Harry Christophers, the conductor of the Sixteen, has said that with the group's large series of Palestrina recordings he hoped to add ebb and flow to the music and to get away from academic approaches. Accordingly, his mixed-gender choir avoids the pure sound of groups like the Tallis Scholars and adds some texture to the music. The biggest innovation of Christophers' series, however, lies not in the vocal technique (there are a lot of Palestrina recordings, and some approximate the sound heard here) but in the repertory. ...
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Harry Christophers, the conductor of the Sixteen, has said that with the group's large series of Palestrina recordings he hoped to add ebb and flow to the music and to get away from academic approaches. Accordingly, his mixed-gender choir avoids the pure sound of groups like the Tallis Scholars and adds some texture to the music. The biggest innovation of Christophers' series, however, lies not in the vocal technique (there are a lot of Palestrina recordings, and some approximate the sound heard here) but in the repertory. For all Palestrina's fame, it's generally the same set of pieces of his that get recorded, and simply for beginning to plumb the depths of Palestrina's output Christophers deserves credit. Better still, the variety of pieces he finds fits well with his somewhat more muscular approach. The music is linked by its Easter theme, but anyone who has thought of Palestrina's works as little static globes of polyphonic perfection should sample a piece like Terra tremuit (The Earth Trembles,...
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