Palestrina: CD

The third release from Grammy-nominated group Stile Antico in the critically acclaimed The Golden Renaissance trilogy, celebrating the 500th anniversary of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Thought to have been born around 3 February 1525, the Italian composer is considered one of the leading musicians of the late 16th century, with long-lasting influence on the development of church and secular music in Europe. The album is based around Palestrina’s famous Missa Papae Marcelli, the mass-setting in which he used a new style of polyphony and in doing so saved church music from being banned by the Catholic Church
Featuring a selection of motets honouring his time at the Papal Chapel in St Peter's, Rome and links with the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, and including his most well-known motet – Sicut cervus.

1 Palestrina: Exultate Deo
2 Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli: I. Kyrie
3 Palestrina: Tu es Petrus
4 Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli: II. Gloria
5 Palestrina: Sicut cervus
6 Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli: III. Credo
7 Palestrina: Laudate Dominum in tympanis a 12
8 Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli: IV. Sanctus & Benedictus
9 Palestrina: Salve Regina a 5
10 Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli: V. Agnus Dei
11 Palestrina: Assumpta est Maria