Sacred treasures of Rome

CD 2025

An album by the London Oratory Schola Cantorum, conducted by Charles Cole, celebrates the quincentenary of Palestrina's birth with a selection of his motets alongside works by other composers from sixteenth-century Rome. The album showcases Renaissance polyphony, a style known for its intricate vocal harmonies and sacred themes.

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Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied

Motets

Sacred vocal music Italy Rome

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1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in
4 3/4 in
optical
digital
audio file CD audio

Notes:

The London Oratory Schola Cantorum ; Charles Cole, conductor
Sung in Latin

Contents:

Dum completentur (6:18) ; Super flumina Babylonis (5:14) ; Canite tuba (6:32) / Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
O crux ave, spes unica / Giovanni Animuccia (4:25)
Magnificat octavi toni / Luca Marenzio (4:58)
Adoramus te Christe / Giovanni Maria Nanino (3:54)
Regina caeli laetare / Francesco Soriano (1:29)
Adoramus te Domine Jesu Christe / Felice Anerio (4:18)
O Maria gloriosa / Giovanni Francesco Anerio (5:37)
Iubilate Deo / Ruggiero Giovannelli (3:30)
Christus regurgens ex mortuis / Gregorio Allegri (4:25)
Sicur cervus desiderat (8:03) ; Exsultate Deo (2:39) ; Peccantem me quotidie (6:12) ; Tu es Petrus (3:35) / Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Control Number:

3395175

UPC:

034571284354

Other Authors:

Allegri, Gregorio, 1582-1652, composer
Anerio, Felice, approximately 1560-1614, composer
Anerio, Giovanni Francesco, -1630, composer
Animuccia, Giovanni, -1571, composer
Cole, Charles (Conductor), conductor
Giovannelli, Ruggiero, approximately 1560-1625, composer
London Oratory Schola Cantorum, singer
Marenzio, Luca, 1553-1599, composer
Nanino, Giovanni Maria, 1543 or 1544-1607, composer
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da, 1525?-1594, composer
Soriano, Francesco, 1548 or 1549-1621, composer

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