Vasari Singers - De profundis, Miserere & Requiem (2014) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. De profundis
02. De profundis
03. Miserere: Il salmo Miserere mei Deus
04. Miserere
05. Requiem
06. Messa di requiem: Requiem
07. Messa di requiem: Dies irae
08. Messa di requiem: Sanctus
09. Messa di requiem: Agnus Dei
10. Messa di requiem: Libera me


These three pairs of sublime choral settings span well over 350 years. The earliest is Allegri’s Miserere, a work considered so precious it was kept secret until Mozart heard it and famously transcribed it from memory. James MacMillan’s 21st century companion piece is a transcendent reply to this challenge from history. Malipiero’s and Pizzetti’s resumption of a fractured friendship resulted in their mutually dedicated but differing settings of De profundis. Puccini’s brief but exquisite Requiem commemorated the death of Verdi, while Pizzetti, a late admirer of Puccini, revealed his empathy with vocal polyphony in a full setting of the Requiem Mass.

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