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Sacred music; what have you been listening to lately?

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A thread just for sacred music...

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another beautiful production from The Sixteen and Harry Christophers, well worth including to your listening pleasure.
 
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Flos virginum, Motets of the 15th Century

1. Johannes BRASSART (c.1400-1455) O rex Frerice - In tuo advent
2. Johannes TOURANT (fl.1450-1470) O florens rosa
3. John (?) FOREST (fl c.1430-50) Anima mea liquefacta est
4. Johannes de SARTO (fl.c1430-40) Romanorum rex
5. Johannes MARTINI (c.1430-1497) Flos virinum
6. ANON (Nikolaus Leopold Codex) O propugnator
7. Johannes PUILLOIS (d.1478) Flos de Spina
8. ANON (Nikolaus Leopold Codex) Ave Mundi spes/In Gottes Namen
9. Guillaume DUFAY (c.1397-1474) Missa S.Georgii: Alleluia
10. ANON (Trent Codices) Dies est letitie
11. ANON O beata infantia
12. Ludovicus KRAFFT (fl.c.1460) Novus annus
13. Johannes ROULLT (fl.c.1435-45) Laus tibi
14. ANON (Trent Codices) Advenisti desiderabilis
15. KRAFFT Terribilis est
16. ANON (Trent Codices) Christus surrexit

Stimmwerck
David Erler (counter-tenor)
 
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Monteverdi Vespers, from San Marco Venice, originally broadcast by BBC 1990; 1h30m duration maybe save for the evening.

[video]https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vespro-Della-Beata-Vergine-Monteverdi/dp/B000084HAJ/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1552741675&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=monteverdi+vespers+DVD[/video]
 
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CREATOR SPIRITUS
Veni Creator - The Deer's Cry - Psalom - Most Holy Mother of God - Solfeggio - My Heart's in the Highlands - Peace Upon You, Jerusalem - Ein Wallfahrtslied - Morning Star - Stabat Mater
Arvo Pärt
Theatre of Voices
Ars Nova Copenhagen

NYYD Quartet
Paul Hillier - director
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent - organ

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In order of personal preference... One of my favourite works as I never fail to hear something with each listening that I had not heard before.

Superb thread - allow me to express my gratitude for its creation - :tiphat:
Ooooh...my heart be still. My favourite Biber's sonatas and all in one post. Only for me it would be a tie between Podger and Manze, and Holloway would be in the third place.
 
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In 1833 Mendelssohn staged Handel's "Israel in Egypt", wrote a new overture (have to admire his brass on that one, eh?), re-orchestrated Handel's score, and thus may be charitably thought of as being somewhat less than authentic.

Technically it is a "period instrument" recording with Robert King using instrumentation from Mendelssohn's time rather than Handel's and as you'll hear, the singing style is that of the 19th rather than the 18th century and while a coupling of Baroque and Romantic stylings should be somewhat disconcerting I personally find this performance to be one of my favourites and one that I return to more frequently than the Gardiner/Monteverdi Choir/English Baroque Soloists version.

Link to the complete performance -

My apologies in advance if the links do not work in your country - but a search in your own country's version of YouTube often will bring up a version that has been licensed for your present residence.
 
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It is very nice to see you posting in this thread, Eugene! Maybe you have been here before but I haven't been here for a while. I am listening to the unabridged audio book of Anthony Tomassini's Indispensable COmposers. Last night listened to the chapter on Handel. So much music there and an interesting man. Have you read any biographies of Handel? Are u just starting to explore more of his vocal music? Posting from my phone: apologize for abbreviations, etc..
 
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I'm not not a great vocal music fan, but Handel's Rinaldo is one of the few vocal works I've watched live and of which I have a recording. The other is Purcell's Dido and Aeneas.

I painted Handel as part of huge music mural we painted at school. He ended up looking more like Oliver Cromwell in a bad wig. I know about Handel's life, but never read any biographies. I visited Handel's house though, when the museum opened.
 
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Getting into a bit of sacred music lately. Starting with the big ones, Mozart's Requiem, Ave Verum Corpus, and Great Mass in C minor, Beethoven's Missa solemnis. Some others I've been enjoying include Handel's Dixit Dominus, Josquin's Missa Pange Lingua, Haydn's Nelson Mass, Bach's cantata Christ lag in Todesbanden, Monteverdi's Vespro della beata vergine. Great stuff all of it.
 
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Sacred Songs of France, Vol. 1

Léonin - Hæc dies
Pérotin - Vidérunt omnes
Josquin des Prez - Benedícta es cælórum Regína; Miserére mei, Deus
Loyset Compère - Crux triúmphans
Jean Mouton - Quærámus cum pastóribus Verbum; Ave María
Antoine de Févin - Sancta Trínitas
Elzéar Genet - Gábriel ángelus locútus est Maríæ
Pierre Passereau - Unde véniet auxílium mihi
Jachet of Mantua - O vos omnes
François Dulot - María Magdaléne
Pierre de Manchicourt - Cæcília virgo gloriósa
Thoinot d'Arbeau - Jésus nait tendre et blême
Claude Goudimel - Glória in excélsis
Eustache du Caurroy - Noël! Sors de ton lit

Gloriae Dei Cantores
Elizabeth Patterson
 
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