The Marian Consort — Vicente Lusitano: Motets

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Vicente Lusitano’s earliest biographer, writing two centuries after his death around 1561, omitted to mention that the composer’s mother was most likely a Black African enslaved by Portuguese colonialists. Choral ensemble The Marian Consort and its unflappable director, Rory McCleery, dive deep into the sacred motets of Lusitano’s <i>Liber primus epigramatum</i>, the first-ever publication of works by a Black composer. Their choice of 10 pieces reveals the striking breadth of invention, subtle textures and harmonies, and sheer beauty of his music, with each of those qualities present in full measure in the sublime <i>Emendemus in melius</i> (Track 7) and <i>Sancta mater, istud agas</i> (Track 9). There’s room, too, for the meandering melodies of <i>Heu me, Domine</i> (Track 6), with its startling chromatic lines, and <i>Inviolata, integra et casta es</i> (Track 10) for eight voices, a consummate magnum opus of Renaissance polyphony.

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The Marian Consort

Треки

  1. Praeter rerum seriem 8:23
  2. Regina caeli 4:11
  3. Aspice Domine 7:47
  4. Ave spes nostra, Dei genitrix 5:00
  5. Salve Regina 6:50
  6. Heu me, Domine 4:28
  7. Emendemus in melius 9:21
  8. Sancta Maria 4:48
  9. Sancta mater, istud agas 5:51
  10. Inviolata, integra et casta es 11:36