Mass in 40 Parts : Hollingworth / I Fagiolini (+DVD)

Striggio: Mass in 40 Parts (Missa Ecco si Beato Giorno) 1CD+1DVD

CD
Alessandro Striggio:
01. Ecce beatem lucem
02. Missa Ecce si Beato Giorno - Kyrie
03. Missa Ecce si Beato Giorno - Gloria
04. Missa Ecce si Beato Giorno - Credo
05. Missa Ecce si Beato Giorno - Sanctus
06. Missa Ecce si Beato Giorno - Benedictus
07. Missa Ecce si Beato Giorno - Agnus Dei I
08. Missa Ecce si Beato Giorno - Agnus Dei II

Vincenzo Galilei:
09. Contrapunto Secondo di BM

Alessandro Striggio:
10. Fuggi, spene mia
11. O giovenil ardire
12. Altr’io che queste spighe
13. D’ogni gratia et d’amor
14. O de la bella Etruria
15. Caro dolce ben mio
16. Misero ohime

Sarum Plainchant:
17. Spem in alium

Thomas Tallis:
18. Spem in alium

DVD
01. Striggio: Ecce beatam lucem (5.1 Surround Sound)
02. Striggio: Missa ecco si beato giorni (5.1 Surround Sound)
03. Tallis: Spem in alium (5.1 Surround Sound)
04. The Making of Striggio: Documentary (subtitles - English/ French/ German)

I Fagiolini / Robert Hollingworth, conductor
Recorded 2010, London

Celebrating the Rediscovery of a Long-lost Mass in 40 Parts. A feast of Renaissance choral music from Italy and England, the album (and bonus DVD) reveals a work by the Italian, Alessandro Striggio - believed lost until the recent discovery of vocal parts, in Paris.

Striggio travelled extensively to the courts of Europe and it was probably a performance during his visit to Elizabethan England in 1567 that inspired Tallis to write Spem in alium, which is performed here with rarely heard instrumental accompaniment and the benefit of a major piece of textual change reinforcing the message of forgiveness.

The DVD includes a short documentary about the rediscovery of the mass, as well as excerpts from the recording in 5.1 Surround Sound.

I Fagiolini is an acclaimed British solo-voice ensemble specialising in Renaissance and Contemporary music. An inspired programmer, Robert Hollingworth founded the group in 1986.

“There is nothing ordinary about a performance by I Fagiolini. These singers have made their reputation by turning their backs on convention” - The Guardian.