An hour of delights from early music. Today we listen to sixteenth-century music for the Christmas season from Italy, Spain, England and Germany.
Playlist
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525–1594)
From Motettorum liber 2
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Veni Domine et non tardare
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Canite tuba in Sion
The Palestrina Choir, conducted by Michael Harrison
(cd: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Motets for the season of Christmas. Pro Organo 7114, 2019)
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611)
3. Magi viderunt stellam
4. Ecce Dominus veniet
5. Quem vidistis, pastores
Capella de Ministrers, conducted by Carles Magraner
(cd: Tomás Luis de Victoria – Canticum Nativitatis Domini. Licanus CDM 1130, 2012)
William Byrd (1540–1623)
6. Rorate caeli desuper
7. Tollite portas
8. Ave Maria
9. Ecce Virgo concipiet
Stile Antico
(cd: Puer natus est: Tudor music for Advent and Christmas. Harmonia Mundi HMU 807517, 2010)
Hans Leo Hassler (1564–1612)
10. Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
11. Dixit Maria ad angelum
12. Angelus ad pastores ait
13. Vom Himmel hoch
14. In dulci jubilo
15. Resonet in laudibus
Peñalosa Ensemble
(cd: Hans Leo Hassler – In dulci jubilo. Carus-Verlag 83.396, 2013)
Addition:
Hans Leo Hassler
16. Canzon duodecimi toni
Weser-Renaissance Bremen, conducted by Manfred Cordes
(cd: Hans Leo Hassler – Motets and organ works. CPO 999 723-2, 2001)
Image in title: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
