![]() No Christmas would be complete, writes Backhouse, without a Rutter carol, and whilst I don’t always share the enthusiasm, Nativity Carol is one of his most attractive and honest short works and certainly earns its place in this distinguished collection. Chilcott and countless other contemporary composers can probably thank John Rutter for leading the way towards the now ubiquitous style of approachable, tonal choral music. Chilcott fan I may be but I have no doubt his is onto a winner with it. Jeremy Backhouse, in his admirable booklet note, describes the one remaining Chilcott piece, Christmas-tide, as ‘simple but deeply poignant’. Similar dexterity is demonstrated in two other extracts from the same composer’s carol cycle On Christmas Night, composed in 2010 for an American Choir. The warm organ tones and soothing unison melody of the opening piece by Bob Chilcott will not surprise the composer’s admirers – of which I am one – but the sudden appearance of a well-known carol as a skillful counterpoint to Chilcott’s own tune, probably will. This superb disc, very finely recorded, and with an excellent booklet containing all texts and translations, is not one of these. There’s nothing wrong with the kind of Christmas disc you’re likely to have playing in the background on Christmas morning, while you’re busy in the kitchen, doing, helping, maybe getting in the way, but generally with a small glass of something warming close to hand and possibly already wearing a paper had. Bob Chilcott magically superimposes traditional carols with entrancing new material, and no Vasari christmas would be complete without some close harmony swingle singing. Here, joyous and masterful 16th-century polyphony sits alongside eternally popular victorian carols, and exquisitely crafted settings by Howells and Walford Davies join works as recent as Gabriel Jackson’s the christ-child. The Vasari Singers’ annual carol concerts always provide a warming blend of traditional favourites and less well-known music from all periods and styles. I believe in Father Christmas Larke, arr.O little town of Bethlehem Walford Davies 5.04.Of the Father’s heart begotten Willcocks 2.59.Es ist ein Ros entsprungen Praetorius, arr.Hodie Christus natus est Sweelinck 3.41.Princeps gloriosissime Michael Archangele (7).Deus, qui animae famuli tui Gregorii (7).The numbers in brackets represent the volume that the work is part of. Palestrina's 4vv sequence in I-Rc MS 2760, which is itself a chant paraphrase Missa Veni Sancte Spiritus (Missa secunda) Missa O magnum mysterium (Missa tertia a5) Missa Jesu nostra redemptio (Missa tertia a4) Missa Je suis deshéritée (Missa sine nomine a4) Missa Io mi son giovinetta (Sine titulo, S. Missa Io mi son giovinetta (Missa primi toni) Unidentified, possibly on motet by Lhéritier/Verdelot Missa Festum nunc celebre (Missa octavi toni) Missa Eripe me de inimicis (Missa prima a5) Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina (Missa sine titulo a6)Īntiphon in Missa de Confessore Pontifice Marian antiphon for Advent & Christmastide Hymn from matins for Apostles and Evangelists 10 corresponding to the first book of Masses, and so on.) Some of the pieces in the last three volumes, 30–32, are considered spurious or doubtful. The volumes of the masses maintain the order of works in the previously published volumes (with the Collected Works Vol. The 32 volumes of Palestrina's collected works were published by Breitkopf & Härtel between 18. Of those works published during Palestrina's lifetime, many were composed considerably earlier than their date of publication, and of the others a large number remained unpublished until the 19th century. The dates of most pieces are unknown, unless they were known to have been composed in connection with some celebration. Others were collected later, from papal choirbooks and other sources. Six of the volumes of masses and some of his motets and other works were published in these editions during Palestrina's lifetime. The volume (given in parentheses for motets) refers to the volume of the Breitkopf & Härtel complete edition in which the work can be found. This is a list of compositions by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, sorted by genre. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, lithograph by Henri-Joseph Hesse
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