COMPOSERS: Christoph Strauss
LABELS: Harmonia Mundi Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Documenta
WORKS: Missa Maria concertata a 9; Motets
PERFORMER: Concerto Palatino/Bruce Dickey, Charles Toet
CATALOGUE NO: HMC 905243
This early Baroque Viennese Strauss was strongly influenced by Gabrieli. Cornetti and trombones create gloriously rich if somewhat uniform textures, with solo voices doubling selected lines. Remarkable word-painting includes an uplifting doxology, an agonisingly chromatic ‘crucifixus’. A delightful disc to sample. George Pratt
Christoph Strauss
This early Baroque Viennese Strauss was strongly influenced by Gabrieli. Cornetti and trombones create gloriously rich if somewhat uniform textures, with solo voices doubling selected lines. Remarkable word-painting includes an uplifting doxology, an agonisingly chromatic ‘crucifixus’. A delightful disc to sample. George Pratt
Our rating
5
Published: January 20, 2012 at 3:18 pm