Album Description

The second in The Sixteen’s series of Polish music, conducted by Associate Conductor Eamonn Dougan, explores works by three of the Italian maestri who flourished at the court of King Sigismund III during the late 16th and early 17th centuries: Vincenzo Bertolusi, Giovanni Francesco Anerio and Asprilio Pacelli.

The music is all connected to the Virgin Mary with many of the texts taken from the Song of Songs, the Old Testament’s collection of love poetry which has long been applied metaphorically to the Virgin Mary. 

The arrival of the Italian maestri heralded a new dawn for sacred music in Poland.

Artists

The Sixteen
Eamonn Dougan 

Track Listing

Asprilio Pacelli (1570-1623)
1. Veni Sponsa Christi

Giovanni Francesco Anerio (c.1567-1630)
2. Salve Regina

Pacelli
3. Beata es Virgo Maria 

Vincenzo Bertolusi (c.1550-1608)
4. Regina caeli 

Anerio
5. Litania deiparae Virginis
6. Kyrie (from Missa Pulchra es)
7. Gloria (from Missa Pulchra es)

Bertolusi
8. Osculetor me osculo

Anerio
9. Credo (from Missa Pulchra es)

Bertolusi
10. Ego flos campi

Anerio
11. Sanctus (from Missa Pulchra es)
12. Benedictus (from Missa Pulchra es)
13. Angus Dei (from Missa Pulchra es)

Pacelli
14. Dum esset rex 

TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 1hr 2min