The Marian Consort & Rory McCleery - O Virgo Benedicta: Music of Marian Devotion from Spain's Century of Gold (2010)

Tracklist

01. Regina caeli
02. Maria Magdalene
03. Missa Maria Magdalene: Kyrie
04. Ave Virgo sanctissima
05. Missa Ave Virgo sanctissima: Glorai
06. O Virgo benedicta
07. Missa Ave Virgo sanctissima: Credo
08. Ave Regina caelorum
09. Missa Maria Magdalene: Sanctus
10. O sacrum convivium
11. Missa Maria Magdalene: Benedictus
12. Magnificat Primi Toni
13. Pastores loquebantur
14. Missa Sancta et immaculata: Agnus Dei



A six-strong Marian Consort explores music from late sixteenth - and early seventeenth-century Spain, in a programme celebrating the rich compositional legacy of the Siglo del Oro’s intensely competitive musical culture. These luminous works – centred on the figure of the Virgin Mary – demand performances of great intelligence and vocal commitment, and the youthful singers respond absolutely, bringing hushed intimacy and bristling excitement to some of the most gorgeously searing lines in the history of European polyphony.

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