COMPOSERS: Palestrina
LABELS: gmn.com
WORKS: Offertoria
PERFORMER: Trinity College Choir, Cambridge/Richard Marlow
CATALOGUE NO: GMNC 0115
These thoughtful renderings of Palestrina’s Offertoria vividly reflect their function in the liturgical calendar. Marlow’s choir highlights their remarkable expressive flexibility with deft contrasts (‘Terra tremuit’), haunting echoes (‘Deus, Deus meus’) and, in ‘Ascendit Deus’, infectious exultation. Nicholas Rast
Palestrina: Offertoria
These thoughtful renderings of Palestrina’s Offertoria vividly reflect their function in the liturgical calendar. Marlow’s choir highlights their remarkable expressive flexibility with deft contrasts (‘Terra tremuit’), haunting echoes (‘Deus, Deus meus’) and, in ‘Ascendit Deus’, infectious exultation. Nicholas Rast
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Published: January 20, 2012 at 1:17 pm