Palestrina: Offertoria Choir Chaconne

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GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA

(1525/26-1594)

Offertoria

68:18

from Offertoria totius anni secundum Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae consuetudinem (Rome, 1593)

Ad te levavi

3:43

Deus tu conversus

3:10

Benedixisti, DOmine

3:13

Ave Maria

3:33

Deus enim firmavit

2:03

Jubilate Deo omnis terra

2:10

Jubilate Deo universa terra

2:25

Dextera Domini

2:22

Bonum est confiteri

2:05

10.

Perfice gressus meos

2:57

11.

Benedictus es Domine

3:06

12.

Scapulis suis

2:46

13.

Meditabor in mandatis tuis

3:00

14.

Justitiæ Domini rectæ

2:58

15.

Laudate Dominum

2:23

16.

Confitebot tibi Domine

2:20

17.

Improperium expectavit

4:20

18.

Terra tremuit

1:59

19.

Angelus Domini

2:07

20.

Deus, Deus meus

3:17

21.

Lauda anima mea

2:01

22.

Benedicite gentes

2:36

23.

Ascendit Deus

1:48

24.

Confirma hoc, Deus

2:31

25.

Benedictus sit Deus

3:10

Choral: Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

Conductor: Richard Marlow

6-8 July 1999

A reflective performance throughout.

Gramophone on Mendelssohn

I am especially impressed with the choir’s ability to adapt its delivery to the specific style of the music performed… Marlow has clearly taken great pains to project the expressive content of the motets with a careful shaping of dynamic gestures and articulation though there are no indications for these aspects of performance in the original sources. Sometimes the lines are delivered with great smoothness, and sometimes there is an energetic marking of the rhythms… Marlow never allows Palestrina to become perfunctory or bland, and this is a noteworthy achievement in a programme of 25 motets that were never intended to be heard at one setting.

American Record Guide

The beauty of the man’s music and his sheer inventive genius are what you’ll remember after listening to this album… the overall results are hard to resist.

Classic FM Magazine

Taken overall these are unfailingly sympathetic performances of music which is designed to serve a purpose rather than be listened to for its own sake. Coupled with Chandos’s warm recording and excellent booklet notes, this is a very worthwhile release indeed.

International Record Review

…this mixed choir of 30 voices is persuasive and confident and demonstrates clearly the variety and ingenuity of Palestrina’s compositional technique.

BBC Music Magazine

…natural territory for the Trinity College singers.

International Record Review on Duruflé.

Reviews from previous releases:
The performances are robust yet sensitive… and the recorded sound is sumptuous. This is a triumph for Marlow and his Trinity College Choir, for Chandos, and, above all, for Mendelssohn’s reputation as an inventive and deeply rewarding composer of sacred choral pieces.

International Record Review on Mendelssohn

Though the choir numbers 27, the singing is light and flexible, capable of a wide dynamic range. The wider availability of this fine disc is welcome. I wonder if Chaconne will complete the set?

Fanfare

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