Song of Songs

Song of Songs
Palestrina - Gombert - Lassus - Victoria
Stile Antico
Harmonia Mundi USA HMU 807489 [SACD-H]

Contents:

    Jacob Clemens non Papa (c. 1510/15-1555/56)
  1. Ego flos campi (Song of Songs 2:1-2; 4:15)

    2. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594)
  2. Osceletur me (Song of Songs 1:2-3)

    3. Plainchant
  3. Antiphon: Dum esset rex (Song of Songs 1:12)

    4. Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
  4. Surge, propera amica mea (Song of Songs 2:10-13)

    5. Nicolas Gombert (c. 1494- c. 1560)
  5. Quam pulchra es (Adapted from Song of Songs 7:6-7, 5, 4, 11-12)

    6. Plainchant
  6. Allueluia: Nigra sum (Adapted from Song of Songs 1:2-5)
    Orlande de Lassus (1532--1594)
  7. Veni, dilecte mi (Song of Songs 7:11-12)

    8. Tómas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
  8. Vadam et circuibo (Song of Songs 3:2; 5:8-10; 7:8)

    9. Plainchant
  9. Alleluia: Laeva eius (Adapted from Song of Songs 4:7)

    10. Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
  10. Ego flos campi (Song of Songs 2:1-5)

    11. Jean Lhéritier (c. 1480-after 1552)
  11. Nigra sum (Adapted from Song of Songs 1:2-5)

    12. Plainchant
  12. Antiphon: Speciosa facta es (Song of Songs 2:6)

    13. Rodrigo de Ceballos (c.1530-1581)
  13. Hortus conclusus (Song of Songs 4:12; 5:2; 2:14; 4:11; 4:8)

    14. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594)
  14. Nigra sum (Song of Songs 1:5-6)

    15. Plainchant
  15. Antiphon: Speciosa facta est et suavis in deiciis tuis

    16. Sebastián de Vivanco (1551-1622)
  16. Veni, dilecte mi (Song of Songs 7:11-13)

    17. Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
  17. Trahe me post te (Adapted from Song of Songs 1:3; 7:6-8)

    18. Plainchant
  18. Antiphon: Iam hiems transiit (Song of Songs 2:11,13)

    19. Tómas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
  19. Vidi speciosam (Adapted from Song of Songs 3:6)

Playing time: 77' 42"

Performers:
stile antico:
Helen Ashby, Kate Ashby, Rebecca Hickey, sopranos
Emma Ashby, Eleanor Harries, Carris Jones, altos
Peter Asprey, Andrew Griffiths, Tom Herford, tenors
Will Dawes, Oliver Hunt, Matthew O'Donovan, basses

with Alison Hill, soprano (tracks 1,4, 19)
and Benedict Hymas, tenor (tracks 2, 5, 8, 11)

Recording site and date:
St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England [March 2008];
Rel.: April 2009

Comments:
Information from CD.

Awards:
Gramophone Award for Early Music 2009
Choc du Classica, May 2009
Classics Today 10/10, April 2009
Gramophone Editor's Choice, August 2009
Classic FM Magazine Editor's Choice, July 2009
2010 GRAMMY Nominee, Best Small Ensemble Performance

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Richard C. Vervoorn