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Guerrero - Missa Sancta et immaculata, etc | Hyperion - Helios CDH55313

Guerrero - Missa Sancta et immaculata, etc

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Label: Hyperion - Helios

Cat No: CDH55313

Barcode: 0034571153131

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 28th July 2008

Contents

Works

Guerrero
Missa Sancta et immaculata for five voices

Guerrero
Hei mihi, Domine for six voices

Guerrero
Trahe me post te, Virgo Maria for five voices

Guerrero
Magnificat septimi toni for four voices

Guerrero
Vexilla Regis for four voices

Guerrero
O lux beata Trinitas for four voices

Guerrero
Lauda mater ecclesia for four voices

Artists

The Choir of Westminster Cathedral

Conductor

James O’Donnell

Works

Guerrero
Missa Sancta et immaculata for five voices

Guerrero
Hei mihi, Domine for six voices

Guerrero
Trahe me post te, Virgo Maria for five voices

Guerrero
Magnificat septimi toni for four voices

Guerrero
Vexilla Regis for four voices

Guerrero
O lux beata Trinitas for four voices

Guerrero
Lauda mater ecclesia for four voices

Artists

The Choir of Westminster Cathedral

Conductor

James O’Donnell

About

Guerrero, Victoria and Morales together comprise the triumvirate at the pinnacle of the Spanish Renaissance, and of these Guerrero was without doubt the most highly respected in his time.

Missa Sancta et immaculata comes from his first published collection of Masses (1566) and takes its theme from Morales’s motet Sancta et immaculata virginitas (‘Holy and immaculate virginity’). Guerrero expands the original four-part texture to include a second soprano line, and the resultant shimmering texture marks this out to be a truly remarkable Mass. This is its first recording.

Two motets, a Magnificat setting, and three Vesper hymns complete this recording, the latter works beginning a long-overdue exploration of the wealth of Hispanic melody, a unique treasury in the chant repertoire. Lauda mater ecclesia is an extraordinary work setting a - somewhat smutty - text (now removed from the liturgy) in honour of Mary Magdalen.

Exhilarating, full of variety, and spiritually uplifting. Westminster Cathedral Choir are on their very best form, incisive and thrilling. Very highly recommended’ - Gramophone

Spellbinding: a really magnificent achievement’ - Goldberg

The music and performances on this disc defy superlatives—just go out and buy it!’ - Early Music Today

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