instrument section, so that one can speak of a sextet for singing voice and string quintet. With the angelic singing of Núria Rial, the work becomes a real treat for lovers of beautiful voices and chamber music lovers alike.

Simon Preston, Choir of Westminster Abbey and Orchestra - Handel: Dixit Dominus; Nisi Dominus; Salve Regina (1989)

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Simon Preston, Choir of Westminster Abbey and Orchestra - Handel: Dixit Dominus; Nisi Dominus; Salve Regina (1989)

Simon Preston, Choir of Westminster Abbey and Orchestra - George Frideric Handel: Dixit Dominus; Nisi Dominus; Salve Regina (1989)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 285 Mb | Total time: 56:22 | Scans included
Classical | Label: ARCHIV Produktion | # 423 594-2 | Recorded: 1988

The composition is a tour de force, written by Handel at the age of 22 to showcase his skill in choral music – which this recording certainly does. Outstanding historically informed performance led by Simon Preston. Of particular note: an inspired rendering of the soprano duet "De Torrente" by Diana Montague and the legendary Arleen Augér.

Huelgas Ensemble & Paul Van Nevel - Ludwig Daser: Polyphonic Masses (2023)

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Huelgas Ensemble & Paul Van Nevel - Ludwig Daser: Polyphonic Masses (2023)

Huelgas Ensemble & Paul Van Nevel - Ludwig Daser: Polyphonic Masses (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 263 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 133 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:56:11
Classical, Sacred, Choral | Label: deutsche harmonia mundi

This recording is dedicated to German Renaissance composer Ludwig Daser. Paul Van Nevel and the Huelgas Ensemble have recorded two polyphonic masses by the Munich-born composer, who was a contemporary of famous composers such as Orlando di Lasso and Cipriano di Rore. Ludwig Daser came from a wealthy Munich family. His composition teacher was to be the then famous Ludwig Senfl.

Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre - Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor (2008)

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Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre - Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor (2008)

Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre - Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 471 Mb | Total time: 53:25+53:40 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naïve | # V 5317 | Recorded: 2008

Like many renditions of Bach's monumental B Minor Mass, this one puts forward a musical argument: in this case, for the use of a vocal ensemble made up of ten soloists rather than a choir. Minkowski's approach may be historically aggressive, but the sound is unstintingly lovely and the pared-down arrangements shed an interesting and unusual light on this most familiar of the baroque masterworks. Highly recommended to most classical collections and all period-instrument collections.

Paolo Da Col, Odhecaton, Ensemble Mare Nostrum - Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa: Sacrarum Cantionum Quinque Vocibus (2014)

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Paolo Da Col, Odhecaton, Ensemble Mare Nostrum - Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa: Sacrarum Cantionum Quinque Vocibus (2014)

Paolo Da Col, Odhecaton, Ensemble Mare Nostrum - Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa: Sacrarum Cantionum Quinque Vocibus (2014)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 291 Mb | Total time: 63:30 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Ricercar | # RIC343 | Recorded: 2013

Although the madrigals of Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa constitute the best-known part of his oeuvre, his religious music is no less important, revealing a completely different facet of the composer. Aside from the Responsoria (1611), of which Philippe Herreweghe recently made a magnificent recording (LPH 010), most of Gesulado’s religious music was published in 1603 under the title Sacrarum cantionum . Unlike the Responsoria , intended for Holy Week services, the motets of 1603 are settings of texts for all circumstances of the liturgical year. For this recording, made in the Santa Trinità abbey church in Venosa, ODHECATON has enriched the sound palette of its men’s voices with a few instruments, including an ensemble of violas da gamba. Liuwe Tamminga counterpoints this programme with selected pieces by Giovanni Maria Trabaci and Giovanni de Macque on an historical organ of the Venosa region.

Il Pomo d'Oro & Giuseppe Maletto - Gesualdo: Sacræ Cantiones (2023)

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Il Pomo d'Oro & Giuseppe Maletto - Gesualdo: Sacræ Cantiones (2023)

Il Pomo d'Oro & Giuseppe Maletto - Gesualdo: Sacræ Cantiones (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 289 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 151 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:05:32
Classical, Sacred, Choral | Label: Aparté

The year 1603 marked a turning point for Carlo Gesualdo: at the age of thirty-seven, the Prince of Venosa, having made a name for himself with his first four books of madrigals, turned to sacred compositions with two substantial collections of Sacræ Cantiones, published that year in Naples by Costantino Vitale. The first volume (presented here) consists of nineteen five-part motets, while the second one, which has not survived in its entirety, contains the same number of six- part motets and a motet for seven voices.

Michael Schneider, La Stagione Frankfurt - Franz Ignaz Beck: Stabat Mater (2000)

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Michael Schneider, La Stagione Frankfurt - Franz Ignaz Beck: Stabat Mater (2000)

Michael Schneider, La Stagione Frankfurt - Franz Ignaz Beck: Stabat Mater (2000)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 269 Mb | Total time: 60:02 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Koch-Schwann | # 3-6583-2 H1 | Recorded: 1999

An exact contemporary of Haydn, Franz Ignaz Beck (1734-1809) was a pupil of Stamitz in Mannheim, but lived and worked mainly in Bordeaux, where he was rated highly. Documented information about Beck is meagre and the 3-page introduction is unable to date this Stabat Mater, which is reckoned his masterpiece. It failed initially at Versailles and caused something of a furore, because of his forward looking harmonic modulations; the orchestra sabotaged his instructions for extreme dynamic contrasts. It points towards Berlioz in its originalty and I fully endorse the commentator's claim that Beck is another neglected composer whose music, once heard, demonstrates, yet again, that the accepted canon of 'great' composers, with most of the others cast into oblivion, is misleading and regrettable.

Lambarena - Bach to Africa (Hommage an Albert Schweitzer) (1994)

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Lambarena - Bach to Africa (Hommage an Albert Schweitzer) (1994)

Lambarena - Bach to Africa (Hommage an Albert Schweitzer) (1994)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 227 Mb | Total time: 48:43 | Scans included
Classical, Folk, World & Country | Label: Sony Classical | # SK 64542 | Recorded: 1993

Born as an hommage to Albert Schweitzer, the project “Lambarena, Bach to Africa” was the idea of Mariella Berthéas and the foundation “L’espace Afrique”, organized to make this recording possible. Uniting the two integral elements which formed Schweitzer’s “sound world” - the music of Bach and the native melodies and rhythms of his adopted homeland Gabon - Lambarena is the work of two uniquely talented musicians: Hughes de Courson, French composer and producer, who pieced together the classical structure of Lambarena, and Pierre Akendengué, author, philosopher and guitarist from Gabon with more than 12 recordings to his credit.

Carlos Mena, Philippe Pierlot, Ricercar Consort - Stabat Mater: Sances, Bertali, Schmelzer, Fux, Ziani, Leopold I (2007)

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Carlos Mena, Philippe Pierlot, Ricercar Consort - Stabat Mater: Sances, Bertali, Schmelzer, Fux, Ziani, Leopold I (2007)

Carlos Mena, Philippe Pierlot, Ricercar Consort - Stabat Mater: Sances, Bertali, Schmelzer, Fux, Ziani, Leopold I (2007)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 365 Mb | Total time: 67:53 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Mirare | # MIR 050 | Recorded: 2006

The Stabat Mater Dolorosa is a sequence, not a chant, and no unified melody was established for it until the mid-nineteenth century; it was even banned for a time by the Council of Trent, but restored to liturgical use in the late 1720s by Pope Benedict XIII. Much as Prohibition did not stem the tide of alcohol use, the Council of Trent's ban on the text did not diminish the popularity of the Stabat Mater. It was during the official, 160-year-long period where the Stabat Mater was not heard in churches that Giovanni Felice Sances composed the title work on this Mirare CD Stabat Mater, featuring Carlos Mena, Philippe Pierlot, and the Ricercar Consort.

Mala Punica & Pedro Memelsdorff - Gothic Italy: Johannes Ciconia, Matteo da Perugia, Zaccara da Teramo (2023)

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Mala Punica & Pedro Memelsdorff - Gothic Italy: Johannes Ciconia, Matteo da Perugia, Zaccara da Teramo (2023)

Mala Punica & Pedro Memelsdorff - Gothic Italy: Johannes Ciconia, Matteo da Perugia, Zaccara da Teramo (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 663 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 406 Mb | 02:56:43
Classical, Sacred, Choral | Label: Warner Classics, Erato Records

Don’t forget Early Music Day on March 21st! We will celebrate this year with digital premieres of two beautiful albums. Pedro Memelsdorff is a renowned musicologist who founded the ensemble Mala Punica. With them he intensively explored the music of the Italian Trecento during his partnership with Erato, leading to three albums we’ve gathered under the title Gothic Italy. These recordings include the complete motets of Ciconia, a Flemish composer who settled in Padua and was one of the most important figures of the ars subtilior. Then, the complete songs - mostly in French - by the very innovative Matteo da Perugia, one of the first ever composers to put instrumental recommendations in his scores. These are coupled with a Missa cantilena, a parody mass made up by Memelsdorff after sacred or adapted profane pieces from various Italian 15th-century codices, which is an absolute splendor!

Wells Cathedral Choir, The Nash Ensemble, Matthew Owens - Bob Chilcott: Requiem & Other Choral Works (2012)

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Wells Cathedral Choir, The Nash Ensemble, Matthew Owens - Bob Chilcott: Requiem & Other Choral Works (2012)

Bob Chilcott - Requiem & Other Choral Works (2012)
Wells Cathedral Choir; The Nash Ensemble; Matthew Owens, conductor

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 249 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 183 Mb | Artwork included
Classical, Choral, Sacred | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67650 | Time: 01:19:38

As a composer of sacred music, Bob Chilcott has found his own niche by writing accessible choral works that speak to contemporary sensibilities. As has been noted frequently, his Requiem evokes Gabriel Fauré and Maurice Duruflé, mostly through its gentle feeling and serene melodies, though without imitating their style or content. Rather, it has its own mix of somber harmonies and fluid, chantlike lines, and the expression of the work is a little cooler and darker. Chilcott's music admits occasional and mild dissonance, though the orientation is strongly modal and the harmonies always feel like a natural result of the counterpoint. Chilcott's Salisbury Motets, Downing Service, and three shorter pieces share the same modern Anglican style, which is approachable and easy to follow. The Wells Cathedral Choir, under the direction of Matthew Owens, sings with a pure tone and clear diction, and the sound of the recordings is quite resonant, thanks to the responsive acoustics of the Cathedral of St. Andrew.

Federico Del Sordo, Nova Schola Gregoriana, In Dulci Jubilo, Alberto Turco - Salvatore: Organ-Alternatim Masses (2016)

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Federico Del Sordo, Nova Schola Gregoriana, In Dulci Jubilo, Alberto Turco - Salvatore: Organ-Alternatim Masses (2016)

Federico Del Sordo, Nova Schola Gregoriana, In Dulci Jubilo, Alberto Turco - Salvatore: Organ-Alternatim Masses (2016)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 66:51 | 358 MB
Genre: Classical, Sacred | Label: Brilliant Classics | Catalog: 95146

Following the recent, essential compendium of great organ music on 50CD (95310), Brilliant Classics turn to a valuable but lesser-known light in the early history of the organ, Giovanni Salvatore. Active in the middle of the 17th century, this Neapolitan musician was greatly esteemed during his lifetime. One contemporary commentator even placed him above Frescobaldi on the grounds that he could compose fine vocal works without confusing their style with organ music.