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title
Cristobal de Morales: "O Magnum Mysterium” - 14 Christmas Motets
performers
Cordes, Manfred, Weser-Renaissance Bremen
catalogue number
CPO 777820
description
Yet another Christmas release features the Christmas vocal polyphony of Cristóbal de Morales, who is regarded as the first significant Spanish composer of the Renaissance. Like most compositions for this Christian feast, his Christmas motets circulated and were performed throughout Europe, traveling far beyond Spain's borders. His archaic, mystical, and expressive musical language, which one almost might term placeless and timeless, must have played a role in this dissemination. Moreover, Morales was active not only in Spanish cathedrals but also spent many years of his creative career as a papal singer in the Sistine Chapel in Rome. And it seems to have been precisely this individual blend of Spanish expressivity and Roman strictness – with its added Franco-Flemish stamp – that makes Morales' music so unique and qualifies him as the first genuine European composer of his times.
format
CD x 1
label
CPO
release date
9/26/13
EAN / barcode
761203782024
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