Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Missa Aeterna Christi Munera for four unaccompanied mixed voices by Giovanni Palestrina. Adapted from the Matins Hymn for the Common of Apostles, it has edited and arranged for modern use by Henry Was...

Edited by Henry Washington.

This widely performed Renaissance motet is now available in an SSA edition. Transposed up a fourth from the original key of F major, the beauty of Palestrina's polyphonic writing is maintained while m...

One of the masterworks of 16th Century sacred music, this elegant motet offers a deeply emotional experience as the phrases unfold in a rich outpouring of sound. Available separately: SATB, VoiceTrax...

A serene and devotional work to the Virgin Mary.

A joyful choral work that ebbs and flows, brought to a close by a lilting unity of voices.

This work builds up from just a few voices into a chorus of joyous celebration of the three miracles of the Epiphany: the Magi being led to Jesus' birth, water being changed into wine, and Jesus' bapt...

A surging choral work with distinct punctuated vocal lines, often with a leading tenor part.

This famous text is set to richly textured music filled with graceful melodic shapes.

A rousing celebration of Christ's ascension to Heaven featuring fantastic runs of notes shared between the voices.

Fresh, crisp and full of life, this work is the perfect setting for the jubilant words recounting the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles.

Grounded and powerful, this work rises and falls with tuneful motifs shared between upper and lower voices.

This work by Palestrina is both deeply reflective and notable for its warm mellifluous texture that ponders on series of long, held notes.

Motet for Four Mixed Voices, a cappella.

Hymns by Giovanni de Palestrina pre-date those of Bach by over a century and incorporate the great polyphonic tradition of Renaissance writing. The compositions used in this suite are from a collectio...

Alma Redemptoris Mater, arrangé pour voix SAB avec divisi optionnels, est une adaptation bien pensée du motet intemporel de Palestrina dédié à la Vierge Marie. Cet arrangement préserve la beauté éthér...

Un « ricercare » se définit comme une composition instrumentale contrapuntique élaborée, de style fugué ou canonique. Cette sélection correspond parfaitement à cette description. Dans cette œuvre lent...

Frauenchor (SSMezA) - lateinisch