Missa 1607 (2006)

"Stylistically the music by Salvatore Sacco is somewhere in the middle between the stile antico and the modern seconda prattica. From the latter Sacco has taken the addition of a basso continuo part, but the connection between text and music is much closer to the former. There are no passages for solo voices, not even in the first item, the Dialogus. This is a most interesting recording of music from a period in time which is largely neglected. The ensemble Templum Musicae is one of the many and growing number of Italian ensembles which are devoted to the performance of early music. The characteristic of the ensemble stems from the conviction that the vocal quality of Italian music, as well as the relationship between the expression of the text and musical phrasing cannot be ignored. That is certainly noticeable here: phrasing, dynamics and the delivery of the text are excellent. The instruments give good support without being too prominent." (Johan van Veen, Musica Dei Donum)