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Album Description

"The 17th century is surely the most interesting musical period to go rooting around in. While the 16th and 18th centuries are generally more stylistically uniform, in the mid-17th century you never know what you’re going to find. Yet digging up another ‘undiscovered masterpiece’ does require quality control. Some music is better left in libraries, falling out of use with good reason; Orazio Benevoli’s Missa Tu es Petrus mass is quite spectacularly not one of those pieces.
At the recording sessions, the performers were amazed by its bravura, its invention and drama – and its very significant demands on them! This was also true of the motets by Benevoli’s Roman contemporary, Bonifazio Graziani. These miniatures go further than Monteverdi in some ways but have a similar intensity. We hope you enjoy discovering them."

Robert Hollingworth

Artists

Track Listing

1. Giovanni Pierluigi da PALESTRINA (1525-94)
Tu es Petrus a6 

2. Orazio BENEVOLI (1605-72)
Missa Tu es Petrus – Kyrie

3. BENEVOLI 
Missa Tu es Petrus – Gloria

4. Bonifazio GRAZIANI (1604/5-64)
Domine, ne in furore tuo

5. BENEVOLI
Missa Tu es Petrus – Credo 

6. GRAZIANI
Venite gentes

7. BENEVOLI
Missa Tu es Petrus – Sanctus

8. BENEVOLI
Missa Tu es Petrus – Agnus Dei

9. GRAZIANI 
Ad mensam dulcissimi

10. GRAZIANI
Justus ut palma

Total time: 58.43