SONG OF SONGS – CANTICUM SALOMONIS

Composer(s): Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Jean Lhéritier, Jachet de Mantua, Nicolas Gombert, Josquin des Prez

Artist(s): Cappella Mariana
Reference: KTC1602
Barcode: 8711801016023
Format: 1 CD
Release date: 2018-04-06
SKU: KTC1602 Categories: , , , , ,

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Many composers of the past centuries have been attracted by the poetic beauty, complex allegorical meanings and sensuous language of the Song of Songs from the Old-Testament. For us, too, these texts have been a rich source of inspiration, reflection and interpretation guidelines. In placing Italian Renaissance melodiousness in contrast with the dense structure of the Franco-Flemish polyphony I was hoping to foreground the fascinating tension between the sacred and the secular. The prevailing oscillation of meaning and content of the Song of Songs has been captured differently by various composers. Palestrina’s style verging on the madrigal has been my foremost model in preparing this programme. The location where we recorded the project has also been carefully chosen. In the chapel consecrated to Saint Mary, at the place of pilgrimage in Paray-le-Monial in the heart of Burgudy where Renaissance polyphony had its roots, this music is still very much at home today. Cultural relations between the Czech lands and France date back to the Middle Ages. Both countries have a rich history with many mutual interactions and our recording is meant as a contribution to this long tradition of cultural exchange.

The Song of Songs is also a story of a man meeting a woman. The love poetry of the Old-Testament Book of Solomon was transformed by the medieval allegorics into the image of Saint Mary which has been recast in our programme into a chequered image of Renaissance music and its beauty. Five men and fathers here sing the narrative that is a celebration of the beauty and gracefulness of a woman but also of the power and merits of the male element. The motif of coming together in our new CD project refers not only to the shared life of a man and woman but is a symbol of the tenth anniversary of the founding of our ensemble.

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1. Motettorum liber quartus ex Canticis canticorum – Osculetur me
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Artist(s): Cappella Mariana

2. Motettorum liber quartus ex Canticis canticorum – Trahe me post te
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Artist(s): Cappella Mariana

3. Nigra sum sed formosa
Composer: Jean Lhéritier
Artist(s): Cappella Mariana

4. Pulchrae sunt genae tuae
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Artist(s): Cappella Mariana

5. Audi, dulcis amica mea
Composer: Jachet de Mantua
Artist(s): Cappella Mariana

6. Sicut lilium inter spinas
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Artist(s): Cappella Mariana

7. Quam pulchra es
Composer: Nicolas Gombert
Artist(s): Cappella Mariana

8. Surge, propera amica formosa mea
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Artist(s): Cappella Mariana

9. Quam pulchra es
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Artist(s): Cappella Mariana

10. Veni, dilecte mi
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Artist(s): Cappella Mariana

11. Ave Maria / Virgo serena
Composer: Josquin des Prez
Artist(s): Cappella Mariana

12. Magnificat Sexti et Primi Toni
Composer: Nicolas Gombert
Artist(s): Cappella Mariana

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SONG OF SONGS – CANTICUM SALOMONIS
 21,50
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Many composers of the past centuries have been attracted by the poetic beauty, complex allegorical meanings and sensuous language of the Song of Songs from the Old-Testament. For us, too, these texts have been a rich source of inspiration, reflection and interpretation guidelines. In placing Italian Renaissance melodiousness in contrast with the dense structure of the Franco-Flemish polyphony I was hoping to foreground the fascinating tension between the sacred and the secular. The prevailing oscillation of meaning and content of the Song of Songs has been captured differently by various composers. Palestrina’s style verging on the madrigal has been my foremost model in preparing this programme. The location where we recorded the project has also been carefully chosen. In the chapel consecrated to Saint Mary, at the place of pilgrimage in Paray-le-Monial in the heart of Burgudy where Renaissance polyphony had its roots, this music is still very much at home today. Cultural relations between the Czech lands and France date back to the Middle Ages. Both countries have a rich history with many mutual interactions and our recording is meant as a contribution to this long tradition of cultural exchange.

The Song of Songs is also a story of a man meeting a woman. The love poetry of the Old-Testament Book of Solomon was transformed by the medieval allegorics into the image of Saint Mary which has been recast in our programme into a chequered image of Renaissance music and its beauty. Five men and fathers here sing the narrative that is a celebration of the beauty and gracefulness of a woman but also of the power and merits of the male element. The motif of coming together in our new CD project refers not only to the shared life of a man and woman but is a symbol of the tenth anniversary of the founding of our ensemble.

Vojtech Semerád