Massimo Palombella & Sistine Chapel Choir - Veni Domine: Advent & Christmas At The Sistine Chapel (2017) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Traditional: Introit "Gaudete in Domino semper"
02. Pérotin: "Beata viscera Mariae Virginis"
03. Traditional: Hymn "Conditor alme siderum"
04. Desprez: Motet "Missus est Gabriel"
05. Palestrina: Motet "Canite tuba in Sion-Rorate, caeli, desuper"
06. Nanino: Motet "Hodie nobis caelorum Rex-Gloria in excelsis Deo"
07. Palestrina: Motet "Hodie Christus natus est"
08. Mouton: Motet "Queramus cum pastoribus"
09. Victoria: Motet "Quem vidistis, pastores-Dicite, quidnam vidistis"
10. Palestrina: Motet "Dies sanctificatus illuxit nobis"
11. Allegri: "Nasceris, alme puer"
12. Traditional: "Christe, Redemptor omnium"
13. Victoria: "O magnum mysterium"
14. Clemens non Papa: Motet "Magi veniunt ab oriente-Magi, videntes stellam"
15. Palestrina: Offertory "Reges Tharsis et insulae"
16. Palestrina: Offertory "Diffusa est gratia"



Everything here is sung with extreme subtlety and a delicacy which rather confounded my expectations. Palombella (who, like all his predecessors in the role, is ordained in Holy Orders) clearly encourages his singers to eschew vocal grandstanding and approach the music in a spirit of reverence and devotion: it may take your ears a little while to adjust to the introspective quality of the music-making, but it’s well worth the effort.

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