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I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth
CD 1: Striggio: Mass in 40 Parts
Alessandro Striggio (1536 - 1592)
1. Ecce Beatem Lucem 7:46
Missa "Ecco Si Beata Giorno"
2. Kyrie 3:44
Missa "Ecco Si Beata Giorno"
3. Gloria 4:22
Missa "Ecco Si Beata Giorno"
4. Credo 6:57
Missa "Ecco Si Beata Giorno"
5. Sanctus 4:03
Missa "Ecco Si Beata Giorno"
6. Benedictus 2:45
Missa "Ecco Si Beata Giorno"
7. Agnus Dei I 2:28
Missa "Ecco Si Beata Giorno"
8. Agnus Dei II 2:10
Vincenzo Galilei
9. Contrapunto Secondo di B.M. 2:21
Alessandro Striggio (1536 - 1592)
10. Fuggi, Spene Mia 2:28
11. O Giovenil Ardire 3:44
12. Altr'io Queste Spighe 2:08
13. D'ogni Gratia Et D'amor 3:58
14. O De La Bella Etruria 4:10
15. Caro Dolce Ben Mio 2:26
16. Misero Ohime 2:23
Unknown
17. Spem In Alium (Plainchant) 2:05
Thomas Tallis
18. Spem in alium 8:55
DVD 2: Striggio Mass
Thomas Tallis
1. Spem in alium 8:55
I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth
Gramophone Awards Winner 2011 - Early Music Recording Celebrating the Rediscovery of a Long-lost Mass in 40 Parts. Simply Amazing!
A feast of Renaissance choral music from Italy and England, the album (and bonus DVD) reveals a work by the Italian, Alessandro Striggio – believed lost until the recent discovery of vocal parts, in Paris.
Striggio travelled extensively to the courts of Europe and it was probably a performance during his visit to Elizabethan England in 1567 that inspired Tallis to write Spem in alium, which is performed here with rarely heard instrumental accompaniment and the benefit of a major piece of textual change reinforcing the message of forgiveness.
The DVD includes a short documentary about the rediscovery of the mass, as well as excerpts from the recording in 5.1 Surround Sound.
I Fagiolini is an acclaimed British solo-voice ensemble specialising in Renaissance and Contemporary music. An inspired programmer, Robert Hollingworth founded the group in 1986.
“There is nothing ordinary about a performance by I Fagiolini. These singers have made their reputation by turning their backs on convention” (The Guardian).