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Here's an interesting program: a complete Mass for the Nativity of the Virgin as it might have been celebrated in Lisbon's Royal Chapel circa 1635. The central work is the glowing six-voice "Missa O soberana luz" of Filipe de Magalhaes, evidently based on a lost villancico (a composition in Spanish on a sacred theme). In the 17th century, instrumental music or motets often replaced most of the chant in high Mass for a feast day; thus, several motets (including Guerrero's lovely "Ave virgo sanctissima") and a selection of Portuguese organ music are incorporated alongside the chant. Owen Rees's A Capella Portuguesa is on their best form here in one of the finest discs to come out of the rediscovery of Portuguese sacred music. --Matthew Westphal
Masters Of The Royal Chapel, Lisbon, Music, Robert MacDonald, Diego de Alvarado, Anonymous, Estevao de Brito, Antonio Carreira, Gregorian Chant, Francisco Guerrero, Filipe de Magalhaes, Plainchant, Research Composer, Manuel Rodrigues Coelho, Owen Rees, A Capella Portuguesa, Stephen Farr, Philip Cave, Chamber Music & Recitals, Choral, Choral Music, Classical, Classical Music, Keyboard, Mass, Mass Section, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music, Motet, Music for Keyboard, Music for Organ, Sacred Choral Music, Unknown Genre/Unspecified Instrumentation, Western European Chant
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Masters Of The Royal Chapel, Lisbon
Manufacturer: Hyperion ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000002ZUG Release Date: 1994-08-09 |
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Here's an interesting program: a complete Mass for the Nativity of the Virgin as it might have been celebrated in Lisbon's Royal Chapel circa 1635. The central work is the glowing six-voice "Missa O soberana luz" of Filipe de Magalhaes, evidently based on a lost villancico (a composition in Spanish on a sacred theme). In the 17th century, instrumental music or motets often replaced most of the chant in high Mass for a feast day; thus, several motets (including Guerrero's lovely "Ave virgo sanctissima") and a selection of Portuguese organ music are incorporated alongside the chant. Owen Rees's A Capella Portuguesa is on their best form here in one of the finest discs to come out of the rediscovery of Portuguese sacred music. --Matthew WestphalTrack Listings:
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