The two formative events of his life -- the death of his first wife and the Council of Trent -- were two decades behind Palestrina when he turned to Solomon's Song of Songs prior to his joyful second marriage in early 1584. Setting the Bible's rapturous songs of sacred love to music brought out the most attractive aspect of the Roman composer's art: his gracefully arching melodies, his elegantly sensual harmonies, and his inspired ability to set texts to exactly the right music. In this 2006 recording of the Canticum ...
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The two formative events of his life -- the death of his first wife and the Council of Trent -- were two decades behind Palestrina when he turned to Solomon's Song of Songs prior to his joyful second marriage in early 1584. Setting the Bible's rapturous songs of sacred love to music brought out the most attractive aspect of the Roman composer's art: his gracefully arching melodies, his elegantly sensual harmonies, and his inspired ability to set texts to exactly the right music. In this 2006 recording of the Canticum Canticorum, the intimate couplings of Solomon's poems and Palestrina's music are sweetly, lovingly, and very expertly brought to life by the Capella Dvcale Venetia. Under director Livio Picotti, the six-voice Capella sings with warmth of tone, purity of intonation, and irresistible passion while Pietro Prosser and Vittorio Zanon provide discrete but exquisite accompaniments on the lute and positive organ. While those who prefer their love music to sound like Wagner's Tristan und Isolde may...
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