A wonderful collection of meditative choral music, spearheaded by Allegri’s ubiquitous ‘Miserer’e with works by other Renaissance composers, including the magnificent Spem in Alium by Thomas Tallis, performed here by two of the foremost British choirs under the direction of two of Britain’s leading choral conductors.
GREGORIO ALLEGRI
Miserere mei
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA
Exsultate Deo
Peccantem me quotidie
ANTONIO LOTTI
Crucifixus
Choir of Westminster Cathedral
Stephen Cleobury
Andrew Wright, organ
GIOVANNI GABRIELI
O magnum mysterium
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA
Tu es Petrus
TOMAS LUIS DE VICTORIA
Agnus Dei from Messe ‘O quam gloriosum’
Choir of King’s College Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Adoramus te
Cantate Domino
FRANCESCO CAVALLI
Salve Regina
GIOVANNI GABRIELI
Jubilate Deo
Choir of Westminster Cathedral
Stephen Cleobury
Andrew Wright, organ
WILLIAM BYRD
Nunc dimittis
THOMAS TALLIS
Spem in alium
Choir of King’s College Cambridge
Cambridge University Musical Society
Sir David Willcocks
John Langdon, organ