Palestrina: Missa Pro Defunctis & Motets

Palestrina: Missa Pro Defunctis & Motets

Palestrina: Missa Pro Defunctis & Motets
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Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Conductor: Joseph Jennings
Performer: Chanticleer
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1994-10-04
Music Label: Teldec
Soundtracks:
  1. Gaude gloriosa a 5
  2. Missa pro defunctis a 5: Introitus: Requiem aeternam
  3. Missa pro defunctis a 5: Kyrie
  4. Missa pro defunctis a 5: Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe
  5. Missa pro defunctis a 5: Sanctus & Benedictus
  6. Missa pro defunctis a 5: Agnus Dei
  7. Salve regina a 5
  8. Pange lingua a 4
  9. O bone Jesu a 6
  10. Canticum Canticorum: Trahe me a 5
  11. Canticum Canticorum: Nigra sum, sed formosa a 5
  12. Canticum Canticorum: Surge, propera a 5
  13. Canticum Canticorum: Surge, amica mea a 5
  14. Canticum Canticorum: Quam pulchra es a 5
  15. Canticum Canticorum: Veni, dilecte mi a 5
  16. Gaude, Barbara a 5

Music reviews of Palestrina: Missa Pro Defunctis & Motets

Music Review: Out of the Hall and into the Church
Rating: 5 Stars

In the context of the somber austerity of the Funeral Rites of the Catholic Church, Palestrina illustrates that even sorrow can be made into a thing of beauty. He has taken the simple melodies of the chanted Requiem and encrusted them in lush tonalities, without making an overblown production and turning the whole event into a concert (q.v. Verdi "Requiem"). The Requiem is precisely not that...it is to be a comfort and a solace...something familiar and comfortable...someday it will be our turn in the box. For the student of Gregorian Chant the familiar chants can be easily discerned throughout and indeed served as the basis of this setting. In this instance Palestrina shows that he is willing to follow the decrees of the Council of Trent regarding the clarity of the text, while his selections from the Canticle of Canticles (also on this recording) is in the more florid (and less wod-based) style. This recording illustrates how such a knowledge of Chant is vital to the correct interpretation of this genre of music...without an understanding of the ancient sources the performance can become muddled and operatic.Unlike Verdi, Palestrina is a believer and this colors his music. He has understood that music is one of the tools which can elevate the mind towards God...music is the means, not the end.
Oddly enough, the true gem in this recording is not the Requiem. Palestrina's setting of the "Pange Lingua" shows how polyphony can be used with chant. The verses alternate between chant and polyphony, but even the polyphony is based upon the chant...just listen to the First verse "Pange" in ployphony and then the second "Nobis" and listen closely...you will notice what I mean. The first time that I heard this version (and being both a student of music and now a student of theology, I have heard many ... renditions of this poetic hymn) I was overcome and had to listen to it again, precisely because the use of chant is incorporated so perfectly by the composer. It was one of those moments where you know stop and say "wow". The goal in our day is to use these settings for their intended purpose...to remove them from the concert hall and to reinstate them in church. Hats off to Chanticleer for another well-executed disc.
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