Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet - Benevolo: Missa si Deus pro nobis & Magnificat (2018) [Official Digital Download 24/88]

Hervé Niquet possesses two constant character traits: he is an indefatigable excavator of forgotten music, and he loves polyphony and large forms. A few years ago, he caused a sensation by exhuming the monumental music of Striggio. To mark the thirtieth anniversary of his ensemble, Le Concert Spirituel, he now tackles a new peak of polyphony: a mass by Orazio Benevolo (160572) performed by eight choirs of four singers, accompanied by fifteen continuo players. In concert, the choirs are spread out around the nave, with the audience in the middle. Benevolo was born to a Burgundian confectioner father who had emigrated to Rome. Educated at the choir school of San Luigi dei Francesi, he became one of the greatest geniuses of polychorality, a prolific composer who represented the splendours of French art in Rome.

He ended his career as maestro di cappella at the Vatican. This music has been resurrected thanks to the work of the great musicologist Jean Lionnet, who spent many years copying out by hand the music of numerous Italian composers in the Vatican archives, from which it was impossible to borrow documents. As a result of his labours the Missa Si Deus pro nobis has now been recorded, accompanied by vocal and instrumental pieces by Monteverdi, Frescobaldi and Palestrina.

Tracklist:
1. Aeterna Christi munera et martyrum victorias 01:33
2. Cantate Domino, SV 293 01:44
3. Missa si Deus pro nobis, a 16 voci: I. Kyrie eleison 04:44
4 Missa si Deus pro nobis, a 16 voci: II. Christe eleison 02:58
5. Missa si Deus pro nobis, a 16 voci: III. Kyrie eleison II 03:15
6. Mottetorum I: Beata es, virgo Maria 01:51
7. Missa si Deus pro nobis, a 16 voci: V. Gloria 08:03
8. Ne avertas faciem tuam a puero tuo 01:16
9. Missa si Deus pro nobis, a 16 voci: VI. Credo 13:49
10. Canzon vigesimanona, F 8.54 02:37
11. Missa si Deus pro nobis, a 16 voci: VII. Sanctus 01:47
12. Benedictus qui venit in nomine domini 00:49
13. Regna terrae 03:51
14. Missa si Deus pro nobis, a 16 voci: VIII. Agnus Dei 04:53
15. Magnificat a 16 voci 10:41

Personnel:[/b
Le Concert Spirituel
Hervé Niquet, conductor

Dynamic Range Report

foobar2000 1.3.7 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2018-05-26 14:06:11

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Analyzed: Benoît Descamps / Benevolo: Missa si Deus pro nobis & Magnificat (1)
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet / Benevolo: Missa si Deus pro nobis & Magnificat (2-14)
Lucia Nigohossian / Benevolo: Missa si Deus pro nobis & Magnificat (15)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 -1.01 dB -15.44 dB 1:47 11-Missa si Deus pro nobis, a 16 voci: VII. Sanctus
DR12 -7.52 dB -26.32 dB 1:33 01-Aeterna Christi munera et martyrum victorias
DR12 -2.17 dB -17.89 dB 1:44 02-Cantate Domino, SV 293
DR12 -0.86 dB -17.98 dB 4:44 03-Missa si Deus pro nobis, a 16 voci: I. Kyrie eleison
DR11 -3.29 dB -19.54 dB 2:58 04-Missa si Deus pro nobis, a 16 voci: II. Christe eleison
DR11 -1.06 dB -16.68 dB 3:15 05-Missa si Deus pro nobis, a 16 voci: III. Kyrie eleison II
DR11 -6.69 dB -21.22 dB 1:51 06-Mottetorum I: Beata es, virgo Maria
DR12 -0.06 dB -16.73 dB 8:03 07-Missa si Deus pro nobis, a 16 voci: V. Gloria
DR12 -0.70 dB -17.53 dB 13:49 09-Missa si Deus pro nobis, a 16 voci: VI. Credo
DR11 -5.38 dB -21.50 dB 2:37 10-Canzon vigesimanona, F 8.54
DR10 -1.01 dB -17.87 dB 0:49 12-Benedictus qui venit in nomine domini
DR12 -3.08 dB -20.42 dB 3:51 13-Regna terrae
DR13 -2.00 dB -19.93 dB 4:53 14-Missa si Deus pro nobis, a 16 voci: VIII. Agnus Dei
DR12 -1.03 dB -17.32 dB 10:41 15-Magnificat a 16 voci
DR12 -15.65 dB -30.85 dB 1:16 08-Ne avertas faciem tuam a puero tuo
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Number of tracks: 15
Official DR value: DR11

Samplerate: 88200 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2077 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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