David Skinner, Alamire, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts - Hieronymus Praetorius: Motets in 8,10,12,16 & 20 Parts (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 444 Mb | Total time: 57:46+42:39 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Inventa Records | # INV001 | Recorded: 2019
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 444 Mb | Total time: 57:46+42:39 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Inventa Records | # INV001 | Recorded: 2019
The large-scale works of Hieronymus Praetorius (1560–1629) owe much to the great polychoral tradition mastered by Hans Leo Hassler and the great Venetian composer Giovanni Gabrieli. Hieronymus does not disappoint with his vivid expression of texts, intricate counterpoint, and sumptuously sonorous and inventive harmonies: this is Northern Germany’s noble response to the Italians, and to the Roman Counter-Reformation.