[ Harmonia Mundi / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 4 March 2022
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Spanish composers of the sixteenth century followed a long tradition of writing music in honour of the Virgin Mary. The composer Tomás Luis de Victoria, a priest and a scholar too, wrote multiple settings of devotion to Mary of which this collection showcases some real gems. The album sees us continue our series of great renaissance masterworks being reflected by some of the finest choral composers of our present day, all of whom respond in their own unique way to these extraordinary Marian texts.
"this is easily the best volume in the series so far. We often talk about the cragginess, the monumentality of Spanish polyphony but what's striking here is the supple beauty and brilliance of the sound." - Gramophone
anon.: Ave Maris Stella (Processional)
Victoria: Ave Maria a 8
Simpson, M: Ave Maria
Victoria: Ave Regina caelorum a 5
Campkin: Ave Regina cælorum
Victoria: Ave maris stella a 4
Coll, F: Stella
Victoria: Alma redemptoris Mater a 5
McDowall, C: Alma redemptoris mater
Victoria: Vidi speciosam
Todd: Vidi Speciosam
Victoria: Regina caeli a 5
Wachner: Regina Coeli
anon.: Ave Maris Stella (Recessional)