Music from Renaissance Coimbra

1. O Crux Benedicta
Composed by Anonymous
Performed by A Capella Portuguesa Conducted by Owen Rees

2. Salvator Mundi
Composed by Research Composer
Performed by A Capella Portuguesa Conducted by Owen Rees

3. Posuerunt Super Caput Eius
Composed by Aires Fernandez
Performed by A Capella Portuguesa Conducted by Owen Rees

4. Vexilla regis prodeunt
Composed by Gregorian Chant
Performed by A Capella Portuguesa Conducted by Owen Rees

5. Osanna Filio David
Composed by Pedro de Cristo
Performed by A Capella Portuguesa Conducted by Owen Rees

6. Lamentation for Maundy Thursday
Composed by Anonymous
Performed by A Capella Portuguesa Conducted by Owen Rees

7. Sanctorum Meritis
Composed by Pedro de Cristo
Performed by A Capella Portuguesa Conducted by Owen Rees

8. Circumdederunt me
Composed by Aires Fernandez
Performed by A Capella Portuguesa Conducted by Owen Rees

9. Heu Mihi, Domine
Composed by Antonio Lopez
Performed by A Capella Portuguesa Conducted by Owen Rees

10. Ave maris Stella
Composed by Pedro de Cristo
Performed by A Capella Portuguesa Conducted by Owen Rees

11. Beate Martir
Composed by Pedro de Cristo
Performed by A Capella Portuguesa Conducted by Owen Rees

12. Alleluia
Composed by Heliodoro de Paiva
Performed by A Capella Portuguesa Conducted by Owen Rees

13. Blessing of Reader and Short Lesson, "Iube Domine Benedicere"
Composed by Research Composer
Performed by A Capella Portuguesa Conducted by Owen Rees

14. Versicles and Responses, "Converte Nos Deus"
Composed by Research Composer
Performed by A Capella Portuguesa Conducted by Owen Rees

15. Psalm 133, "Ecce Nunc Benedicite" With Antiphon
Composed by Research Composer
Performed by A Capella Portuguesa Conducted by Owen Rees

16. Te Lucis Ante Terminum
Composed by Aires Fernandez
Performed by A Capella Portuguesa Conducted by Owen Rees

17. Tu Auitem in Nobis
Composed by Research Composer
Performed by A Capella Portuguesa Conducted by Owen Rees

18. In Manus Tuas
Composed by Pedro de Cristo
Performed by A Capella Portuguesa Conducted by Owen Rees

19. Salva Nos Domine
Composed by Pedro de Cristo
Performed by A Capella Portuguesa Conducted by Owen Rees

20. 0 Nunc Dimittis
Composed by Aires Fernandez
Performed by A Capella Portuguesa Conducted by Owen Rees

21. Salva Nos Domine
Composed by Pedro de Cristo
Performed by A Capella Portuguesa Conducted by Owen Rees

22. Benedicamus Domino
Composed by Aires Fernandez
Performed by A Capella Portuguesa Conducted by Owen Rees

23. Regina Caeli
Composed by Anonymous
Performed by A Capella Portuguesa Conducted by Owen Rees

Customer Reviews:

What a powerfully effective discovery!.......2004-09-28

A BBC reviewer of this disc wrote: "Hyperion has an extraordinary gift for detecting repertoire which leaves us wondering how we ever lived without it." That sums up any legitimate verdict in a single sentence, except that one should emphasize how good this production is even by Hyperion's usual standards. Sound quality - which in the companion volume HOLY WEEK AT THE CHAPEL OF THE DUKES OF BRAGANZA slightly disappoints, because of eccentric balances - is superb here. Voices (this collection, unlike the Braganza one, consists wholly of unaccompanied works) have a beautiful sheen, and are captured with an admirable stereo spread; following these hitherto unknown composers' counterpoint becomes particularly attractive when one hears it through headphones. All competent hi-fi store owners should stock this release as an example of how to show off their equipment with wonderful choral timbres. Mostly sublime performances and fascinating booklet annotations, along with a brilliantly chosen cover picture that now evokes Mel Gibson's best-known film, complete a powerfully effective discovery. Only one of these motets - SANCTORUM MERITIS by a certain Pedro de Cristo, who died in 1618 - has ever been recorded before. If A Capela Portuguesa's plainchant sections did not occasionally sound a little stolid in rhythm, MUSIC FROM RENAISSANCE COIMBRA would be perfection itself. As it stands it can still be recommended with all possible enthusiasm to anyone enamored of the Palestrina school.

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