Cristobal_De_Morales_(Ensemble_Plus_Ultra)--Morales_En_Toledo-2005-i8

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MP3/FLAC

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i8

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105,69 MB

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14

Date

2006-07-31

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      a r t i s t : Cristobal de Morales (Ensemble Plus Ultra)
        t i t l e : Morales en Toledo
          d a t e : 2005
        l a b e l : Glossa Music
        g e n r e : Classical
  r l s.  d a t e : Jul/2006
      t r a c k s : 14
    b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
          s i z e : 105,7 MB

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     Of all Spainss Golden Age composers, it was Crist≤bal de
     Morales who earned the most frequent and fulsome praise from
     his contemporaries. Among the most memorable encomiums were
     those flowing from the prolific quill of the music theorist
     Juan Bermudo (c.1510-c.1565). It was he who judged Morales
     deserving of nothing less than the unforgettable epithet, æthe
     light of Spain in musicÆ.

     It is with great pride and satisfaction that we present, in
     its world-wide recording premiere, a rare find of this
     magnitude. Behind this disc there lies an almost
     detective-like story involving a recently discovered
     manuscript from a dusty archive in the Cathedral of Toledo,
     which Michael Noone had the privilege of studying and bringing
     to light: "My story begins with an invitation I received in
     2002 from the distinguished canon-archivist of Toledo
     Cathedral to study a previously inaccessible and seriously
     damaged polyphonic manuscript. After months of painstaking
     examination of this parchment choirbook, known as Codex 25, I
     was able to establish without doubt that it contained 20 works
     by Morales, of which at least 14 were either completely or
     virtually unknown." None of the 14 works on this disc has ever
     been previously recorded. Eleven of them come from the newly
     rediscovered Codex 25, while three others have been recovered
     from ToledoÆs Codex 21 and Codex 16.

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      01-asperges me                                            [05:32]
      02-et factum est postquam                                 [11:47]
      03-sacris solemnis                                        [05:45]
      04-eripe me                                               [10:11]
      05-urbs beata jerusalem                                   [05:43]
      06-nova resuldent gaudia                                  [02:48]
      07-felix per omnes                                        [06:02]
      08-nunc dimittis                                          [06:07]
      09-gloria laus et honor                                   [04:23]
      10-et incarnatus est                                      [01:38]
      11-jam christus astra ascenderat                          [02:11]
      12-veni creator gentium                                   [04:10]
      13-monstra te esse                                        [01:44]
      14-ave maris stella                                       [09:03]
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                                                                 77:04 min

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