Album Description

Palestrina was a towering figure in Renaissance polyphony and arguably the greatest composer of liturgical music of all time. For nearly half a millennia his legacy and impact on sacred music worldwide has been second-to-none. The Sixteen continues its acclaimed series exploring a selection of his massive output, with this volume featuring the richly sonorous Missa Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La at its heart. The Sixteen also shines a spotlight on some of the glorious music Palestrina wrote for St John the Baptist and St John the Evangelist.

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Missa Ut re mi fa sol la (Hexachord Mass)

1. Kyrie 
2. Gloria 
3. Credo 
4. Sanctus 
5. Benedictus 
6. Agnus Dei I                              
7. Agnus Dei II  

8. Fuit homo missus a Deo 
9. Puer qui natus est                         
10. Iustus ut palma                         
11. Misso Herodes 
12. Ut queant laxis  

SONG OF SONGS: nos. 22-24

13. Pulchra es, amica mea                   
14. Quae est ista, quae progreditur                 
15. Descendi in hortum meum      

16. Hic est beatissimus Evangelista 
17. Valde honorandus est                 
18. Hic est discipulus ille  

Total Running Time                           70.14