Peñalosa masses

Francisco de Peñalosa: Missae Ave Maria peregrina, Nunca fué pena mayor

Westminster Cathedral Choir - James O'Donnell
Hyperion 66629
Hyperion "Helios" 55326

Contents:

Missa Ave Maria peregrina
1. Kyrie
2. Gloria
3. Credo
4. Sanctus
5. Benedictus
6. Agnus Dei
7. Motet: Sacris solemniis

Missa Nunca fué pena mayor

8. Kyrie
9. Gloria
10. Credo
11. Sanctus
12. Agnus Dei

Performers: Choir of Westminster Cathedral - James O'Donnell, The Master of Music

Playing time: 66'31

Recording date: June/July 1992

Six masses by Francisco de Peñalosa survive, of which the Missa Ave Maria peregrina (based on several Marian chants) is the only one not built on a secular melody. The Missa Nunca fué pena mayor is based on the Superius and occasionally the Tenor of a well-known villancico by Johannes Wreede (Urrede). Sacris solemniis is a setting of a popular Corpus Christi hymn, alternating polyphony with the rhythmicized monophonic tune.

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