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Palestrina: Veni sponsa Christi
Director of Music:
George Guest
Record Label:
Argo
Catalogue Number:
ZRG5578
Release Date:
Sep 1968
Notes:
Michael Turner (treble)
Reviews:
"one can well imagine being in the nave of some great Roman basilica and sharing in the excitement of deliberately impressive sound" Gramophone 1981
"This is a supreme test of singing, and St John's College Choir come out of it very well ... the expressiveness of the choir's singing is in marked contrast to the heaviness which some continental choirs bring to this kind of music" Gramophone 1968
Track Listing:
Missa Veni sponsa Christi, Palestrina
Veni sponsa Christi, Palestrina
Hymnus in Adventus Domini, Palestrina
Exultate Deo, Palestrina
Jesu, Rex admirabilis, Palestrina
Tua Jesu dilecto, Palestrina
Magnificat 'Tone VI'
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