British choir the Sixteen (actually 18 voices strong in this recording) has proclaimed itself "the voice of Classic FM," Britain's crossover-oriented radio networks, and they have released plenty of Renaissance and Baroque compilations whose most prominent feature is that they are easy on the ears. The choir is undeniably strong technically, and it's a pleasure to find them delving into less familiar repertory, including here the works of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina beyond the three or four that are generally recorded ...
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British choir the Sixteen (actually 18 voices strong in this recording) has proclaimed itself "the voice of Classic FM," Britain's crossover-oriented radio networks, and they have released plenty of Renaissance and Baroque compilations whose most prominent feature is that they are easy on the ears. The choir is undeniably strong technically, and it's a pleasure to find them delving into less familiar repertory, including here the works of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina beyond the three or four that are generally recorded and taken as exemplary of his style. The Sixteen have always offered a clean but slightly sensuous sound that's tailor-made for Palestrina, and here they deploy it in some marvelous works. The Missa Iam Christus Astra Ascenderat, accompanied on the program by the plainchant hymn that serves as its cantus firmus, is something of an opposite number to the famous Pope Marcellus Mass: it is dense in linear ways rather than vertically. The chant is manipulated with great subtlety and...
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