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Hans Leo Hassler was roughly contemporary with Palestrina and wrote in a similarly transparent style. Though he was Lutheran, he set numerous Latin texts, including the Mass. The Missa super Dixit Maria is a "parody" based on Hassler's famous motet Dixit Maria ad angelum. That motet isn't included here, unfortunately, but you can clearly hear its themes recurring in the various Mass movements. The motets on this disc include several penitential items with a striking chromaticism Palestrina wouldn't have touched. Vater unser, a setting of Luther's versification of the Lord's Prayer, seems dull in this company. That hardly matters--Philippe Herreweghe's rendition of the Mass is jaw-droppingly beautiful, more than worth the price of the CD. --Matthew Westphal
Hassler: Missa I super Dixit Maria - Motets - Vater unser im Himmelreich ~ Lechner: Si bona suscepimus / Herreweghe, Music, Hans Leo Hassler, Leonhard Lechner, Philippe Herreweghe, Chapelle Royale, Classical
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