Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - The Golden Renaissance (Stile Antico)

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Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

• Exultate Deo
• Missa Papae Marcelli: I. Kyrie
• Tu es Petrus a 6
• Missa Papae Marcelli: II. Gloria
• Sicut cervus
• Missa Papae Marcelli: III. Credo
• Laudate Dominum in tympanis a 12
• Missa Papae Marcelli: IV. Sanctus & Benedictus
• Salve Regina a 5
• Missa Papae Marcelli: V. Agnus Dei
• Assumpta est Maria

Stile Antico

Date: 2025

Label: Decca

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The third release from Grammy-nominated group Stile Antico in the critically acclaimed The Golden Renaissance trilogy, celebrating the 500th anniversary of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Thought to have been born around 3 February 1525, the Italian composer is considered one of the leading musicians of the late 16th century, with long-lasting influence on the development of church and secular music in Europe. The album is based around Palestrina’s famous Missa Papae Marcelli, the mass-setting in which he used a new style of polyphony and in doing so saved church music from being banned by the Catholic Church.

Featuring a selection of motets honouring his time at the Papal Chapel in St Peter's, Rome and links with the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, and including his most well-known motet – Sicut cervus.