Western religious music from different centuries. This episode is fully dedicated to Adrian Willaert (approx. 1490-1562), he was born in Flanders, but he had a career in Italy. He was Kapellmeister at the San Marco from 1527 until his death.
Adrian Willaert is seen as the inventor of polychoral music; this would become a distinctive feature of the Venetian style. In this episode, we’ll listen to eight motets in a somewhat more modest format for four to seven voices.
Adrian Willaert (approx. 1490-1562)
1. Laus tibi, sacra rubens a 5
2. Creator omnium, Deus a 6
3. O iubar, nostrae specimen salutis a 6
4. Verbum bonum et suave a 6
Cinquecento
(CD: “Missa Mente tota & Motets” – Hyperion CDA67749, 2010)
5. Huc me sidereo a 6
6. Dilexi, quoniam exaudiet a 4
7. Sustinuimus pacem a 5
8. Praeter rerum seriem a 7
Singer Pur
(CD: “Musica Nova – The Motets” – Oehms OC 835, 2012)
In addition:
Andrea Gabrieli (1532/33-1585)
9. Toccata del decimo tono
Roberto Loreggian, organ
(CD: “Complete Keyboard Music” – Brilliant Classics 94432, 2015)
