Estonian National Male Choir, Mikk Üleoja - Singing into Space (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Tenebrae fact sunt
02. Exaudi Deus
03. Crux fidelis
04. Regina caeli (Arr. for Male Choir by Aare Kruusimäe)
05. O lilium convallium
06. Maria virgo
07. Stetit angelus
08. Buccinate in neomenia tuba (Arr. for Male Choir by Aare Kruusimäe)
09. Signum magnum
10. Genuit puerpera



The two composers heard on this album, Giovanni Gabrieli (1553–1612) and Giovanni Bonato (born in 1961) have more in common than their first names: both hail from the Veneto in north-east Italy – there is no documentation of Gabrieli’s birth, but he was probably Venetian, and Bonato was born in nearby Schio. Their music, too, is conceived in terms of its sound in space, with Gabrieli using the cori spezzati that sang from the opposing galleries of St Mark’s Basilica in Venice, and Bonato employing cori spazzializati to build a spatial dimension into the music itself. Juxtaposed, their styles offer a striking contrast, with Gabrieli’s bold declamations set against Bonato’s shifting, timeless suspensions.

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