Het drama van een moeder. Het Stabat Mater, over de moeder Maria aan de voet van het kruis waaraan haar zoon Jezus Christus stierf, behoort tot de oudste niet-bijbelse passieteksten. De auteur is nooit met zekerheid geïdentificeerd, maar moet in de dertiende eeuw in Italië hebben geleefd. De tekst is aangrijpend en roept op tot mede-lijden. NRC Handelsblad en Trouw presenteren samen een verzamelbox met 12 hoogt bijzondere Stabat Maters ( 7 cd)
Five Masses by the master of early Italian church music - sixteenth-century sacred music at its most heavenly. Opnames uit de jaren 1963-1983.
Between 1997 and 2001 Musica Contexta recorded Palestrinas music for Holy Week in three highly acclaimed discs for Chandos. Consisting mostly of previously unrecorded music, the series was unanimously acclaimed as revelatory by critics. Palestrina at his most expressive I can recommend the whole set without reservation. (Jeremy Summerly, BBC Radio 3) Superbly performed and vividly recorded Palestrinas polyphony here has a biting edge, beautifully achieved in this performance. Penguin Guide Outstanding a wonderful recording. (Gramophone; Editors Choice April 2002) Beautifully composed singing Musica Contexta delivers the direct and intense music with a potent emotional charge. ***** (BBC Music Magazine) The finest recording to date of the famous Stabat Mater. (International Record Review) These powerful performances bring out the musics latent intensity. (Daily Telegraph) 'The technical standard could hardly be better... these are exceptionally fine perfomances.' (American Record Guide)
Peter Philips dirigeert op deze dvd de Tallis Scholars tijdens het historische concert ter gelegenheid van de 400ste geboortedag van Palestrina in 1994, gefilmd in de Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore te Rome. In deze basiliek zong Palestrina als koorjongen, op latere leeftijd werd hij Maestro di Capella. Naast een aantal prachtige werken van Palestrina, waaronder zijn Missa Papae Marcelli kunt u middels deze dvd ook genieten van Allegri's beroemde Miserere.
"Like the music of Bach, Palestrinas masses, motets, and Magnificats reveal new facets and deeper insights with each hearing. Although the music on this recording, which includes a mass and two penitential motets, is more intensely reverential than festive, its flawless beauty and the equally inspired performances provide 65 minutes of pure bliss. If pressed to name a highlight or two, certainly the soaring sensuousness of the motet Tribulationes civitatum and the complex yet effortlessly flowing lines of Cantantibus organus would top the list. But then, what about the joyful tempo and temper of Tu es Petrus and the wonderfully accessible yet musically intricate mass? The truth is, anywhere you begin listening, youll find Palestrina at his bestand enough stylish, clear-voiced, perfectly balanced, fine-tuned, warmly expressive singing to ensure many return visits." (David Vernier, Classics Today; cijfers: een tien voor zowel uitvoering als registratie)
Opname: 2007
Opname: 1997
Between 1997 and 2001 Musica Contexta recorded Palestrinas music for Holy Week in three highly acclaimed discs for Chandos. Consisting mostly of previously unrecorded music, the series was unanimously acclaimed as revelatory by critics. Palestrina at his most expressive I can recommend the whole set without reservation. (Jeremy Summerly, BBC Radio 3) Remarkable for its beauty and devotion beautifully performed and recorded a deeply satisfying whole. Five stars. (Classic CD) Powerfully expressive performances marked by subtle dynamic shading, great sensitivity of phrasing and near-faultless ensemble how could anyone call this music austere? (International Record Review) The all-adult male choir is perfectly suited to this music of desolation not quite the unemotional Palestrina you thought you knew. (Daily Telegraph)
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