Hieronymus Praetorius was a late Renaissance composer who figured in a prominent German musical family; he was not related to Michael Praetorius, but lived at about the same time. Although in his lifetime Hieronymus Praetorius was renowned as a great organist, very little of that has come down under his name, and much of what is known is attributed. However, he left a considerable amount of sacred vocal music that eloquently speaks for him, and it is beautifully rendered here by Andrew Carwood and Cardinall's Musick on ...
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Hieronymus Praetorius was a late Renaissance composer who figured in a prominent German musical family; he was not related to Michael Praetorius, but lived at about the same time. Although in his lifetime Hieronymus Praetorius was renowned as a great organist, very little of that has come down under his name, and much of what is known is attributed. However, he left a considerable amount of sacred vocal music that eloquently speaks for him, and it is beautifully rendered here by Andrew Carwood and Cardinall's Musick on Hyperion's Hieronymus Praetorius: Magnificats & Motets. The disc features three settings of the Magnificat along with a number of motets, including Praetorius' stunning version of O bone Jesu, with Cardinall's Musick very busy, redistributing its eight singers into configurations ranging from five parts to odd variants on the polychoral; for example, Magnificat quinti toni is scored for SSAT ATBB. Praetorius' connection to Venetian polychoral style is unmistakable, and yet his music...
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