Sistine Chapel Choir - Veni Domine - Advent & Christmas at the Sistine Chapel - Import CD

Credits:

Sistine Chapel Choir

Description:

A unique collaboration between DG and the Sistine Chapel Choir of the Vatican, known as the oldest choir in the world, and the Sistine Chapel Choir of the Vatican, known as the oldest choir in the world, for all who seek a time of peace. This 《VENI DOMINE》is a collection of songs for the season of waiting and Christmas. This is music for contemplation for all those seeking a moment of peace, an album reminiscent of the bestseller "Chant - The Singing of the Heavens" from 2008. The "Celebrated Conception" by Perotinus features mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli. This is the first time that the Sistine Chapel Choir and conductor Massimo Palombella have invited a female singer for a recording. Although it is clearly documented that there were no women in the Sistine Chapel Choir during the Renaissance, there is evidence that women may have sung in the Middle Ages. It was there that Palombella and Bartoli arrived at the composer Perotinus for this unique collaboration.Bartoli's clear, attractive voice blends curiously with the voices of the choir and the chapel, making the century-old songs sound fresh and contemporary. The recording is based on original handwritten scores by the Sistine Chapel Choir, kept in the Vatican archives from the 11th to 17th centuries, and is the first recording of its kind in the world. Universal Music/IMS

Tracklisting:

1.Introit: Gaudete in Domino semper
2.Beata viscera Mariae Virginis
3.Conditor alme siderum
4.Missus est Gabriel
5.Work(s): Canite tuba in Sion / Rorate, caeli, desuper
6.Work(s): Hodie nobis caelorum Rex / Gloria in excelsis Deo
7.Hodie Christus natus est
8.Quaeramus cum pastoribus
9.Work(s): Quem vidistis, pastores? / Dicite, quidnam vidistis?
10.Dies sanctificatus illuxit nobis
11.Nasceris, alme puer
12.Christe, Redemptor omnium
13.O magnum mysterium
14.Work(s): Magi veniunt ab oriente / Magi, videntes stellam
15.Reges Tharsis et insulae
16.Diffusa est gratia